Have you ever seen those motivational posters that have a nice, serene or inspiring picture, and a word-message beneath it? For example, it might show a rock climber pulling himself over the summit of a mountain. And the word will be “achievement,” followed by some inspirational line about achievement. I hate those posters! I much prefer the ones created by Despair, Inc. One of my favorites is “Incompetence: When you earnestly believe you can compensate for a lack of skill by doubling your efforts, there’s no end to what you can’t do.”
I would like to make a polemical “demotivational” poster of my own on the topic of “Atheism,” and I would like your help in determining the caption and picture. Here are the captions I have come up with:
- Atheism: The best way to become your own boss is to pretend your boss doesn’t exist
- Atheism: Because God didn’t qualify for the job
- Atheism: There is no God, and I hate him.
- Atheism: An elite club for those with enough faith to believe everything came from nothing, by nothing, and for nothing, Amen.
- Atheism: Because nobody tells me what to do.
Which is your favorite? Can you think of some alternatives? Paint for me a picture to go along with the caption you selected. For example, for the first caption I envision a big corporate conference room with a man sitting in the CEO’s chair on his lap, acting as if the CEO is not there.
Thinking to Believe 
