'There definitely is a God': Christians hit back at atheist buses with own adverts

Christian groups are launching their own advertisements to run across the side of London buses following an atheist campaign.



The British Humanist Association launched adverts earlier in the year proclaiming: 'There is probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.'



It sparked almost 150 complaints to the Advertising Standard Authority from people claiming the campaign was offensive.

Oh yes there is: The Trinitarian Bible Society and the Russian Orthodox Church have paid for their own pro-God adverts in response to the British Humanist Association's 'offensive' campaign

Oh no there isn't (probably): The atheist adverts were launched earlier in the year, sparking 150 complaints. It was later ruled they were unlikely to cause offence



Now the Christian party, the Trinitarian Bible Society and the Russian Orthodox Church have paid for their own pro-God adverts that will run on 175 buses across central and east London and the West End for two weeks from Monday.



The advert for the Christian Party includes the slogan: 'There definitely is a God. So join the Christian Party and enjoy your life.'

The Russian Orthodox Church, meanwhile, has booked 25 bus adverts, backed with a sponsorship deal with Russian Hour TV.



The Trinitarian Bible Society's advert uses a line from Psalm 53 that reads: 'The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God.' It will appear on 100 buses.



The ASA ruled that the Humanist Association's campaign did not break any advertising rules, concluding that the adverts were an 'expression of the advertiser's opinion and that the claims in it were not capable of objective substantiation'.



As a result it was ruled that it was unlikely to mislead or to cause widespread offence.



