Church 2.0

It seems that God types and not-so-much-God types are united in their concern for making the experience of either worshiping or not-concerning-yourself-with God a bit more "web 2.0"--which is to say, with more rounded corners and bathed in shine.
 
From the smartly-titled Guardian article: Vicar has 'horrifying' statue of crucifixion removed from church,

"We're all about hope, encouragement and the joy of the Christian faith. We want to communicate good news, not bad news, so we need a more uplifting and inspiring symbol than execution on a cross."

I guess with a pronouncement like that I can expect all the Unitarian-bashing to stop. Meanwhile, it seems that Humanists and Atheists (two absolute essentials for a weekend bender) are taking their opinion to the buses.

Not quite what you might expect from a group that has at turns played the role of smug vegan and the religious BBQ and fur-wearer to the PETA-party, the Atheists cleverly decided to include a qualifier in their slogan "There's probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life."

For me, it actually works quite nicely. The message is simple, the layout is about as edgy as you might like your non-denial-denials to be, and the attention to white space is impressive but to be expected from a group who so dearly values the reality of nothingness. Although "enjoy your life" might have been better put "make the world a better place" but who am I to question a bit of self-indulgence.

The Humanists, well, they manage to be more smugly inspiring than the Atheists but significantly less-appealing visually (which is so unlike Humanists):

Truly, there can be no God if such graphics are allowed to exist unpunished. Who needs a sake?