There are many shirts I've considered wearing over the past few years. One reads, bluntly, "God is just pretend"; another says "This is what an Atheist looks like"; and the third has the most awesome quote ever:
The invisible and the nonexistent look very much alike.
Of course, very few people would realize that the third one was referring to God (because no one really subjects their god to any kind scrutiny and wouldn't expect others to), so I'd think it would be the safest one to wear in a classroom setting. No one could possibly get offended by it, so no one could possibly jump on the "Those damned militant 'New Atheists' keep shoving their beliefs in my face" bandwagon.
But seeing this guy's shirt the other day has got me thinking. Why should I worry about offending people? Why should I worry about being subtle when Christians aren't?
Or, more to the point, if he can wear a shirt depicting horrible and morbid bodily harm with a caption that characterizes it as being anything other than sad and deplorable, why can't I wear a shirt that says "God is just pretend" in response?
Ahh, if only I had an income. My wardrobe would consist almost exclusively of stuff from Atheists-online and the RDF store.
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