I'm glad you brought it up. I was in Newsweek, on CNN, in Mercury News, in the Daily Harold, and several radio stations for my question submitted to the CNN/YouTube debate asking "How will you appeal to non religious voters?". It was also voted most popular too. Trust me, I certianly have a huge voice, and am "doing something", only my voice goes directly to our next President. My signature explains my next objective. If that is not "doing something" I do not know what is. I do agree with you that too many atheists just don't do anything and act like they're beleifs don't exist. However I am certianly not one of those atheists.
Anyway, as I stated before, I am not anti RRS as you seem to assume. I love that RRS actually does something, I truely am. But, do you really want to see the smoking, swearning, and bad rap music playing all the time?
I know we are not SUPPOSED to be the official atheist site but, people are stupid. People assume all minorities are like someone from that minority they see. That can be good or bad. And I have the proof people do this because they talk about RRS on Facebook alot and talk about how "immature" and "immoral" people act on the show, hence they becomea stereotype to all of us. As I mentioned above.  
RRS can "do something" as they do very well, without the stuff theists will sterotype us with.

That was you in the YouTube video?  Awesome, I had no idea!

 But I don't feel that's as impressive as what's being done here.  You made a video, and it got voted on and watched. 

Then again, you are DOING something, which is more then I can say for most people here.

Why do I think what is being done here is more impressive?  Well, developing an infrastructure through which leaders are able to COHESE and CHANNEL the attention and momentum generated, much by publicity like what you are doing, into something less transient.  RRS is a presence, and argueably the most successful atheist community on the internet.  They have a radio show, and they educate others through debate and discussion.

 You are not anti-RRS, or you would not be here.

No, but I would rather have them do what they do rather then not at all.  It's a matter of being yourself.  You are asking the RRS Core Members to change themselves, which is excercise in futility.  Believe me, I've tried!

Sure, RRS can provide "the theists" with ammo, but they really bring the big guns to bear for us.  They are a major service, and I merely wanted to counter-address your largely critical post with one of support.  Nothing personal.  I actually really like what you are doing, even the spirit in which you are asking this question.  I just want to be a harbringer of reality to you and make sure you take what you say with a grain of salt, so to speak. 

Understand people.  Let them be what they are, and only hope for change.  Just as with theists, or anyone who lives their lives strongly in what they believe, you rarely ever change anyone's mind by direct confrontation.

I'd just suggest to you if you want to make an impact here, continue to be a presence and bring up your points.  People will question their own beliefs naturally, you need not always force them to.

Okay first off Void, no one here likes censorship, and no one here is calling for that. So whenever someone makes a thread covering this topic, we don’t need people saying “fuck censorship, I can say and do whatever the fuck I like.” Because that does absolutely nothing for the conversation taking place.

Second, I would just like to know – what as the RRS actually done? Honestly what has the RRS accomplished for atheism? I can think of three things. 1) Given a place for fellow atheists to gather and talk, and take on the “mental disorder” of theism together. 2) Got on the news 3) debated two morons

So I would just like to know, what has been accomplished?

I’m sorry but was my question answered?

Allies as in?

Who isn’t keeping it respectful?

Well, no one yet.  But I can smell it.  I'm seeing a progressive trend here and I wanted to lay out a warning.

I'd say I'm your ally and you are mine.  We have no pact or contact, but I think it is de-facto

No, that is what he is asking for. No smoking, no swearing, no rap. Its at a personal level and done by the person, but a person censoring them self is still being censored. The only reason I cursed there was because that just seems like the natural thing to do when talking.

As someone else said we are all a team and I agree, but I have just seen and read what theists say about the RRS and it is not good. I'm not saying we should censor bad words, or get rid of them all together, I am not saying that. I am saying tone it down a bit. The Rap music on here is just really sterotypical. Don't we want atheists to look like an intelligent, right minority? I know the RRS is not the official atheist website, but people treat it as it is. You guys always have great arguments and watching Brian and Kelly debate people like Matt Slick is a blast. I personaly, only have a problem with smoking on set, (set's kind of a "bad" image, you can smoke, I only suggest to not do it infront of the webcam) not really the swearing, everyone swears...but also the rap. It's just pretty extreme. 
Once again, I am not anti RRS, and far from being that, I'm just reporting to you what theists think of atheism as a whole by some of the "Bad image" things people do on the radio or while the webcam is on. That's all.
Thanks again! 

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I do think you have a valid point, HOWEVER there is something you seem to be missing.

This is just my opinion, but to me, unlike theists, the RRS is not trying to position themselves as role models and dictate what is and isn't moral behavior. This is analagous to suggesting that if one doesn't believe in god, the onus is on them to come up with some equally meaningful explanation for life and death. That's not our burden, nor our responsibility. We can be critical of those who promote irrational moral guidelines without necessarily being required to promote our own. If anything, we suggest that what constitutes "good behavior" is subjective and we wouldn't be so cavalier (unlike theists) to claim that: a) we're perfect, or b) the way we live our lives is the way anybody else should.

With that being said, your point is a common one among those who critique things of this nature. There's always a better way to reach people. I think everyone is evolving their technique. However, in the big picture, cusswords and smoking and rap music are irrelevent. RRS teaches people to think for themselves and not blindly go along with groupthink, so any faux pas the principals may have are just their humanity showing through. It's up to each of us to make our own choices.  If seeing Kelly puff on a cigarette on cam is going to make you smoke, that's the fault of your own lack of self control and has little to do with her.

I find their entire belief system offensive and an insult to human dignity, yet they're still invited to come here.   

To some people who have posted here: I'm not sure why me simply suggest we tone down the offensive rap, smoking, and swearing makes me look like I am anti free speech and hate the RRS and think they are just no good...
To Brian: I know theists' beliefs may be offensive, but why do we need atheism to look offensive too? Is it a race to see who can be the most offensive now? :P 
Can someone please tell me why we need smoking on camera, and offensive immature rap music? I am not trying to be anti speech or expression, but lots of people look at the RRS when they even hear the word "Atheist". And that is good for alot of reasons, the RRS is excellent at getting our message out to young people. Brian, you really are excellent. The one problem I have, is the things I've been talking about. And to theists, the "negative" things happening on the show (smoking, horrible offensive rap, constant swearing) is apperantly overshadowed. It is a stronger image than the intelligent stuff and points expressed on the show unforuneatly. And I know because I've heard so many people talk about the RRS and these theists fail to see the good of the RRS, because the bad is stronger in their minds. I am just reporting whats going on, no need to think I hate you guys and want to take away your freedom of expression. I'm not forcing you to do anything, I am just telling you, reporting to you what the effect of smoking, putting offensive immature rap on, and overuse of swear words is doing. Thank you!

Theists have shown time and again, they can't keep their beliefs to a passive practice. If the affairs of the world were a card game, the fundamentalists are not just playing, they want to take away my cards. I'm glad there is someone willing to flip the table and call for a new game.

I understand what sinner is saying,but RRS shouldn't hide who they are or anything. Why should they compromise themselves or what they do? If being an Atheist means living without on how to carry on your live,then why should they censor themselves? I know you don't like the music,but those lyrics are meant to attack at the core of a Theist's beliefs and challenge them to think about what they believe in. We(RRS) are who we are and will not change.

I'm wondering why the smoking sticking point? Are you trying to quit?

Interesting how you passed that critical thinking test, and they didn't. Interestingly enough, some times we purposefully put out something that will in turn illicit irrational responses from others. Kellys seductive dress in the debate was this sort of purposefully calculated issue. We knew ahead of time that those who would write in and whine about what she was wearing were of the irrational thinkers. We do the same thing with our logo... "Believe in God? We can fix that." Inevitably we receive letters from people asking us why we say there is no god in our logo.  We tend not to use that phrase, we believe there aren't rational reasons to hold a belief in a god, we do however accept the possibility that an entity we would call god could exist. The motto in our logo is a research and critical thinking test in itself. We're a little twisted, bro. Call it the opposite of a popularity contest. I won't go into details on any of the other little thinking tests we've put out there.

He's the worst. He makes atheists look like devil worshippers. And of course all the porn sites advertise there.

Normal Bob is one of the most patient, calm, respectful, civil, fair, sensitive, cool and collected guys I know.  Normal Bob is the man, I'm glad to consider him a friend.

Just thought I should balance that statement out a little with what you get when you get down to know the person, rather than embrace the irrational act of judging someone on their surface.

Maybe he is talking about this although I don't see nudes here...

If you are getting pop-up you might want to get a pop-up blocker or some anti-adware stuff.

Honestly though if you are looking for a perfect angle to be an atheist spokes person you might need to come back to reality. People are human and people's vision of perfect is different.

I don't think trying to act like someone you're not is going to gain you anything in the long term. All its going to do is create skeletons in the closet and keep up the idea that people have to fit some mold to be a speaker or the idea of having taboo words or ideas is ok.

You also need to think about the style of all those before and how effective they were. What about the goals? What about how people think you should go about reaching them?

There is no one approach everyone has to follow. By having people acting honestly and doing things their way it creates diversity among atheists. This will lead to multiple approaches one of which should work for someone.

This is why we make sure to be true to ourselves, because we're never gonna make everyone else happy, so we might as well try to make ourselves happy.

Those gays oughta stop partying and smoking and being all flamboyant, that'll definitely make their reputation with the homophobes. I prefer the quiet, shy gays who don't ever do anything anyone else hates, personally; I can't stand those in-your-face ones who dress fabulously and decorate houses and want to get married to each other and smooch in public.

It is certainly true that we communicate something with our every activity (assuming there is someone who can see it). While the idea of being PC can suck my dick, we have an undeniable impact (however trivial) on those that we encounter.

If the RRS is a group that is concerned with their impact on health in general society they would certainly want to take steps in minimizing the poor health habits they promote. Claiming that you don't care is one thing, but claiming that you are not advocating something that is openly practiced during your show is another. So far as I can tell you guys [RSS] are well aware of the health risks of smoking and take this stuff into consideration. It is also clear that you weigh the importance of your message against propriety regarding the habits you promote.

As far as the cursing and rap music? We communicate with our body language, our tone and words, as well as by showing the things that we enjoy. If we dress in a way and listen to music which is not popular among the people we are communicating with, our message will likely suffer for it. That is not to say the message can't get out or can't make an impact ... just that it will get filtered through the "clothes and speach" purifier. This is splitting hairs and is a pretty moot point, but that's my take on it.

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