Why is Richard Dawkins selling Atheism+ t-shirts

[KaineDamo]

http://store.richarddawkins.net/product ... id-t-shirt

What's the deal?

[The_Evelyonian]

Those are part of his "Non-Believers Giving Aid" campaign. They predate Atheism+ by quite a bit.

[DeanMorrison]

Oh yeah, totally forgot about those!

[maiforpeace]

Wonderful - in fact, its a perfect natural be for us to support Dawkin's cause Non Believer's giving aid supporting Doctors Without Borders - a vital and very worthwhile cause.

We need to make this a direct action.

Double the pleasure. And we have t-shirts too!

[tiny]

I find this ironic. That his organisation sells A+ shirts when he is such a... you know, feminist-outrage-in-its-place-putter. Or is it sarcastic?

[maiforpeace]

I find this ironic. That his organisation sells A+ shirts when he is such a... you know, feminist-outrage-in-its-place-putter. Or is it sarcastic?

I'd like to think even an old dog can learn new tricks. Someone has to reach out.

Richard Dawkins has had public relations problems since I can remember, this last episode with Rebecca Watson wasn't his first. Hopefully this last time he learned something, and will at least get himself a press agent.

This is about social justice, isn't it? I think most of us are on board with Doctors without Borders and the Red Cross, no?

[Imagination Theory]

I find this ironic. That his organisation sells A+ shirts when he is such a... you know, feminist-outrage-in-its-place-putter. Or is it sarcastic?

The "+" in this case is for "aid" and it is at least two years old. I don't think it has anything to do with the new "A+" but I'm not sure. Maybe now it means both.

Check out Non-Believers Giving Aid, a new initiative from RichardDawkins.net. They have chosen Doctors Without Borders and the International Red Cross as the two organizations they think are best suited for secular aid giving.
Here are the advantages in donating through them:
1. 100% of your donation will be go to these charities: not even the PayPal fees will be deducted from your donation, since Richard will personally donate a sum to cover the cost of these (capped at $10,000). This means that more of your money will reach the people in need.
2. When donating via Non-Believers Giving Aid, you are helping to counter the scandalous myth that only the religious care about their fellow-humans.
I’m sure most of us have already donated something (I donated to Red Cross), but most of us can do more. I hope you’ll consider donating through this new non-religious initiative.

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/unreasonab ... iving-aid/

Non-Believers Giving Aid: a religion-free way to help disaster victims
Spurred by the horrific suffering in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake, the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science (RDFRS) has joined forces with 20 other freethought groups or associates, to collect donations to non-religious relief organizations. Those participating are Atheist Alliance International, Atheists Helping the Homeless, Atheists United, The British Humanist Association, Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain, Freedom From Religion Foundation, The International Humanist and Ethical Union, James Randi Educational Foundation, Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers, New Humanist Magazine, Pharyngula, Rationalist Association, Rationalist International, Reasonable New York, The Reason Project, The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science, Secular Student Alliance, Skeptics in the Pub, The Skeptic Magazine, The Skeptics Society and Unreasonable Faith.

http://givingaid.richarddawkins.net/

[Robert_S]

The original "A" was created by Josh Timmonen and I'm not sure what the copyright status is on it. But it's a minor variation on the "A" from a standard font anyway.

I think there has to be a graphic artist or two in here that can come up with something completely new.