The students who have the time to do stupid shit like this must be the same ones whose parents are paying their tuition, room & board, etc. and telling them they shouldn’t work during the semester because it would be too stressful.
There are church groups that give out free porn? Sweet! Which ones?
I know we’ve strayed from the debate, but is it necessary to mass classify all college kids who engage in pranks or glom onto pet causes as those who ‘got a free ride’ in contrast to those who ‘earned’ their education on their own? I had a part time job in school and still managed to find groups of like minded people with which to hang. And really, what did they do that was so bad? Some of y’all make it sound like they were up on Dean Wormer’s roof fixin’ to put a dead horse in his office. It’s porn. Big deal.
See now - THAT we can all get behind
Then you haven’t been paying attention. God is pushed all the time here in America; people generally don’t notice because it’s like a fish noticing water.
It’s a stupid idea. Even granting the thought that it has some merit for opening eyes to a sacred cow, surely there are ways to do that that aren’t a) offensive, b) going to actually put people off atheism and atheists, and c) likely as not will be stuck in fundraising and political support leaflets for anyone whose opinion of atheists is already not too good.
The Bible is not a sacred cow.
That depends on if it’s bound in leather or not.
This is hilarious, I applaud those kids! Christians aren’t the only ones who do outrageous things for publicity.
I know, right? I never have religious people come to my door or hand me pamphlets on the train. I’m really sick to death of all those atheists trying to shove the Origin of Species and the God Delusion in my face. I mean, how many copies could I have? Plus, there’s always a copy of Breaking the Spell in every dang hotel I go to.
Then, let’s not forget all the atheists trying to get evolution taught in the churches. You read about it all the time – a bunch of atheists get elected to some church board, and before you know it, they’re trying to get rid of the creationism curriculum in Sunday school and replace it with the Descent of Man.
And, you never, ever have preachers with their own television show or radio programs – it’s always those dang atheists, asking for money for some secular cause or so they can have a refrigerated dog house or some crap.
Effin evangelical, fundamentalist atheists. Can’t stand 'em.
RitterSport - 
Whoa. How did we miss the earlier version of this back in 2005?
Is there any relationship between tuition and the OP? Any at all? Seriously, I would like to read your explanation as to their relationship.
I wouldn’t go quite that far. They’re college students. They’re supposed to do incredibly stupid things that they smugly think are daring and provocative. That’s what college is for: to keep these people away from the rest of us, until they’ve had a chance to grow out of it.
What bravery? Insulting Christians in the United States or Europe carries so very little risk. Hell, it takes more courage to mug a Girl Scout. When they hold a “Trade Your Koran for Porn” day, then I’ll concede that maybe they really are something more than obnoxious punks.
Get your conceding shoes on. The “Smut for Smut” campaigndoes trade Qur’ans for porn:
Okay, I’ll wear the shoes, but damned if I’ll wear the socks. But I’ll still insist they’re just being jerks.
*“When in doubt, blaspheme. Fools will always mistake it for wit.” *-- Oscar Wilde
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They didn’t insult Christians, but I can tell you that provoking Christians in the deep south is not a safe thing to do.
Doing the same thing with the Koran (which they do) provokes no reaction at all.
They did, in fact, have someone tell them that he would come back the next day with a rifle and pick them off one by one.