'I'm an Atheist' Shoes Launched by German Shoemaker
A German shoemaker, Atheist Shoes, has announced pre-orders for its new line of shoes bearing the atheist message, "Ich Bin Atheist," or I'm an atheist, on the soles, and is offering free shipping worldwide, including to the United States in five days.
Priced at €185, or $193, and called Das Sneaker, the "sneaky so-&-so is our latest evolution of the original ATHEIST design. And we have a hunch it's the most luxurious and minimalistic sneaker EVER created," the shoemakers say on their website, promising delivery by April 2017.
"We are a raggedly lump of folk in Berlin, London & San Francisco, who like to make shoes and happen not to believe in god," the website says. "One day, we decided it would be fun to put those two things together, to make an 'atheist shoe' … and, bizarrely, enough people liked that first shoe that we began making more of them. The result is a room full of multi-coloured, Bauhaus-inspired footwear made of the finest calf-skin."
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They say they have been making ATHEIST Shoes for four years and "we're honoured to have thousands of loyal customers, all over the world, from Stockholm to San Francisco, Tehran to Tennessee."
They explain that they "felt the world might be a better place, if non-believers were more open about their godlessness, so we carved the words 'ICH BIN ATHEIST' on a shoe sole - just as a cheeky little provocation."
The shoemakers add that they gave up their jobs in 2012 and "we've been happily making shoes and selling them from this website, ever since."
"We enjoy happy, full lives without god(s) and we don't often think about religion," reads one of their blog posts. "But, when we do, we find it a bit weird and depressing; like a silly game of make-believe that's gone too far, threatening the things we hold most dear, like independence, reason and love."
"We'd love it if more atheists were to 'come out' and to find each other," it adds. "Maybe our shoes will make it easier to spot the sexy, free-thinking people you like to hang with? No more hours wasted chatting up a pretty stranger only to discover they believe some invisible, magical sky-daddy is looking down and holding a view on whether they should sleep with you or not."
