The campaign was initially hoping to raise £5500 in the six months between now and April '09. It reached that total in JUST OVER ONE HOUR, and is now snowballing like crazy as you can see from the donations page. At the time of posting (about 30 hours after launch) the total stands at £66,000!
There are definitely a few WTFs coming out of this, not least a statement from Paul Woolley, director of "Theos" (a church think-tank):
"At first, we almost felt sorry for the campaign, as its difficulties showed that there were not many atheists in Britain, and certainly not many who were willing to put their hands in their pocket."Exceeding your six-month target by 1000% within 24 hours is a very creative definition of "difficulties"...