As if trying to negotiate the traffic wasn't hard enough, drivers coming into New York City via the Lincoln Tunnel are getting caught up in a battle of beliefs. 
 
 A billboard sponsored by a Catholic group is displayed near an exit of the Lincoln Tunnel in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. Similarly, a billboard sponsored by an atheist group is displayed near the... (Associated Press) 
 
 A billboard sponsored by an atheist group is displayed near the entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel in North Bergen, N.J., Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. Now, the Catholic League has countered by putting up its... (Associated Press) 
 
 A billboard sponsored by a Catholic group is displayed near an exit of the Lincoln Tunnel in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. Similarly, a billboard sponsored by an atheist group is displayed near the... (Associated Press) 
 
 A billboard sponsored by an atheist group is displayed near the entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel in North Bergen, N.J., Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. Now, the Catholic League has countered by putting up its... (Associated Press) 
 
 First, an anti-Christmas billboard was set up by the American Atheists outside a New Jersey entrance to the tunnel. 
 
 Now, the Catholic League has countered by putting up its own billboard near one of the tunnel's New York City entrances. 
 
 The atheist billboard says, "You know it's a myth. This season, celebrate reason!" The Catholic billboard counters: "You know it's real. This season, celebrate Jesus." 
 
 Both billboards will be up for at least the next couple of weeks. ||||| Thanks in part to the work of American Atheists, the number of atheists in the United States continues to grow and attitudes toward atheists are shifting. However, misconceptions about atheists still exist and members of our community still face discrimination at home, work, and school. Help us continue to elevate atheists and educate the public about atheism by making a tax-deductible gift today.
– Just in time for Christmas ... a giant New Jersey billboard is challenging the existence of God. "You know it's a myth," says the atheist ad that appears over the entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel, featuring an image of the Magi traveling to a nativity scene. "This season, celebrate reason." The debate, of course, isn't ending there. A Catholic group has erected its own billboard on the Manhattan entrance to the tunnel reading: "You know it's real" over pictures of Mary and Joseph. "We can't enjoy the Christmas season without someone trying to dumb it down or neuter it," the president of the Catholic League told AP. Reps from American Atheists say they don't intend to offend anyone. They merely want to "encourage" other atheists to "come out of their closet to attack the myth that Christianity owns the solstice system," they said on their blog site. Each billboard cost close to $20,000.