tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39898133310924415452011-07-07T23:55:39.808-07:00Michael Dossnoreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3989813331092441545.post-70606639108265079572009-12-18T17:50:00.001-08:002009-12-18T20:10:33.755-08:00<a href="http://www.atheistsletters.com/uploaded_images/LB-Indy-Heading-719084.gif"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 348px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 27px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.atheistsletters.com/uploaded_images/LB-Indy-Heading-719074.gif" /></a> <div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#ffffff;">December 18, 2009, Page A10:</span></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://www.atheistsletters.com/uploaded_images/2009-Religion-RE-740514.gif"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 308px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.atheistsletters.com/uploaded_images/2009-Religion-RE-740509.gif" /></a> <span style="color:#ffffff;">The</span><span style="color:#ffffff;"> above letter was inspired by the following real estate advertisment:</span></div><div align="center"><a href="http://www.lagunabeachindependent.com/ROP/large/TeamLaguna.htm"><span style="color:#3366ff;">www.lagunabeachindependent.com/ROP/large/TeamLaguna.htm</span></a></div><div><br /><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3989813331092441545-7060663910826507957?l=2009atheistletters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>atheistslettershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00148569495840085476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3989813331092441545.post-74767050578695262942009-12-12T13:26:00.000-08:002009-12-12T15:21:11.921-08:00<a href="http://www.atheistsletters.com/uploaded_images/Trash-Letter-755459.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 750px; display: block; height: 542px;" alt="" src="http://www.atheistsletters.com/uploaded_images/Trash-Letter-755459.gif" border="0" align="left"/></a><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3989813331092441545-7476705057869526294?l=2009atheistletters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>atheistslettershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00148569495840085476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3989813331092441545.post-65160564275851842862009-10-29T11:39:00.001-07:002009-11-02T13:07:40.257-08:00<div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >Is Religion Going to the Dogs? (2 articles + 1 letter)</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:180%;" ></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">While reading a local weekly newspaper (September 25, 2009), Naughty Niko noticed an announcement in the FAITH section of the paper about an upcoming blessing of animals (Briefly In Religion, below, left).</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">By coincidence, in another publication, the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) newspaper FREETHOUGHT TODAY (October 1, 2009), Naughty Niko also read about a</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Post-Rapture service for animal owners of faith (below, center).</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Being concerned about animal owners of faith and their pets, Naughty Niko was</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">prompted to write and submit a letter to the editor of the local newspaper that ran</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">the original animal blessing article (October 2, 2009, below, right).</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></div><a href="http://www.atheistsletters.com/uploaded_images/RaptureClippings%5B3%29-739967.gif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 650px; display: block; height: 590px;" alt="" src="http://www.atheistsletters.com/uploaded_images/RaptureClippings%5B3%29-739967.gif" border="0" /></span></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In the following month's FREETHOUGHT TODAY (November, 2009), there was</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">a follow-up article to the October article (above):</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.atheistsletters.com/uploaded_images/Animal-Bless-FU-779166.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 816px; height: 412px;" src="http://www.atheistsletters.com/uploaded_images/Animal-Bless-FU-779166.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The subject of Animal Blessings had come up in the past, see:</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span></span> <a href="http://www.atheistsletters.com/2005AnimalBlessings.html"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">November 25 to December 16, 2005 -</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><br />Animal Blessings</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">(1 article &amp; 2 letters)</span></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3989813331092441545-6516056427585184286?l=2009atheistletters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>atheistslettershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00148569495840085476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3989813331092441545.post-46420077191493612009-10-22T09:40:00.000-07:002009-10-27T10:50:37.837-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">In addition to publishing a print version of a local weekly newspaper, one paper also has an online web version. In the web version readers may post online comments and others may respond. This is the situation for the two entries below.<br /><br />In a Town Hall Story feature, a representative of the local Presbyterian church presented the following:<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 648px; display: block; height: 576px;" alt="" src="http://www.atheistsletters.com/uploaded_images/Presby-Letter-719258.gif" border="0" /></div><p style="text-align: left; line-height: 16.8pt;" class="dropcap">The lone comment was from Niko Theris and it was also printed on the front page of the following week's print edition:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.atheistsletters.com/uploaded_images/Presby-Church-701796.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 160px; display: block; height: 400px; cursor: pointer;" alt="" src="http://www.atheistsletters.com/uploaded_images/Presby-Church-701772.jpg" border="0" /></a></p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3989813331092441545-4642007719149361?l=2009atheistletters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>atheistslettershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00148569495840085476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3989813331092441545.post-72309135239653695002009-10-08T20:13:00.001-07:002009-10-16T12:26:13.637-07:00<div align="center"><a href="http://www.atheistsletters.com/uploaded_images/LB-Coastline-Pilot-Heading-794320.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 388px; display: block; height: 24px;" alt="" src="http://www.atheistsletters.com/uploaded_images/LB-Coastline-Pilot-Heading-794310.gif" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">September 4, 2009:</span><br /><br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; display: block;" src="http://www.atheistsletters.com/uploaded_images/Bullhorn-Article-780606.jpg" border="0" /> <div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">and<br /></span><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">September 18, 2009:</span></div><a href="http://www.atheistsletters.com/uploaded_images/Bullhorn-Letter-753527.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; display: block;" alt="" src="http://www.atheistsletters.com/uploaded_images/Bullhorn-Letter-753527.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3989813331092441545-7230913523965369500?l=2009atheistletters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>atheistslettershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00148569495840085476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3989813331092441545.post-70185191632784862352009-05-14T18:28:00.000-07:002009-12-12T12:49:20.409-08:00<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,102)">Laguna Beach Coastline Pilot</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><br />March 20, 2009</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.atheistsletters.com/uploaded_images/test-723466-746166.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://www.atheistsletters.com/uploaded_images/test-723466-746166.jpg" /></a> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3989813331092441545-7018519163278486235?l=2009atheistletters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Dossnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3989813331092441545.post-35716373269684399382009-02-06T16:05:00.000-08:002009-06-12T10:33:17.165-07:00<a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.atheistsletters.com/uploaded_images/3271302888_fa0b9d121c_o-775151.jpg"><br /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);font-family:arial;" >The Laguna Beach Independent</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">February 6, 2009</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.atheistsletters.com/uploaded_images/darwindayletter-769264.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 292px;" src="http://www.atheistsletters.com/uploaded_images/darwindayletter-769254.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3989813331092441545-3571637326968439938?l=2009atheistletters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Dossnoreply@blogger.com