Advice please, My Local Newspaper

[trebor777]

I am with E on this one, it is not even an issue at all. I think since you stated that it was a local paper that the residents of that sector are well aware that the good reverend is deceased. Maybe by continuing to print the column it is the papers way of honoring his memory. Move on trebor, as atheists we have bigger fish to fry.

I agree that there is no point in pursuing the issue with the local paper.

I do not agree that our local residents know that the rev. is dead, as he has no connection with this area, and lived about 150 miles away in N.Wales (a long way in the UK). His article was plucked from his web page.

I want to ask about the bigger fish you refer to? It is not within my power to address The Archbishop of Canterbury. I might be able to make a difference though at the local level, by writing letters to my local newspaper (though it is increasingly unlikely they would print them).

Thanks to you and everyone for the input, it is very helpful in sorting out my own ideas

K

[chatpilot]

Well, atheists have enough on our plates dealing with the encroachment of Christianity or any religion for that matter upon our society and government. Here in the U.S. the church remains a powerful and influential force. Politicians are always trying to please them in order to get reelected, they try to institute laws based on biblical principles in some states etc. That is what I meant when I said we atheists have bigger fish to fry.

[fr0d0]

LMAO @ encroachment. Well in my world. To 'encroach' you'd have to get a few more members methinks

[chatpilot]

fr0d0, do I have to define everything for you?
Encroach: 1 : to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another

That is the definition given in the Merriam Webster dictionary. Basing myself on it I think the use of the word encroachment to define Christianities attempts to make the world a theocracy is right on the money. If the shoe fits wear it.

Christianity has tried everything from wholesale murder to underhanded dealings with governments and political bodies to spread their cancerous faith based trash. And they continue to do so here in the U.S. I don't know what they have been up to in the U.K. so I can't comment on that. I can only comment on what I observe and experience here for myself.

[fr0d0]

Keep your wig on chatty Hey.. I wear the shoe. Never denied it. It's also the way of all flesh. Yours probably moreso than mine given your past record.