The Dickinsonian is Dickinson College's campus newspaper. It is put out on a weekly basis, and has several different sections, including an opinion section. There have been opinion articles in past years (including while I was a student) that knock Christianity & faith in general. Last week, some visiting alumni friends picked up the newspaper while visiting campus and noticed a rather interesting article in that vein titled "We are All Atheists." The author of this article is also the president of the Secular Students Union. If you would like to read it, here is the link:
http://www2.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?5626
What was even more interesting were the "Letter to the Editor" responses in this week's edition of the Dickinsonian. One was written by a student who said they would probably define themselves as an atheist, and the other was written by a Jewish student. Both responses were critical of the above article and called for the author to be more respectful of others' beliefs, while coming from two completely different faith camps themselves.
Letter to the editor by the Jewish student:
http://www2.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?5656
Letter to the editor by the student who's in the atheist camp:
http://www2.dickinson.edu/dickinsonian/detail.cfm?5657
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