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	<title>Comments on: Solstice Displays</title>
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		<title>By: alexatheist</title>
		<link>http://atheists.org/blog/2007/12/09/solstice_displays/comment-page-1#comment-71333</link>
		<dc:creator>alexatheist</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Isn&#039;t it funny how xians want to have their cake and eat it too?  They want only xian displays at this time of year and they totally lose it when a differing opionio wants to also be heard.&lt;br /&gt;
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On the same topic, I noticed today that someone had placed a large &quot;Happy Chanka&quot; (sic) sign alongside I-40 here in Chapel Hill so I called the town hall and left them a message (it was after hours).  My complaint was that the sign violated the zoning and sign ordinance.  I can&#039;t wait to hear what they say tomorrow about it.&lt;br /&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Isn&#8217;t it funny how xians want to have their cake and eat it too?  They want only xian displays at this time of year and they totally lose it when a differing opionio wants to also be heard.</p>
<p>On the same topic, I noticed today that someone had placed a large &#8220;Happy Chanka&#8221; (sic) sign alongside I-40 here in Chapel Hill so I called the town hall and left them a message (it was after hours).  My complaint was that the sign violated the zoning and sign ordinance.  I can&#8217;t wait to hear what they say tomorrow about it.</p>
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		<title>By: dewraith</title>
		<link>http://atheists.org/blog/2007/12/09/solstice_displays/comment-page-1#comment-71338</link>
		<dc:creator>dewraith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ok, the second link is great but the first one is broken.  It takes me to some page that says &quot;page not found&quot; yada, yada, yada, this doesn&#039;t work xyz, click here. Took me to some search engine for the paper.  Is the link too old or do I need to pay $ for it? </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ok, the second link is great but the first one is broken.  It takes me to some page that says &#8220;page not found&#8221; yada, yada, yada, this doesn&#8217;t work xyz, click here. Took me to some search engine for the paper.  Is the link too old or do I need to pay $ for it?</p>
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		<title>By: 3E8</title>
		<link>http://atheists.org/blog/2007/12/09/solstice_displays/comment-page-1#comment-71340</link>
		<dc:creator>3E8</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You&#039;re missing this part at the end of the link: &quot;2.story?coll=hc_tab01_layout&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;re missing this part at the end of the link: &#8220;2.story?coll=hc_tab01_layout&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: what</title>
		<link>http://atheists.org/blog/2007/12/09/solstice_displays/comment-page-1#comment-71344</link>
		<dc:creator>what</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Very nice sign. Make it bigger next year.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Very nice sign. Make it bigger next year.</p>
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		<title>By: quantum_flux</title>
		<link>http://atheists.org/blog/2007/12/09/solstice_displays/comment-page-1#comment-71345</link>
		<dc:creator>quantum_flux</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just thought of a way to turn an x-mas tree into a Solstice Tree&lt;br /&gt;
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....put one of those black-light solar system mobiles dangling above the top of the tree, use ornaments that depict solar and extra-solar planets, get a series of lights that look like stars and galaxies. I&#039;m sure you could find this stuff at Spencers or online somewhere.  The Solstice Tree is really cool because it&#039;s shaped like a cone!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just thought of a way to turn an x-mas tree into a Solstice Tree</p>
<p>&#8230;.put one of those black-light solar system mobiles dangling above the top of the tree, use ornaments that depict solar and extra-solar planets, get a series of lights that look like stars and galaxies. I&#8217;m sure you could find this stuff at Spencers or online somewhere.  The Solstice Tree is really cool because it&#8217;s shaped like a cone!</p>
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		<title>By: UnGodly</title>
		<link>http://atheists.org/blog/2007/12/09/solstice_displays/comment-page-1#comment-71346</link>
		<dc:creator>UnGodly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>One can use TinyURL.com to get short URLs to post instead of long URLs that wrap and no longer work.&lt;br /&gt;
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But of course the important issue here is the sign and the reactions from people afflicted with religious delusions. Some persons reported being upset that the display implicated THEIR religion.  Yet it does not mention any specific religion, and nobody thinks that the dominant religion in Connecticut was the one that motivated the 9/11 attacks.&lt;br /&gt;
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I think the display makes a perfectly valid point, the criminals responsible for 9/11 were motivated by their religious delusions and the hatred validated by those delusions.&lt;br /&gt;
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As far as the folks protesting about the display are concerned, me thinks the faithful doth protest too much.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One can use TinyURL.com to get short URLs to post instead of long URLs that wrap and no longer work.</p>
<p>But of course the important issue here is the sign and the reactions from people afflicted with religious delusions. Some persons reported being upset that the display implicated THEIR religion.  Yet it does not mention any specific religion, and nobody thinks that the dominant religion in Connecticut was the one that motivated the 9/11 attacks.</p>
<p>I think the display makes a perfectly valid point, the criminals responsible for 9/11 were motivated by their religious delusions and the hatred validated by those delusions.</p>
<p>As far as the folks protesting about the display are concerned, me thinks the faithful doth protest too much.</p>
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		<title>By: GodFree&Glad</title>
		<link>http://atheists.org/blog/2007/12/09/solstice_displays/comment-page-1#comment-71349</link>
		<dc:creator>GodFree&Glad</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Who&#039;s surprised?  Just another irrational response from xians. &lt;br /&gt;
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But good work CT atheists.  We should all try to follow their example.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Who&#8217;s surprised?  Just another irrational response from xians. </p>
<p>But good work CT atheists.  We should all try to follow their example.</p>
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		<title>By: reason</title>
		<link>http://atheists.org/blog/2007/12/09/solstice_displays/comment-page-1#comment-71353</link>
		<dc:creator>reason</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>way to go CT atheists.who cares if believers are offended they don&#039;t think we should be offended when their holy books call us fools and evil.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>way to go CT atheists.who cares if believers are offended they don&#8217;t think we should be offended when their holy books call us fools and evil.</p>
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		<title>By: Bones</title>
		<link>http://atheists.org/blog/2007/12/09/solstice_displays/comment-page-1#comment-71354</link>
		<dc:creator>Bones</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>from the WorldNutDaily page:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;blockquote&gt;? 2007 WorldNetDaily.com&lt;br /&gt;
Connecticut atheists, taking advantage of a town&#039;s policy of allowing holiday-season displays in its public park, have erected a 10-foot tall sign in celebration of the winter solstice that includes a message &lt;b&gt;blaming the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, on religious believers.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Now the nuts think &quot;religious believers&quot; were not responsible for the attacks that day?  Huh?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>from the WorldNutDaily page:</p>
<blockquote><p>? 2007 WorldNetDaily.com<br />
Connecticut atheists, taking advantage of a town&#8217;s policy of allowing holiday-season displays in its public park, have erected a 10-foot tall sign in celebration of the winter solstice that includes a message <b>blaming the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, on religious believers.</b></p></blockquote>
<p>Now the nuts think &#8220;religious believers&#8221; were not responsible for the attacks that day?  Huh?</p>
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		<title>By: what</title>
		<link>http://atheists.org/blog/2007/12/09/solstice_displays/comment-page-1#comment-71360</link>
		<dc:creator>what</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Didn&#039;t Pat Robertson say that his Gawd was responsible and it was retribution for homosexuality?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Didn&#8217;t Pat Robertson say that his Gawd was responsible and it was retribution for homosexuality?</p>
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