USA TODAY OPINION USA TODAY OPINION Letters to the editor USA TODAY receives about 300 letters each day. Most arrive via e-mail, but we also receive submissions by postal mail and fax. We publish about 35 letters each week. We often select comments that respond directly to USA TODAY articles or opinion pieces. Letters that are concise and make one or two good points have the best chance of being selected, as do letters that reflect the vibrant debate around the nation on a particular subject. We aim to make the letters platform a place where readers, not just writers representing institutions or interest groups, have their say. How to submit letters Commentary writer Karl Giberson apparently is so rattled by the New Atheism that he cannot quote accurately ( "Atheists, play well with others," On Religion, May 24). In the Forum piece, he says of me: "Tufts University philosopher and leading atheist Daniel Dennett no doubt finds all this mystifying, since he thinks seminary education should ultimately terminate one's faith: 'Anybody who goes through seminary and comes out believing in God hasn't been paying attention,' he told The Boston Globe." As the Globe article made clear, I was quoting a joke made by a pastor. If this were an isolated incident, I wouldn't bother responding, but faith fibbers like Giberson are polluting the media with their misrepresentations of the New Atheism. We New Atheists don't need to tell lies to get our points across; the truth is damning enough. Our critics seem to have decided that telling the truth is just not a strong enough weapon to ward off the threat they see us posing. They should reflect that their willful misrepresentations dishonor the faiths they are defending. Daniel Dennett; North Andover, Mass. Murphy's choice In the debate about fictional TV news anchor Murphy Brown and values, no one ever talks about Jake Lowenstein. Who's that? For those of you who have forgotten, Jake Lowenstein is the absent father of Murphy's baby, Avery (" Was Dan Quayle gasp! right?" The Forum, May 18). In the sitcom, Brown was very happy to have reconnected with her long-ago love, and was excited about settling down and being a family with this man she thought she knew and upon whom she thought she could rely. Dan Quayle and many others characterized having a baby as a cavalier decision on her part, as though she put no more thought into it than she would taking in a stray cat. But it was Jake who decided that fatherhood didn't fit into his plans, and he took off to resume his globetrotting lifestyle. Brown didn't casually choose this on her own, nor did she "get herself" pregnant as it's often phrased. Let's not forget that he left her to raise their child on her own. Ginny Stanhope; Hallowell, Maine Guidelines: You share in the USA TODAY community, so please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally, and keep your language decent. Use the "Report Abuse" button to make a difference. You share in the USA TODAY community, so please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally, and keep your language decent. Use the "Report Abuse" button to make a difference. Read more