Sunday, 8 March 2009

Email to the BBC Religions & Ethics Department

I decided to open up an attack on another front. Here is my email:-

Dear Madam/Sir

I have two questions for the Religion & Ethics Department:-

1) On the Religion & Ethics webpage you feature a drop-down "Religion finder" entitled "All featured religions/beliefs". Please could you explain why humanism is indicated as branch of atheism. I assure you it is not. There is nothing mutually exclusive between humanism and religious beliefs.

2) Why do you include atheism/humanism as one of your featured "religions/beliefs" yet never allow them representation in the Thought for the Day slot?
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2 comments:

  1. Guillaume11 March 2009 at 17:44

    Hmmm...following the BBC's logic, does that mean that one can only be humanist if he does not believe in God? I would say not necessarily, but it is true that I seldom find religious people with good disposition towards mankind.

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  2. quedula11 March 2009 at 19:08

    Yes Guillaume that's what seems to be implied.

    And I agree with what you say about the religious. They claim a dogmatic set of rules that they often ignore. Whereas Humanists have to think about and justify their actions all the time.

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