Comments on: Oops! Humanist poster kids are from a Christian family http://www.realstreet.co.uk/2009/11/oops-humanist-poster/ Stewart Cowan's Blog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:35:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Adam Casey http://www.realstreet.co.uk/2009/11/oops-humanist-poster/comment-page-1/#comment-3155 Adam Casey Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:10:58 +0000 http://www.realstreet.co.uk/?p=1352#comment-3155 Good, I'm glad they've not had dogma thrust on them. Dogma is always bad, be it humanism or evangelism. I'm glad these children are happy, I'm glad they're not burdened by hellfire or by ... well, I'm not quite sure what humanist dogma would really burden a small child, but whatever. Good, I’m glad they’ve not had dogma thrust on them. Dogma is always bad, be it humanism or evangelism. I’m glad these children are happy, I’m glad they’re not burdened by hellfire or by … well, I’m not quite sure what humanist dogma would really burden a small child, but whatever.

]]> By: Stewart Cowan http://www.realstreet.co.uk/2009/11/oops-humanist-poster/comment-page-1/#comment-3110 Stewart Cowan Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:39:29 +0000 http://www.realstreet.co.uk/?p=1352#comment-3110 Mr Casey, Thanks for your comment, but the BHA exists to further humanism. They are not neutral. The irony is that they chose children of evangelical Christians because they looked free and unburdened by the sort of dogmatic bilge that the BHA exists to promote. Mr Casey,

Thanks for your comment, but the BHA exists to further humanism. They are not neutral. The irony is that they chose children of evangelical Christians because they looked free and unburdened by the sort of dogmatic bilge that the BHA exists to promote.

]]> By: Adam Casey http://www.realstreet.co.uk/2009/11/oops-humanist-poster/comment-page-1/#comment-3109 Adam Casey Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:33:22 +0000 http://www.realstreet.co.uk/?p=1352#comment-3109 umm. I dont understand the criticism here. The poster says that we should not label a child with a religion they cannot have maturely chosen to follow. To illustrate the idea of a child they found two stock images of children .. I dont see how the religion of those children's parents has anything to do with it. The posters do not claim that atheists are happy, or that the children are atheists, or even that people should become atheists. This is a poster about strict religious neutrality when it comes to children. Trying to call a child atheist is just as wrong and devicive as calling them a Marxist or a Christian. umm. I dont understand the criticism here. The poster says that we should not label a child with a religion they cannot have maturely chosen to follow. To illustrate the idea of a child they found two stock images of children .. I dont see how the religion of those children’s parents has anything to do with it. The posters do not claim that atheists are happy, or that the children are atheists, or even that people should become atheists. This is a poster about strict religious neutrality when it comes to children. Trying to call a child atheist is just as wrong and devicive as calling them a Marxist or a Christian.

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