Thanks for pointing this out Kevin. I've recorded the programme but will now
make a point of watching it!
The BBC fall over backwards to pander to the religionists. I've written to them
a few times asking for a balance of programmes. I was always promised Jonathan
Mllers programme on atheism, from as far back as two years before it was
eventually screened (on digital only). The programme turned out to be A history
of atheism', hardly the open debate I was expecting. No other programmes where
forthcoming.
Why won't the BBC debate the topic? And if they do discuss any debate around
religion, they always seem to have religious people presenting the non religious
point of view. It took C4 to make Richard Dawkins 'The root of all evil?'. I'm
hoping that the new Head of Religion and Ethics will be a bit more open minded
than Alan Bookbinder. As a confessed agnostic he (AB), was never popular among
religionists and so seemed compelled to prove to them that he would represent
their views and their views only. I think e mails to the BBC are more likely to
be acknowledged if they are sent as a complaint rather than just a general
comment.

Martin
----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin
To: atheismuk2@...
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 12:08 PM
Subject: [Atheism UK] fiction as fact


A BBC program {The Miricles of Jesus, Sun 13/09/06} used such
language in this so called investigation of the tricks and outright
lies of the 4 gospels that left no doubt that they assumed they were
truth. They not once reffered to any other gospel, especially as they
contridict and prove the lies of the 4 official. Suprise but you
would think Christians would be over the moon at finding other words
of the angry carpenter, but nothing. It used words like demons, god
and miricles as if truth, that the exorcisms worked, i wonder were
all the mentaly ill were in olden days. And how do we know about
these so called miricles, by gospels written years after the fact, by
people not there, or by members of his cult. Were were the Jewish
scholars or the romans that were, could none of them write. And when
we do find other writtings, other versions, do the church embrace, no
they deny. And the beeb in a program meant to be factual aired a
advertisment for the christian church. I've adde the email i sent
Kevin Athiest and Dyslecisy




Email sent
I thought the beeb was not allowed to advertise and yet in this
program " in a bid to uncover the facts" it talked of things like
god and exorcisms as established fact. They are not fact they are
belief and to present them as fact acts as a justifacation for those
beliefs. If this kind of thing is aired surely it would be better
advertised as part of songs of praise.
Kevin Wood





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