Woke up today with the news that the final part of the famous 'bus campaign' began this week. It is a creative poster with a colourful image an loving life child. Yet for it being so creative - the message just seems to come up with the same old tired line about people needing to be free to make up their own minds.
I wonder if it occured to them as to how people may make up their own minds? If people do not have access to information about faith, values - but are spoon fed a diatribe of secualrism, how on earth are people expected to make up their minds?
It rather crudely assumes that bringing up our children with no input from anybody, or any philosphy, or any values, will suddenly produce a morally balanced, well educated, whole human being...er where have they got this from?
If we do not teach our children the values we have - then someone else will. As Bishop Nick Baines says
"to repeat the obvious: to not tell a child that there is a God is not to leave that child philosophically neutral, but to positively indoctinate the child into the assumption that there is no God. Why is that more rational or less bad?"
Did you see this article in The Times about the latest Bus Adverts?
Own Goal or what!!!
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article6925781.ece
Posted by: Pete & karin | November 24, 2009 at 05:19 PM