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Platitude of the Day BBC Radio 4 92 - 95 FM (198 LW) |
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We at the department of Religion & More Religion, recognise that only those who commune with the Invisible Magic Sky
Pixie can possibly have any morality. Atheists, agnostics, humanists and other amoral non-believers are therefore
excluded from the pure and godly Platitude of the Day, broadcast Monday to Saturday at 07.45 (but obviously not Sundays).
For your further edification
and spiritual improvement, we therefore present these concise, bite-size summaries of the wisdom of our presenters.
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Platitudes for Dec 2005 |
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Platitudes for Jan 2006 |
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Sat, 4 Feb 2006 |
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Presenter |
Rob Marshall |
Rating |
3 out of 5 (Fairly platitudinous). |
Summary |
We live in a world of instant high speed communications, so we get to
learn about everything, and learn it very fast. That's good because now
we can all be one people of God, just like God intended. It also means that
everyone who thinks stories of Jesus and Mohammed are silly should shut up
and do what religious people tell them to.
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Fri, 3 Feb 2006 |
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Presenter |
Jonathon Sacks |
Rating |
1 out of 5 (Hardly platitudinous at all). |
Summary |
With upsets over cartoons of Mohammed and the government's defeat on
the religious hatred bill, we live in interesting times. Yet there
are schools with children from 40 or more nations, all with different
cultures, who must learn to get on with one another - and they do.
You cannot legislate to make people respect one another, but you can
teach them to.
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Thu, 2 Feb 2006 |
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Presenter |
Rhidian Brook |
Rating |
4 out of 5 (Highly platitudinous). |
Summary |
I'm in Mumbai, a really poor place where I feel bad about being so wealthy, but
I want to talk about Kenya, where I've just come from, and which is a really, really
poor place. I went there to do something and to be incredibly helpful to those poor
people who have so little. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that these people
were human beings who were capable of doing things all by themselves, without my
assitance! I mean, who would have thought it?!
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Weds, 1 Feb 2006 |
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Presenter |
Martin Palmer |
Rating |
3 out of 5 (Fairly platitudinous). |
Summary |
Religion takes the long view. For Daoists, this is the year of the sleepy dog.
There won't be another sleepy dog for ages. Sikhs have just started a 300 year epoch
of nature. This is because religious folks understand things better than everyone
else. So it's nice to see the UN coming out with some plans that last a bit longer
than a Tony Blair promise.
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