Posted: Aug 16, 2013 7:37 pm
this means teaching about non-religious beliefs such as Humanism
Humanism isn't a non-religious belief and there is no correlation between religious beliefs and non-religious beliefs, it's complete crap. If I believe that Manchester United will win the cup, it is a non-religious belief but what does it tell us about religious beliefs? Fuck all.
In this context the BHA sees itself as mediating on behalf of certain beliefs (!), it's just trying to eek out a little bit of turf it can defend, even if that means subjecting kids to the rest of the religious shit.
It's MeToo identity politics, not very endearing.