Secularism on RTE's "the Frontline" tomorrow

recedite · 11-03-2012 09:32PM #1

Monday 12 March, 9:35 pm, RTÉ1 television; Michael Nugent and Jane Donnelly will be in the audience for The Frontline, and members of Educate Together will also be there. The programme will be discussing issues relevant to secularism. Educate Together are looking for parents to take part in the show.
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Dades · 11-03-2012 09:40PM

I should watch this but I'm afraid I'll end up throwing something at the TV. :pac:

recedite · 11-03-2012 10:06PM

I'm just preparing my Atheist Ireland 4 World Domination twitter account now, so I can catch Michael Nugent off guard with a scandalous and revelatory bogus tweet.

swiftblade · 11-03-2012 10:15PM

Im afraid that this will turn into what happened a while back on the Late Late Show ****e.

Someone will come out with some crazy opinion. "Anyone who isn't Catholic is bad", and everyone will clap. I then realsie how f**ked up Ireland is and break down and cry.

I like living in my own happy little world. I'll still watch it though...

Galvasean · 11-03-2012 11:09PM

Arsenal v Newcastle is on.
Sorry Frontline :P

philologos · 11-03-2012 11:12PM

Dades wrote: »

I should watch this but I'm afraid I'll end up throwing something at the TV. :pac:

Sounds like the equivalent of watching The Big Questions on a Sunday morning :pac:

I may see if I can get a glimpse of this on RTÉ Player.

krudler · 11-03-2012 11:26PM

ah tis a disgrace Joe

Turtwig · 12-03-2012 10:21AM

It comes down this : keeping my faith in humanity or having it shattered by watching moronic comments about evil secular strawmen. I think I'll choose bliss on this one and give it a miss.

Penn · 12-03-2012 10:35AM

I'll watch it just so I know my anger at people who oppose secularism is justified and to confirm that I'm on the right side of the fence.

Pace2008 · 12-03-2012 01:55PM

I just know this will be perfect for a game of backwards-Ireland bingo. I have no doubt that "Catholic country" and "part of who we are" will feature. Any other suggestions are welcome.

ShooterSF · 12-03-2012 02:16PM

Jernal wrote: »

It comes down this : keeping my faith in humanity or having it shattered by watching moronic comments about evil secular strawmen. I think I'll choose bliss on this one and give it a miss.

So you'd prefer to believe a comforting lie eh?

Turtwig · 12-03-2012 02:45PM

ShooterSF wrote: »

So you'd prefer to believe a comforting lie eh?

It's neither a truth nor a lie if I remain ignorant towards it.

lazygal · 12-03-2012 03:11PM

Does anyone know who will be on the panel?

PLEASE tell the Iona 'Institute' won't be wheeled out again!

eoin5 · 12-03-2012 04:12PM

The format doesn't allow for proper discussion so I'll give it a miss.

swiftblade · 12-03-2012 04:41PM

eoin5 wrote: »

The format doesn't allow for proper discussion so I'll give it a miss.

Exactly. Majority rules and sadly the majority are idiots.

Jimoslimos · 12-03-2012 04:44PM

Pace2008 wrote: »

I just know this will be perfect for a game of backwards-Ireland bingo. I have no doubt that "Catholic country" and "part of who we are" will feature. Any other suggestions are welcome.

ethos
spiritual wellbeing
moral guidance
persecution

Oooh this could be fun!

swiftblade · 12-03-2012 04:51PM

"If they want athiest schools they should set up their own"
"Stop discriminating against Catholics"
"People have a right to educate their Children in a Catholic run school"
"If the government stop funding Catholic run schools, that's discrimination"

This stuff writes itself.The more I think about it I think I'll avoid watching it.

lazygal · 12-03-2012 05:00PM

"Ireland is becoming a very dangerous place to be Catholic"
"Creeping secularism is not in keeping with how Irish people want to live"
"Morals and ethics and sins, oh my, how ever will people behave themselves if there's no big deity waiting to catch them out"
"The church educated our children and provided health and social care when the State couldn't afford it".

Galvasean · 12-03-2012 05:16PM

I do like watching the sound men running up and down the stairs so that they can catch the rubbish on mic.

Dave! · 12-03-2012 09:25PM

Shall be watching... Will be ready to send in texts and stuff to provide some balance to the expected idiocy

Burning Eclipse · 12-03-2012 09:38PM

Had planned on playing Mass Effect 3 tonight, but I'll give this a chance. Glad I spotted the thread now. If it's horribly unbalanced in the first 15 minutes I'm gone however.

Daughter is in an educate together school btw and it's absolutely brilliant

Galvasean · 12-03-2012 10:00PM

Are we winning? :pac:

expectationlost · 12-03-2012 10:09PM

if there isn't a representative from the church ie bishop o'reilly and the goverment ie minister quinn, then the program is pointless

MagicMarker · 12-03-2012 10:19PM

I do hope Michael Nugent is on the panel and not stuck in the audience, limited to 60 seconds of air time.

Anyway, who brought the popcorn?

Dave! · 12-03-2012 10:31PM

OMG IT'S ABOUT TO START!!!!!!!!!

MagicMarker · 12-03-2012 10:40PM

David Quinn.

Someone hand me a gun.

Dave! · 12-03-2012 10:40PM

F*ckin Iona Institute clown is on.

Mick Nugent is in the crowd. Ivana Bacik is the token atheist.

Turtwig · 12-03-2012 10:43PM

Quinn and Bacik, I'm glad I just followed the thread and not the programme. C'mon Arsenal.

Cossax · 12-03-2012 10:50PM

'Aggressive' has been used quite a few times already. :rolleyes:

MagicMarker · 12-03-2012 10:51PM

WTF is that women on? Catholic opinions are being dismissed?!

swiftblade · 12-03-2012 10:51PM

Ahh, I see they filled the audience with the usual idiots. Well done RTE, well done.

Secularism on RTE's "the Frontline" tomorrow

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