Naomi Phillips discussing druids (BBC Radio Wiltshire)

Mark O'Donnell of BBC Radio Wiltshire interviews Naomi Phillips, on druids who are claiming rights over prehistoric skeleton and demanding that they be re-buried, a claim which has prompted a consultation by English Heritage.

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News & Politics

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• rights
• religion
• druids
• Naomi Phillips
• archaeology
• English Heritage

[niallobinghe]

You could hardly find a better photograph to illustrate just how smug and arrogant naomi phillips is..bleeeeeerk...

[niallobinghe]

harry911tk; you are making some assumptions here; I am a Druid but not a neopagan, Neither do i 'Hate all scientists', I simply have an issue with those who work for monsanto or the Arms industry; I cound Albert Einstein and James Lovelock amoun my all time Heroes..We all need to ask ourselves 'How can i be part of the solution instead of acting like Ostritches..Weall have immense potential but use a fraction of it; if this does not change, we will bemeasuring our own extinction..

[pincherucoculero]

@niallobinghe You are confuisng humanism with human-centrism. Also, all humanists are atheists but not all atheists are humanists.

[harry911tk]

@niallobinghe Neo-pagans aren't the only ones who love nature, many humanists, atheists, and scientists are active in environmentalism. Which isn't surprising, since the lack of belief in heaven can make one appreciate our home planet even more.

[niallobinghe]

pincherucocolero; you can pass judgments on my intelligence from a few comments? Wow, you are so smart Humanists are symptomatic of what is wrong with humanity; it assumes human concerns take precedent over all else; what i do, i do for ALL lifeforms. as the People of Bolivia are telling the world; all life has the right to exist. A scientist's understanding of the natural world only includes what can be measured, i suppose you believe there is nothing beyond that..If so, that is your loss..

[pincherucoculero]

@niallobinghe Scientists study, engineers make stuff. A scientist understanding of the natural world is far greater than yours will ever be. Perhaps that's why you hate them. Also, humanism is all about human rights. Yes, that includes religious freedoms.

[niallobinghe]

harry911tk; Did you know that more than 55% of u.s. Research Scientists work for

'defense related' Research? Then they go home to middle class suburbia and hug their children after spending all day working on how to vapourise someone else's children..We all know scientists are making a 'safer world' we have P.C.B's, Agent Orange, Dioxins, G.m technolgy..WAKE UP YOU MORON...

[harry911tk]

@niallobinghe Did you know that many atheists are scientific pantheists? No, you probably didn't know that.

[harry911tk]

@niallobinghe "Atheists are vapourised and cease to exist" You would love that wouldn't you? Your comments are hateful and ignorant. Do you even know what humanists stand for? I recommend you go to the official website of the british humanist association and learn about what it's all about. Humanism has done more for humanity than your pseudo druidry ever will. Also, science is about finding out how our physical universe (nature) works.

[niallobinghe]

BarefootAnthropology; excellent points; The problem with 'Humanists' is that they believe that the needs of science override all other concerns and have no respect for what they term as 'irrational beliefs' when science has suceeded in making our planet uninhabitable for all but the insects then their beliefs will be as worthless as the dust they will become. i am with terry pratchett on what happens to atheists after death; Animists are reincarnated, Atheists are vapourised and cease to exist.