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“Being non-religious means you do not subscribe to a belief in God. It doesn’t mean you share no values for the rules that Religious people subscribe to. So given this, what ground can someone use to suggest being religious makes you morally better than a humanist?” Asaru Bailey 10R2

“If you subscribe to the belief that all human beings sin, how is it possible to decide if one person is better than another?” Linh Ngyuen 10

On the Wednesday 6th January Trevor Moore from the British Humanist Association visited RE GCSE classes to give a lecture and run a debate concerning Humanism. Humanism is the viewpoint of people who choose to be atheist or agnostic but also respecting other people’s rights to prescribe to a religious faith. Mr Moore explained the Humanist world view and why he holds such a position and then went on to run a debate considering “Does Religion make one a better person?”. Students explored this issues from a variety of perspectives and produced a range of interesting arguments. Sankalp and Yinka suggested that religious texts and an afterlife provides a moral guideline that helps ensure people make a better contribution to society whilst others such as Gacintha asked whether religion determines our actions and whether anyone has the right to say anyone is “better”.  Trevor Moore himself was impressed with the “engagement and respect” shown by all students involved from religious and non-religious world views. 

Joe Lane

Senior Head of Department
Social Studies