Suzeonline,

Well don’t make misleading accusations on someone (an innocent) you do not know anything about, especially when they are liberal and insightful. It is of no help jumping to conclusions, making fireworks and immediately play the multi-cultural advocate which has nothing to do with the article. Oh please. Yes, Compass can be nice and pleasant(I watch it a lot myself)and give people like yourself that warm fuzzy feeling inside, but it does not always dig very deep I'm afraid.

Constance I beleive you are contributing to the same online opinion forum as I am? We all have our own opinions to add, and mine is no better or worse than yours.It is just my opinion.

"Yes, Compass can be nice and pleasant(I watch it a lot myself)and give people like yourself that warm fuzzy feeling inside, but it does not always dig very deep I'm afraid."
Don't take everything so seriously Constance, and don't assume you know anything at all about me!

You believe programmes like Compass don't dig very deep? By deep, do you mean agreeing only with the Christian point of view?

No, that show's producers obviously have open and enquiring minds and use many experts to garner opinions from.
They don't limit their world to just a bible.

Suzeonline,

There you go again making more assumptions. Who said all the author or myself just wanted to hear about was the bible – I haven’t even read it, luv. I like to hear all. You seem to get in a tiss over the word mainstream – is that it? A program like the now defunct Religion Report covered all religions – just a lot more in depth than a show like Compass - of which I don’t think you would have been able to handle. That’s why you will never get a program like the Radio National one ever on mainstream(!) telly. This is just my opinion also.

Constance < "Who said all the author or myself just wanted to hear about was the bible – I haven’t even read it, luv. I like to hear all."

Well 'luv' it beats me how you can comment intelligently on the subject of mainstream ( predominantly Christian in Australia) religion at all if you haven't even read the bible.

Paul Collins laments that the ABC didn't even mention, what were to him, important Catholic deaths in the world. What is that if not pushing the Christian barrow? He most certainly is a devotee of the bible.

You must have a very high opinion of yourself 'luv' if you think only people like yourself can understand with any great 'depth', religious issues shown on non-mainstream tv.

I fully agree with Colinsett: I too have no religious convictions but a broadcaster like the ABC needs a dedicated radio program on religion & society. I often watch Compass on ABCTV... most sincerely hope that that isn't in Scott's sights as well!

I miss the Religion Report too, and would like to see it re-instated, but with more about non-christian religions. It was pretty light on Islam, for instance, when it plays such an important part in world affairs. The RR filled the important role of putting religion in the context of public affairs, which not addressed by the Spirit of Things or, generally, Compass, and certainly not by the mainstream news and current affairs programs. Surely we'd be better off with the Religion Report than the Nth repeat of daytime Radio National programs through the evening and again after midnight. I can't help feeling that we're all being punished for Stephen Crittenden's passionate broadcast in support of RR before it was axed.