RELIGIOUS BROADCASTS.
Your correspondent "Mendemus'" letter in Wednesday's "Star" is full of errors and exaggeration. How can anyone who is unorthodox in his views on religion possibly want to listen to an orthodox preacher? And these "millions who want to hear God's Word, etc.," where does he get them from? Let him stick to New Zealand, or, better still, Auckland Province, where the people not long ago, ii. a questionnaire submitted to them, placed church music well "down the list. The truth is the people as a whole do not want sermons and mournful music. ' Organ music is not, and never was, popular, anyhow. And as for dcatli-bed repcntence, dying people are in a very low state, and fade out naturally. There is an attempt being made by organised religion to monopolise the broadcasts for proselytising the people, and this should be strongly resisted. We have a great medium in these broadcasts for improving and broadening the outlook of our people, and good lectures should be encouraged to the exclusion of all others. As for "Mendemus'" suggestion that we should switch on to jazz if we don't like the services, perhaps he is as ignorant of the range of music as he is insulting. H.T.R.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 99, 29 April 1933, Page 12
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