The BBC has rebuffed the requests of atheists to be featured on the religious program, "Thought for the Day." As a result, some atheists complained, but it has been found, the decision by the BBC, does not breach impartiality standards.
There is a move among some in the entertainment industry, to spread faithlessness and atheism in Britain, via television, radio and the internet. It has created hopelessness among some, especially children, who have been engaging in tragic knife and gun crimes, as they see no future for themselves, believing they simply exist with no self-worth, when they are so precious.
How is it good for society that children and adults should go around faithless, based on the agenda of a few. Stop disrespecting God and trying to infect others with that hopelessness and faithlessness. How is the world better, if it has no hope and faith.
BBC rejects call for non-religious speakers on Thought for the Day
Trust rules that Radio 4 programme does not breach impartiality by not including views from atheists, secularists and humanists.
The BBC Trust has rejected calls for non-religious contributors to be allowed on Radio 4's Thought for the Day.
Complaints were made earlier this year that banning atheists, secularist or humanists from taking part in Thought for the Day breached the BBC's guidelines on impartiality.
However, today the trust said it had found that Thought for the Day is "religious output and that it is a matter of editorial discretion for the BBC executive and its director general as editor-in-chief as to whether the BBC broadcasts a slot commenting on an issue of the day from a faith perspective".
The BBC Trust editorial standards chairman, Richard Tait, said: "We understand that some people feel strongly about this issue and have given it careful consideration.
"However, we have concluded that the current arrangements do not breach BBC editorial guidelines and specifically requirements of due impartiality in content." ...
Secular and humanist groups have long campaigned for the slot to be opened up to people outside of religious groups, and in January this year a non-religious version, called Thought for the Afternoon, was broadcast on Radio 4's Saturday afternoon programme, iPM...
