Thought for today

[Graham Lappin]

The BBC have rejected non-religious speakers on thought for today.

As much as I am surprised by it, I actually miss shouting at the radio in the morning on the way to work when the right reverent bigot would come out with something like "God put colour in the world for man to enjoy". Here in the States the equivalent to thought for the day on the radio is "give me all your money or you will be damned to hell".

I have seen Lionel Blue present a couple of times at Harrogate Theatre and he was very entertaining and thought provoking. If he wasn't a Rabbi he'd be a skeptic .... hang on... that assumes you can't be both?? Discuss.

[bindeweede]

The BBC have rejected non-religious speakers on thought for today.

As much as I am surprised by it, I actually miss shouting at the radio in the morning on the way to work when the right reverent bigot would come out with something like "God put colour in the world for man to enjoy". Here in the States the equivalent to thought for the day on the radio is "give me all your money or you will be damned to hell".

I have seen Lionel Blue present a couple of times at Harrogate Theatre and he was very entertaining and thought provoking. If he wasn't a Rabbi he'd be a skeptic .... hang on... that assumes you can't be both?? Discuss.

Ah but,

Although the BBC Trust rejected the NSS’s complaint that Thought for the Day breaches impartiality guidelines and ruled that it was within the discretion of BBC Executives to keep it exclusively religious, Radio 4 Controller Mark Damazer has hinted that the programme might be opened up anyway.

http://www.secularism.org.uk/bbc-may...-and-open.html

[Graham Lappin]

If they open it up to atheists then I'll have nothing to shout at in the mornings

[FarSideOfTheMoon]

If they open it up to atheists then I'll have nothing to shout at in the mornings

I don't shout, I just smile - after I've normally sucessfully spent the spent the first minute working out to which aspect of the religious realm their (usually) made up anecdote is taking them.

[Harryprice]

If Thought for the Day continues to be exclusively religious, I think it should be moved out of its current slot in Today which is a news programme that is supposed to cover current affairs impartially.

[Graham Lappin]

I don't shout, I just smile - after I've normally sucessfully spent the spent the first minute working out to which aspect of the religious realm their (usually) made up anecdote is taking them.

"As I looked at my cornflakes this morning, I was reminded of Jesus ...."

[farmersboy]

I've never listened to TfT, but it sounds just as inane as Pause for Thought on Radio 2 - you spend a couple of minutes trying to second-guess what pointless point they're going to make, to be told "and you know, that's a bit like what Jesus did..."

Oh really, is it?
Bollocks.

[jerrytug]

I often have whimsical thoughts in the morning,but I wouldn`t have the effrontery to imagine that they might somehow enhance the lives of millions of listeners to a news programme.
Unless I was religulous,in which case any drivel which flowered into my consciousness while shaving would be delivered as the timeless wisdom of (insert relevant deity/guru) through the priveleged conduit of the thinker for today. What a sad bunch of wankers. X Jerry

[brodski]

How can you have a non religious thought for the day? What would it cover? A pontless aneccdote finiahg with the phrase " and I thought to myself, that's not much like god at all"? The whole format would fall apart.

[polomint38]

How can you have a non religious thought for the day? What would it cover? A pontless aneccdote finiahg with the phrase " and I thought to myself, that's not much like god at all"? The whole format would fall apart.

I would like to nominate this for mistype of the week, any ideas anyone?

[Croydon Bob]

I would like to nominate this for mistype of the week, any ideas anyone?

It's an irish word, pronounced "fi-ni". It means "pedantic alcoholic who picks on the new person for one small typo".

[Harryprice]

How can you have a non religious thought for the day? What would it cover? A pontless aneccdote finiahg with the phrase " and I thought to myself, that's not much like god at all"? The whole format would fall apart.

You could spread gems of wisdom that might help people live their lives more successfully. Critical thinking, for instance, would make a great subject - practical and useful.

[Croydon Bob]

You could spread gems of wisdom that might help people live their lives more successfully. Critical thinking, for instance, would make a great subject - practical and useful.

But isn't the whole point of Thought for Today to tell a twee anecdote in a smug voice that makes sod-all sense and teaches nothing?

[brodski]

It's an irish word, pronounced "fi-ni". It means "pedantic alcoholic who picks on the new person for one small typo".

It's from the latin meaning "the word 'finishing' as typed by someone who has fingers too fat for his phones keyboard"

[brodski]

You could spread gems of wisdom that might help people live their lives more successfully. Critical thinking, for instance, would make a great subject - practical and useful.

If it was wise, practical or useful it wouldn't be thought for the day would it?