Open up Thought for the Day Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/open-up-thought-for-the-day.html Online petition signatures en-us Mon, 6 Apr 2026 06:36 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Mrs Sarah Quinn [Signature #325] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/22657936?utm_medium=rss Why is the assumption that the only thoughts worth listening to are the thoughts from religious people?

]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2018 11:08:02 UTC 22657936 Mr John Hawken [Signature #324] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21592233?utm_medium=rss The BBC should stay out of religion and, in particular, should not allow sects to proselytise or promote their evil beliefs such as creationism. The best solution is to stop Thought for the Day altogether,

]]> Sun, 20 Aug 2017 10:38:30 UTC 21592233 dr rem lee [Signature #323] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17241081?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 May 2014 05:11:51 UTC 17241081 Mr Callum Stewart [Signature #322] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16926494?utm_medium=rss Sun, 2 Mar 2014 10:46:57 UTC 16926494 Mrs Aniela Bylinski Gelder [Signature #321] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15414570?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:34:51 UTC 15414570 Mr Steven Blower [Signature #320] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13535029?utm_medium=rss I wish to register my view that in the 21st century, when survey after survey shows declining religious belief and increasing secular views of the population that the publicly funded broadcaster should reflect wider society and open up Thought for the Day to ALL views. It is undemocratic, unrepresentative and promotes the views of a section of society that not only do not speak for all, but increasing speak for a minority.

]]> Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:55:27 UTC 13535029 Mr Dave Watts [Signature #319] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12506619?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Apr 2012 05:30:31 UTC 12506619 Mr Joe Fagan [Signature #318] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12215947?utm_medium=rss Almost all the "thought for today" have a similar pattern. The first chunk can and often does align with humanist thinking. And then the moral message is attributed to some religious character of antiquity as if their reputation needs to be continuously propped up. Just drop the last 30%! We don't need it and it spoils the message.

]]> Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:07:12 UTC 12215947 anila ansari [Signature #317] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11438582?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Nov 2011 12:12:30 UTC 11438582 Dr. Zachary Moore [Signature #316] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11415624?utm_medium=rss Fri, 28 Oct 2011 03:33:02 UTC 11415624 Miss Anonymous [Signature #315] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11230719?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Sep 2011 03:40:25 UTC 11230719 Mr Roy Stirrat [Signature #314] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11071188?utm_medium=rss Sat, 27 Aug 2011 09:39:24 UTC 11071188 Ms. Alice Borchers [Signature #313] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11019109?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Aug 2011 09:13:01 UTC 11019109 Ms Hilary Power [Signature #312] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10939517?utm_medium=rss A lifelong Radio 4 listener, I believe that it is time for 'Thought for the Day' to move into the 21st Century and recognise that the majority of people in the UK have no true religious affiliation. Humanist and secular thoughts are therefore of equal value to those of people of faith, and can be equally thought provoking/ uplifting/ comforting - or whatever TFTD is trying to achieve!

]]> Tue, 2 Aug 2011 02:42:55 UTC 10939517 Mr Michael Griffin [Signature #311] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10930544?utm_medium=rss Sun, 31 Jul 2011 01:20:41 UTC 10930544 Mr Brian Sherry [Signature #310] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10879436?utm_medium=rss Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:05:21 UTC 10879436 Mr David Williams [Signature #309] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10689255?utm_medium=rss Wed, 15 Jun 2011 03:22:33 UTC 10689255 mrs Mary Smith [Signature #308] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10387060?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 May 2011 02:40:15 UTC 10387060 Miss Danielle Hope [Signature #307] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10381635?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 May 2011 03:52:13 UTC 10381635 Mrs Wendy Hope [Signature #306] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10381076?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 May 2011 02:15:23 UTC 10381076 Dr. Anonymous [Signature #305] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10252533?utm_medium=rss Do not let any pope, bishop, minister, priest, mullah, shaman, sharlatan speak for me and my family (five other persons and all atheists) and tell us what is right or wrong. Anybody can be good person without being superstitious. Spreading god delusion is harmfull for mental health, antisocial and immoral.

]]> Sat, 16 Apr 2011 05:17:10 UTC 10252533 Christine Coutts [Signature #304] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9729425?utm_medium=rss Mon, 21 Feb 2011 08:31:31 UTC 9729425 Dr. Anonymous [Signature #303] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9723878?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Feb 2011 05:15:43 UTC 9723878 Mrs Janet Crozier [Signature #302] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8634193?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Oct 2010 08:53:01 UTC 8634193 Dr Gethin Rees [Signature #301] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8623681?utm_medium=rss Insight is not unique to religion. In fact it is probably far easier to achieve insight without religion's preconceptions.

]]> Sun, 3 Oct 2010 04:18:51 UTC 8623681 Euan Colley [Signature #300] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8623647?utm_medium=rss Sun, 3 Oct 2010 04:09:05 UTC 8623647 Mr Kris Wright [Signature #299] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8552496?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Sep 2010 07:36:39 UTC 8552496 Mrs Sian Dawson [Signature #298] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8477740?utm_medium=rss Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:07:08 UTC 8477740 mr Tony Renney [Signature #297] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8362551?utm_medium=rss Given the evils perpetrated by,& done in the name of " Religeon",I think it's time atheists had a chance to speak.

]]> Sun, 22 Aug 2010 09:03:25 UTC 8362551 Mr Iain Carmichael [Signature #296] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8362494?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Aug 2010 08:45:55 UTC 8362494 mr ian burns [Signature #295] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7885729?utm_medium=rss i pay my licence and i want my views to be represented.

]]> Mon, 7 Jun 2010 03:47:07 UTC 7885729 Mr Robert Hogg [Signature #294] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7743493?utm_medium=rss Is the BBC inclusive or exclusive?

]]> Tue, 25 May 2010 08:08:32 UTC 7743493 Miss Danielle Sheridan [Signature #293] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7605027?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 May 2010 01:55:18 UTC 7605027 Mr. James Alexander [Signature #292] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7421782?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Apr 2010 06:29:45 UTC 7421782 Mr Andrew McDade [Signature #291] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7378624?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Apr 2010 01:49:50 UTC 7378624 Mr Douglas Molyneux [Signature #290] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7321330?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Apr 2010 04:06:35 UTC 7321330 Mr Ian Duncan [Signature #289] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7167502?utm_medium=rss Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:53:04 UTC 7167502 mr Andrew wood [Signature #288] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7001681?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:51:22 UTC 7001681 Ms Alice Jones [Signature #287] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6999991?utm_medium=rss Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:07:57 UTC 6999991 mr ben adams [Signature #286] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6976569?utm_medium=rss Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:56:55 UTC 6976569 Miss Alexa Livingstone [Signature #285] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6914622?utm_medium=rss Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:01:36 UTC 6914622 Rob Stickler [Signature #284] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6871430?utm_medium=rss Non-believers have thoughts too, BBC, let's have an end to this discrimintation please.

]]> Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:36:19 UTC 6871430 Anonymous [Signature #283] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6815608?utm_medium=rss It is untenable in today's society that non-religious thinkers are excluded from this event.

]]> Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:05:49 UTC 6815608 Mrs Tatiana Storie [Signature #282] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6808815?utm_medium=rss Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:26:20 UTC 6808815 Mr Brian Richardson [Signature #281] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6675103?utm_medium=rss Atheist and humanist people have as much to contribute to "Thought for the day" as anyone from a religious background. The BBC's refusal to allow them says more about the BBC than it does for the atheist and humanist comunities.

]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:13:24 UTC 6675103 Anonymous [Signature #280] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6638985?utm_medium=rss A Freedom of Information request from a member of the National Secular Society showed that the corporation spends a minimum of £10m a year on religious propaganda.
Money taken from other budgets of other departments is also substantial. Jesus, The Passion, last year drew £4 million from the drama department budget. The BBC launched accompanying literature with help from the Bible Society.
Source: http://www.secularism.org.uk/religious-propaganda-from-the-bb.htm

]]> Mon, 7 Dec 2009 05:30:25 UTC 6638985 Mr Edward Nickell [Signature #279] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6523138?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:48:30 UTC 6523138 Dr Deepika Yerrakalva [Signature #278] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6478547?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:11:42 UTC 6478547 Mr Michael Patten [Signature #277] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6414411?utm_medium=rss Mon, 2 Nov 2009 02:19:24 UTC 6414411 Mr Tim Mason [Signature #276] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6412271?utm_medium=rss Mon, 2 Nov 2009 03:23:56 UTC 6412271 mr ian gayton [Signature #275] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6365306?utm_medium=rss it.s time for the BBC to listen to growing humanist group. and the humanist group to listen to BBC radio 4.come on BBC we are all human after all.

]]> Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:07:12 UTC 6365306 Mr Mike Raven [Signature #274] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6355141?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:49:41 UTC 6355141 Stephen Millen [Signature #273] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6354477?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:57:06 UTC 6354477 Mr John Newman [Signature #272] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6342978?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:16:01 UTC 6342978 Mr Tim Allister [Signature #271] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6311178?utm_medium=rss Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:42:38 UTC 6311178 Miss Claire Mora [Signature #270] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6302817?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Oct 2009 03:19:35 UTC 6302817 Mr Paul Milton [Signature #269] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6291357?utm_medium=rss Do this or call it 'Religous Thought for the Day'.

]]> Tue, 6 Oct 2009 02:41:10 UTC 6291357 melvyn geeson [Signature #268] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6272210?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Oct 2009 03:47:32 UTC 6272210 Mr Brian McGill [Signature #267] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6164554?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Sep 2009 10:46:47 UTC 6164554 Mr Peter Goulden [Signature #266] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6156214?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Sep 2009 08:14:06 UTC 6156214 Ms C Magill [Signature #265] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6139058?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Sep 2009 02:44:19 UTC 6139058 Mr Brian Murray [Signature #264] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6132869?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:19:12 UTC 6132869 Mr Leonard Lichtveld [Signature #263] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6122414?utm_medium=rss The BBC should not provide a soapbox for the religious at the public's expense!

]]> Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:58:37 UTC 6122414 Mr Andrew Evans [Signature #262] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6095231?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:27:25 UTC 6095231 Mrs Mary Dodds [Signature #261] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5979198?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:02:23 UTC 5979198 Mr Scott Faulkner [Signature #260] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5976793?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:53:31 UTC 5976793 Mr Peter Robinson [Signature #259] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5976584?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:15:04 UTC 5976584 Dr Geraint Lewis [Signature #258] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5968696?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:46:50 UTC 5968696 Mr Aidan Simpson [Signature #257] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5902305?utm_medium=rss Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:07:33 UTC 5902305 Mr Kevin Atkinson [Signature #256] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5887711?utm_medium=rss Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:43:34 UTC 5887711 Mr Richard Haworth [Signature #255] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5865239?utm_medium=rss As a widely tavelled British expat, I see the UK in a comparitive light and what I see is disturbing; a growing appeasement to religious authoritarianism, especially the fundamentalist religions of North America and the Middle East. Religion seems to blow a gigantic hole in tolerance and fairness and sadly, the BBC is guilty as charged with it's unbalanced 'Thought for the Day' broadcasts.

]]> Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:55:39 UTC 5865239 Michael Boyd [Signature #254] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5818678?utm_medium=rss Sat, 4 Jul 2009 02:42:36 UTC 5818678 Mr Simon Forrest [Signature #253] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5806730?utm_medium=rss Thu, 2 Jul 2009 01:53:38 UTC 5806730 Ms Sheila Jones [Signature #252] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5685019?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:14:08 UTC 5685019 Mr Anonymous [Signature #251] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5657564?utm_medium=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:15:04 UTC 5657564 Mr William Orr [Signature #250] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5589138?utm_medium=rss Sun, 31 May 2009 01:50:20 UTC 5589138 Mr Richard Jasicki [Signature #249] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5588443?utm_medium=rss Please allow Thought for the Day to include representatives of my belief system which is Atheism.
I am a TV Licence payer who's primary beliefs are unsupported.

]]> Sun, 31 May 2009 10:32:27 UTC 5588443 Mr John Pakeman [Signature #248] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5540036?utm_medium=rss This petition is especially relevant given that many speakers on Thought for the Day are taking the opportunity to have a go at secularists and their supposed values.

]]> Mon, 25 May 2009 03:51:37 UTC 5540036 Mr Sean Dunn [Signature #247] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5479550?utm_medium=rss Every day I get to listen to this religious recruiting propaganda. Could we please have some balance to at least suggest that those who are not superstitious are equally capable of presenting sound morale arguments?

]]> Thu, 14 May 2009 05:10:27 UTC 5479550 Mrs Heather Dryden [Signature #246] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5345615?utm_medium=rss Thought for the Day should not be restricted to religious beliefs but be extended to include humanist thoughts. There are many humanists who enjoy BBC programmes too.

]]> Sun, 26 Apr 2009 05:32:07 UTC 5345615 Mr Jonathan Lambeth [Signature #245] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5331018?utm_medium=rss Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:56:17 UTC 5331018 Janine Botfield [Signature #244] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5316522?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:23:15 UTC 5316522 Dan Burke [Signature #243] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5312054?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:07:52 UTC 5312054 Mr Jamie Mallan [Signature #242] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5294989?utm_medium=rss Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:09:23 UTC 5294989 Anonymous [Signature #241] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5290493?utm_medium=rss Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:58:33 UTC 5290493 Mr Brian Allan [Signature #240] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5286696?utm_medium=rss Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:07:21 UTC 5286696 Mr Iain Cunningham [Signature #239] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5282635?utm_medium=rss Thu, 16 Apr 2009 07:55:54 UTC 5282635 Ms Susan Jamieson [Signature #238] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5279183?utm_medium=rss Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:27:20 UTC 5279183 Jasmine Farahat [Signature #237] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5275480?utm_medium=rss Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:08:38 UTC 5275480 Mr Craig McManus [Signature #236] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5274503?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:52:57 UTC 5274503 Mr Douglas Brown [Signature #235] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5271594?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:52:52 UTC 5271594 Mrs Pat Crawford [Signature #234] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5257522?utm_medium=rss Secular people have as much right to contribute to the day-to-day life of the country as do members of any other belief system. If that is not the case, may we please have a reduction in the TV licence fee for secular thinkers.

]]> Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:49:09 UTC 5257522 ms jean brock [Signature #233] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5256426?utm_medium=rss To uphold the belief that only those from the major religions are qualified to offer 'an uninterrupted interlude of spiritual reflection' is narrow-minded and discriminatory. Mark Damazer, you should reconsider.

]]> Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:46:18 UTC 5256426 Mrs Christine Allan [Signature #232] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5251589?utm_medium=rss As an avid listener, I would welcome a wider set of speakers for the Thought for the Day.

]]> Thu, 9 Apr 2009 10:20:27 UTC 5251589 Mrs Andreja Mclean [Signature #231] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5247667?utm_medium=rss Wed, 8 Apr 2009 10:18:50 UTC 5247667 Dr Sarah Hawkes [Signature #230] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5246863?utm_medium=rss Wed, 8 Apr 2009 06:45:58 UTC 5246863 mr eric hawkes [Signature #229] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5246788?utm_medium=rss Wed, 8 Apr 2009 06:23:22 UTC 5246788 Ms Anna Morris [Signature #228] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5246279?utm_medium=rss Wed, 8 Apr 2009 03:32:50 UTC 5246279 Dr Kent Buse [Signature #227] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5246117?utm_medium=rss Wed, 8 Apr 2009 02:00:29 UTC 5246117 Adrian Rogerson [Signature #226] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5242186?utm_medium=rss Tue, 7 Apr 2009 05:38:02 UTC 5242186