Campaign to silence BBC presenter Dan Walker for his creationist views

Creation Ministries International ^ | 18 February 2016 (GMT+10) | Andrew Sibley

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Campaign to silence BBC presenter Dan Walker for his creationist views

by Andrew Sibley

Published: 18 February 2016 (GMT+10)

A row has erupted over the appointment of a ‘creationist sports presenter’ to a lead position in BBC News. Committed Christian Dan Walker—who has previously refused to work on Sunday because of his faith—has been selected to head-up the BBC Breakfast News. Unfortunately a section of the news media has raised rather hysterical objections with an anonymous tip-off to the press from someone at the BBC (perhaps deliberately raising a storm around the so-called ‘Darwin day’ celebrated annually on 12th February). The Times first reported comments from a “senior BBC figure”, an insider, who wondered whether such beliefs have a place at the BBC, suggesting Walker is a “bit nutty” and “pretty loopsville”. This well-hidden figure, who doesn’t wish to be named, wondered how such a presenter could objectively report on the findings of old fossils for instance.

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Dan Walker who was recently been appointed to present BBC Breakfast.

Caption from CMI and image used in CMI article.

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From the article:

“Charles Darwin recognised the influence of his grandfather’s work Zoonomia, even as he developed a more Epicurean approach to evolution than his grandfather’s overt paganism.11 In Zoonomia Erasmus Darwin spoke of millions of ages even before any scientific justification was attempted.12

The work of the 18th century French Hindu sympathiser Benoit de Maillet, who argued for billions of years of change, was also an acknowledged influence upon Darwin.13 Both 18th Century writers assumed long ages because of their prior-commitment to Greek paganism and/or Hinduism.

Creationists on the other hand are supporters of good science based upon actual evidence, and many of the leading scientists in history were creationists.

As secular historians of science often acknowledge, it was the Christian belief in a God who was orderly and rational that inspired people to do science.

People like Isaac Newton expected the world to be intelligible because of the nature of the One who created it, and they expected to be able to understand it because the Bible taught that they had been made in God’s image.”

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

:: how such a presenter could objectively report on the findings of old fossils for instance ::

simply because so-called fossils are part of His Creation and don’t really need to be held by a human theory of time, extinction or evolution?

[pilgrim]

Becoming more prevalent.

Think our adversary is ratcheting up his minions!!

It has even infested some on this site. Or seen it manifested.

Thanks for the article. “Lack of knowledge.”

[AndyTheBear]

Does “sports presenter” mean a reporter that covers sports? If so it seems a pretty irrelevant complaint.

[CharlesOConnell]

Ellen is looking increasingly degenerate. What does it have to do with her value as an entertainer?

[Boogieman]

“This well-hidden figure, who doesn’t wish to be named, wondered how such a presenter could objectively report on the findings of old fossils for instance.”

When exactly is a sports reporter going to need to report on findings of fossils?

[Jolla]

I posted this a few years ago, still stands:

In an interview on BBC Radio with Sir David Atenborough, a British naturalist that has made 100s of documentaries for the BBC.

Since it was the week of Darwins 200th birthday the interviewer asked “why in a society supposedly as educated as the United States is, do more than half still believe in the creationist point of view over Darwins theory?”

Sir David stated “any scientist knows and anyone with a real education knows how the world was truly formed and all science proves from dna to fossils that evolution is in no doubt.” He added “many societies have their own mythology on how the world was created, and wheather from the jungles of the South Pacific or the eastern shores of the Mediterranean, where they believe man was made from mud and women from mans rib - people have a tendency to believe the nice little stories their mothers tell them.”

The next and final part of the interview the gentleman asked, “Sir David you have made hundreds or even thousands of hours of film, what show really stands out for you?”

Sir David said “oh so very many but the one most often mentioned was the apes in Nirobi” the interviewer said “Oh yes, one of my favorites, with the ape hugging you and the other playing with your shoe string - were you not scared?”; Sir David said “no not at all, IT WAS A BIT LIKE THE GARDEN OF EDEN!”

There were two seconds of a pregnant pause/dead air, which was long considering it was talk radio, as both gentlemen had realized what he said, he then added, “well, you know what I mean”. The interviewer said, “yes of course, thank you Sir David.”

[publius911]

The Times first reported comments from a senior BBC figure, an insider, who wondered whether such beliefs have a place at the BBC, suggesting Walker is a bit nutty and pretty loopsville.

Assuming THAT fear is rational, what is the harm in the functioning of the BBC? Of reading the "news?"

What's next? Redefining the role of firemen?

That would be Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury, 1953 for the illiterate hysterical pervert* crowd.

*The fear of God, and concommitant panic induced by moral and ethical boundaries, is driven almost entirely by the deviant, pervert minuscule mistakes of Mother Nature. What a sad and pitiful place humanity has come to...

[Gil4]

This well-hidden figure, who doesn't wish to be named, wondered how such a presenter could objectively report on the findings of old fossils for instance.

Now there is a nice, objective statement. < /sarc>

Maybe he could have an honest discussion about the dating methods and assumptions behind the determination that the fossils are old (as in millions of years.)