more (at source): The makers of "Penitents Compete" are unrepentant and reject claims that the show, scheduled to begin broadcasting in September, will cheapen religion.

"We are giving the biggest prize in the world, the gift of belief in God," Kanal T chief executive Seyhan Soylu told Reuters.

"We don't approve of anyone being an atheist. God is great and it doesn't matter which religion you believe in. The important thing is to believe," Soylu said.

It's a trap! They're just trying to find out who the atheists are so they can kill them. And then, as their history has always demonstrated, they will turn and kill each other!

Not a very original plot.

I know, but it might make for great television! (The all suicide channel.)