NBC Censors Veggie Tales

This is ridiculous on two counts. First there's the hypocrisy:

The networks have spent millions insisting that we have a V-chip in our TV sets. Change the channel. Block it out. But when it comes to religious programming -- programming that doesn't even mention Jesus Christ -- just watch the hypocrisy. Instead of telling viewers to just change the channel if they don't like it, or put in a V-chip for Bible verses, they demand to producers that all that outdated old-time religion has to be shredded before broadcast.

My question is, why buy the rights to Veggie Tales at all if you don't want Biblical allusions on tv? That's what the Veggie Tales are: cartoon versions of Old Testament stories, basically. Had any of the network shirts ever seen a Veggie Tale?