Corporal Punishment and Christianity

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— What I’ll remember about Daniel Dennett. (0:28)

— Catholic priest resigns after backlash involving his criticism of a gay author. (8:43)

— Christian lawmaker says teachers should be allowed to hit special needs students. (24:38)

— A Christian ministry urged the Supreme Court to criminalize homelessness. (46:03)

— Māori atheists say Christian colonization helped push them away from the faith. (1:01:59)

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Christian Men’s Conference Descends Into Chaos

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Christian Men’s Conference descends into chaos over sword-swallowing acrobat. (1:02)

— Wisconsin official blames homelessness on “sin,” then votes against aid for the poor. (25:15)

— Christian Nationalist falsely claims Satanist chaplains “don’t qualify” to work in schools. (39:27)

— Tennessee declares Aitken Bible one of its “official state books.” (53:37)

— North Dakota GOP endorses Christian theocrat to run the state’s public schools. (1:07:06)

— Louisiana High Court: Priests have a “right” not to be sued over decades-old abuse. (1:20:15)

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Pastor Calls Autism Awareness Week “Demonic”

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Arizona GOP lawmaker lashes out at “god-haters” who criticized abortion ban prayer. (4:21)

— Christian school’s pastor cancels Autism Awareness Week, calling it “demonic.” (19:40)

— New Testament scholar Richard Hays now says God’s cool with gay people. (35:53)

— The Vatican, a threat to human dignity, calls gender-affirming surgery a threat to human dignity. (45:57)

— Wisconsin public school district seeks new leader with “conservative, christian values.” (1:01:09)

— Christian woman admits she was fired from Starbucks for being an anti-LGBTQ bigot. (1:11:24)

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Richard Dawkins’ Cultural Christianity Carelessness

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— This pastor’s wedding night “joke” epitomizes Christian sexism. (0:40)

— Richard Dawkins says Christianity is “fundamentally decent,” but Islam “is not.” (18:42)

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— Prominent Christians falsely claim Biden chose Easter to honor trans people. (34:13)

— Donald Trump is now selling a Bible that a Christian publisher walked away from in 2021. (41:13)

— New York prisoners, led by atheist, sue state in order to see solar eclipse. (48:28)

— Christians erect (another) $240,000 cross in Mississippi. (1:03:18)

— After ruining a school district, Christians in Colorado want to “take over” a city council. (1:09:40)

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