The Friendly Atheist Podcast

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

— A 60 Minutes segment on the Mormon Church allegedly hoarding cash only made the religion look worse. (0:45)

— Southern Baptists had the biggest drop in membership in over 100 years… AGAIN! (26:26)

— A Christian “prophet” says climate change is God’s way of pointing us to Bible verses. (38:56)

— A church in Norwich, Ontario pressured businesses to close on Sundays… or else. (44:19)

— An atheist heard his kids’ bus driver was proselytizing on the way to school… so he had them capture it on video. (50:10)

— Christian Nationalists are now adopting and embracing the label. (57:30)

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

— Texas State Rep. Bryan Slaton confirmed the hypocrisy of Christian Nationalists. (0:59)

— Three Texas churches gave $800 to a city council candidate. (35:05)

— Mississippi’s new license plates get rid of “In God We Trust.” (43:33)

— Why are Utah public schools taking part in a pseudo-patriotic and overtly Christian event? (53:53)

— Conservative Christians took over a school board in Colorado. Now they’re destroying it. (1:03:50)

— A Portland (Oregon) school board candidate vowed to drop out of the race after his Christian Nationalist ties were exposed. (1:18:46)

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

— A Kansas lawmaker told non-Christian constituents that he’d “try and convert” them rather than taking their concerns seriously. (0:52)

— A Texas Democrat dismantled the case for putting the Ten Commandments in every classroom… but Republicans don’t care. (20:08)

— A Baptist missionary was convicted of sexually abusing a four-year-old girl. The proof? He gave her gonorrhea. (41:04)

— What horrible ideas does a former atheist leader have now? Let’s check in. (52:00)

— If you’re attempting to test the Equal Access Act and counter a Christian program in a public school, don’t do it the way this atheist did. (59:15)

— A judge ordered a Pennsylvania school district to allow meetings of the After School Satan Club. (1:19:43)

— A Christian congressman said gun violence was the result of a lack of “revival,” but more Jesus would only make things worse. (1:25:35)

— A Christian minister told Ohio legislators that trans rights supporters were “possessed by demons.” (1:31:55)

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

— A Kenyan cult is allegedly responsible for the starvation deaths of dozens of people. (2:25)

— An Arizona lawmaker moved bibles out of a “members-only” lounge in the Capitol. She was right to do it. (17:31)

— A Christian student was banned from prom for wearing a suit instead of a dress. (28:19)

— A federal judge says Mississippi must allow religious exemptions for vaccines. (38:05)

-– Minneapolis will let Muslims amplify calls to prayer 24/7… which is a mistake. (46:19)

— Most Americans agree: You don’t need God to be good. (59:00)

— Christian missionaries will no longer be able to preach to kids in Oklahoma public schools. (1:07:28)

— The beliefs of an exorcism-obsessed church caused a deadly accident in Australia. (1:12:25)