The Friendly Atheist Podcast

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

— Ketanji Brown Jackson was grilled about her religious beliefs by Lindsey Graham. (6:30)

— A pastor claimed he could endorse candidates in church because they weren’t beholden to the IRS. He’s wrong. (18:05)

— Brian Houston, the founder of Hillsong Church, finally resigned after additional revelations about his inappropriate behavior. But the whole church is in chaos. (28:55)

— NC Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, who is vehemently anti-abortion, apparently paid for an abortion. (43:55)

— The Babylon Bee was booted from Twitter for making the only “joke” it knows. (56:05)

— The largest gathering of atheists in America occurred ten years ago. Have things improved? (1:05:10)

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

— Senate candidate Herschel Walker proudly denied evolution. (1:38)

— There’s a $100 million ad campaign for Jesus. It will fail. (16:48)

— Christianity Today reporters documented allegations of sexual harassment at… Christianity Today. (41:55)

— Raif Badawi was finally released. (53:33)

— A Kansas teacher sued school officials for requiring her to address students by their preferred names, saying the policy violates her religious freedom. (1:02:28)

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

— Why is a newspaper printing anti-atheist slander? (1:15)

— Creationist Ken Ham has a new list of societal ills. (4:08)

— A woman who killed three siblings at a school bus stop got out of jail early after taking a Bible study class. (9:12)

— A Christian hate group found a way to blame “wokeism” and Black Lives Matter for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (19:15)

— Dave Silverman, the former American Atheists leader who’s now advising a right-wing atheist group, is going after a new audience… on InfoWars. (24:01)

— SPONSOR: Check out Paint Your Life and get 20% off by texting FRIENDLY to 64-000. (59:23)

— It was the 100th anniversary of the first anti-evolution bill getting defeated by lawmakers in Kentucky. (1:00:42)

— Missouri lawmaker Mary Elizabeth Coleman wants to make it a crime to help women travel to neighboring Illinois to have an abortion. (1:04:21)

— Convicted felon and MAGA cultist Michael Flynn says the word “Creator” appears four times in the U.S. Constitution. He’s off by four. (1:08:29)

— Patriarch Kirill, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church and a Putin ally, says Russia invaded Ukraine because some nations like to hold gay pride parades. (1:11:49)

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

— After saying God already “appointed” her to a State Senate seat, Bianca Gracia lost her GOP primary. (1:29)

— Pat Robertson came back to The 700 Club to claim Putin was “compelled by God” to invade Ukraine because… Israel. (16:39)

— Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson doesn’t need to thank God for her success. (20:15)

— Dr. Ben Carson says supporting church/state separation is a form of “schizophrenia.” (30:59)

— Atheists are virtually non-existent in the federal prison population. (38:24)

— What does “The Trojan Horse Affair” tell us about Humanists in the UK? (54:32)