The Friendly Atheist Podcast

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Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Franklin Graham says Donald Trump’s affair with Stormy Daniels is “nobody’s business.” That’s not what he said when Bill Clinton was in office. (3:14)

— The Natural History Museum in Jerusalem is covering up an evolution exhibit so they don’t offend ultra-Orthodox Jews. (12:47)

— The 13-year-old “miracle boy” from Alabama, who survived brain trauma, isn’t a miracle at all. (14:52)

— Southern Baptist leader Paige Patterson has apologized… kind of. Not really. (20:40)

— The Mormon Church says it’ll cut all ties with the Boy Scouts. (34:12)

— Not everyone was happy with the Met Gala theme: “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.” (41:54)

— The rally for gay conversion drew tens of people. (51:45)

— Christian schools often censor student journalists, according to a new survey. (56:40)

— We answer listener mail! (1:03:11)

If you support what we’re doing, please contribute to our Patreon page!

Queer Disbelief, a book Hemant edited, is now out on Kindle and in paperback! Go pick up a copy!

Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Paige Patterson, a leader of the Southern Baptists, has horrible advice for abused wives. (0:42)

— The problem with Incels. (17:52)

— A Michigan Catholic school told girls they’d have to wear “Modesty Ponchos” at Prom if they were dressed too sluttily, but they caved after backlash. (31:09)

— We learned about a new fossil that marks a transition between dinosaurs and modern birds. Creationist Ken Ham isn’t buying it. (36:45)

— A Pulse nightclub massacre survivor says he’s no longer gay because of Jesus. (44:44)

— Mike Pence takes great “joy” in Michelle Wolf‘s jokes about him. He should’ve read further on in the Bible. (50:10)

— Iowa has banned abortions after 6 weeks… because they want to get sued over this. (55:24)

— The House Chaplain is back on the job after getting booted. (1:02:11)

— Liberty University is the second largest Christian school in the country. But not by their math. (1:03:41)

— Survey featuring “Islamophobia Index” finds Nones are largely supportive of Muslims’ rights. (1:09:10)

— Matt Walsh said something dumb on Twitter about man caves. (1:14:03)

— We answer listener mail! (1:22:00)

If you support what we’re doing, please contribute to our Patreon page!

Queer Disbelief, a book Hemant edited, is now out on Kindle and in paperback! Go pick up a copy!

Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— The Ten Commandments monument outside the Arkansas Capitol… again. (3:12)

— The Congressional Freethought Caucus has finally formed! (13:13)

— Why did the House chaplain resign? Maybe he deserved to. (24:15)

— There’s an open atheist in the NFL once again: The Arizona Cardinals’ Josh Rosen. (37:42)

— There’s no good reason to prevent your kids from learning about sex education. (41:50)

— A Tennessee school district wants to celebrate Billy Graham Day. No… just no. (59:13)

— GQ says the Bible isn’t an essential read. They’re right. (1:04:48)

— Oklahoma is on the verge of passing a bill allowing taxpayer-funded adoption agencies to discriminate against gay couples and non-Christians. (1:09:47)

— When FOX News is too tough on you, Donald Trump just goes to Christian television. (1:15:44)

— Jessica has some thoughts on recent mass shootings. (1:19:14)

— We answer listener mail! (1:23:40)

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If you support what we’re doing, please contribute to our Patreon page!

Queer Disbelief, a book Hemant edited, is now out on Kindle and in paperback! Go pick up a copy!

Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Kent Hovind is advertising his new Creationist theme park using a meme mocking Creationists. (1:41)

— White evangelical Christian support for Donald Trump is at an all-time high. (7:37)

— The frighteningly conservative White House Bible studies being run by Capitol Ministries’ Ralph Drollinger. (13:40)

— A Stanford study doesn’t really show that the most religious kids do best in school. (17:56)

— Pope Francis lied to a kid about whether or not his dead atheist father was in Heaven. (26:18)

— This is a fairly accurate assessment of why people think Christians are “A**holes.” (32:36)

— Liberty University makes bank through its online education program. Too bad it’s not good for students. (34:50)

— Focus on the Family is legally a “church” now, and you should see how they pulled it off… (41:23)

— Students at “Christian Hogwarts” are doing something called “grave sucking” and trying to walk through walls. (52:06)

— Was Democratic National Committee vice chairman Keith Ellison right to say, “Women are dying” because his party loses elections? (57:34)

— We answer listener mail! (1:09:21)