Cardinal Pell is Coming Home

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

They included:

Cardinal George Pell just became the highest-ranking Vatican official charged with sex abuse.

Sarah Huckabee Sandersirrational godly defense of Donald Trump’s misogyny.

— The Christian who vandalized the new Ten Commandments monument outside the Arkansas Capitol building.

Judge Sonia Sotomayor‘s eloquent dissent in the Trinity Lutheran case.

— How the Christian harassing an atheist lawyer defended himself by saying he’s “man enough” to stand behind his hateful words.

— Whether hooking up really happens less often on Catholic campuses and what that really means.

— How the people buying products from Infowars and Goop are all irrational.

— The House Republicans’ plan to use a budget bill to repeal the Johnson Amendment.

— How Canadians would rather see an atheist Prime Minister than an Evangelical one.

— There are no longer any openly atheist elected officials in the Republican Party.

Upcoming talks, including one outside Ark Encounter.

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This is What Atheist Persecution Looks Like

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

They included:

— The Christian terrorist threatening atheists over a statue in Tennessee.

— The Christians harassing the atheist attorney who won a lawsuit in Florida.

— GuideStar’s decision to highlight “hate” groups using the Southern Poverty Law Center’s database.

— The woman who won a lawsuit against an Israeli airline because she didn’t want to switch seats for ultra-Orthodox Jewish men.

— How the Catholic Church is forcing more people to suffer in Canadian hospitals.

— Why “Breatharians” aren’t real.

The Rise Of The Religious Left

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

They included:

— The rise of the Religious Left.

Ken Ham is now blaming atheists for the failures of Ark Encounter and the local economy.

Tim Farron, the Liberal Democrat leader in the UK who resigned saying he couldn’t reconcile his Party’s platform with his evangelical faith.

— The Virginia church that wants you to pray for the resurrection of a man who died earlier this week.

— The pantyliner invented by a man who clearly doesn’t understand female anatomy.

— Walgreen’s absurd policy regarding pharmacists who don’t want to do their jobs.

Joshua Feuerstein‘s crusade against McDonald’s rainbow-colored fry boxes.

— Can God love you if you’re a woman with short hair?

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Bernie Sanders Asked the Wrong Questions

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Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. But because the audio crashed after we recorded (oh, computers…), I recorded this brief episode to bring up two important events from the week.

They included:

Sen. Bernie Sandersmisguided questioning of an evangelical nominee to a major government position.

— A New York high school that accommodated Muslim students who wanted to pray during Ramadan. Did administrators go too far or were they making the right decision?