The Scathing Atheist

In this week’s episode, Florida challenges the rest of the country to a “Taken-off”, Texas gets mad about all the outside data that's misceginating THEIR internet, and we’ll learn the difference between ignoring you and paying attention to you in mysterious ways. --- Come see us live in Seattle: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/god-awful-movies-live-in-seattle-tickets-477540836497 To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/ --- Guest Links: Come see Noah at Freeflo: https://www.freeflo.org/ --- Headlines: CPAC Speaker calls for the eradication of trans people: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/cpac-speaker-calls-transgender-people-213112725.html Florida courts could allow 'emergency' custody of kids with trans parents or siblings: https://www.businessinsider.com/florida-anti-trans-bill-court-custody-kids-gender-affirming-care-2023-3 Texas is trying to scrub the concept of abortion from its internet: https://gizmodo.com/texas-abortion-websites-bill-internet-service-providers-1850178991 SCOTUS won’t hear city-sponsored prayer vigil case: https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/breaking-the-supreme-court-wont-weigh A pastor compared honeymoon sex to how "Christ penetrates his church": https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/a-christian-pastor-compared-honeymoon TX lawmaker proposes bill to lower property taxes for people with a fuckton of kids: https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/be-fruitful-and-multiply-tx-bill

In this week’s episode, a book cover will have legally injurable feelings, we'll teach you to find inner peace with the soothing dulcet tones of Marky Mark to guide you, and we’ll take a look back at 2022 just so we can be glad we don’t live there anymore. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/ --- Guest Links: Find out more about FreeFlo here: https://www.freeflo.org/ --- Headlines: Christians could sue people who call them homophobic if this GOP bill passes: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/02/christians-could-sue-people-who-call-them-homophobic-if-this-gop-bill-passes/ Those accused of discrimination would have new protections under Florida bill: https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2023/02/23/defamation-andrade-sexuality-race-gender-desantis-libel/ Four Wakefield pupils suspended after Quran damaged at school: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-64757799 OK AG withdraws support for Catholic charter school for fear of Muslim schools: https://www.koco.com/article/oklahoma-ag-gentner-drummond-catholic-charter-school/43051882 and Education leader wants to know just how much Jesus he can get away with: https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/oklahoma-education-leader-takes-steps Mark Wahlberg says Hollywood hates religion but he will NOT deny his faith: https://variety.com/2023/film/news/mark-wahlberg-hollywood-hates-religion-deny-faith-1235533272/amp/ 

In this week’s episode, billionaire JK Rowling dictates who’s a woman from deep within the leathery carapace she uses as a face, Ron DeSantis finally speaks up about the atheist bias of the number system, and we’ll escape the winter blues with some tropical bullshit. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/ --- Guest Links: Find out more about Camp Quest Texas for Grown Ups here: https://campquesttexas.org/announcements/xrt5zp8jdk64r8t1pnvsd5bovhhw5l-s4wez --- Headlines: 24 hour revival at Asbury University goes viral: https://religionnews.com/2023/02/20/citing-disruptions-to-school-and-town-asbury-authorities-move-to-end-11-days-of-revival/ Florida education officials discuss SAT alternative focused on Christian western tradition: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/education/article272526392.html Anti-abortion group to pay Planned Parenthood nearly $1m over protest at clinic: https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/06/anti-abortion-group-pay-planned-parenthood-nearly-1m Hogwarts Legacy release prompts antisemitism allegations on top of Rowling's transphobia: https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/10/hogwarts-legacy-antisemitism-goblin-artefact/  https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/09/hogwarts-legacy-sirona-ryan-included-to-shut-trans-people-up/ https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/02/lgbtq-activist-forced-to-apologize-for-calling-jk-rowling-a-nazi-after-she-threatens-him-with-legal-action/ Democrats pick up House seat because GOP nominates Warlock binding, demon fighting, election denying, religious lunatic: https://www.vpm.org/news/2023-02-20/virginia-4th-district-election-jennifer-mcclellan-leon-benjamin-richmond A guy says he had a heart attack and went to hell where he heard Rihanna singing "Umbrella": https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a42593462/near-death-experience-story-priest-went-to-hell-tiktok/

In this week’s episode, a little known religion called “Christianity” finally gets some national exposure, we’ll do the math on Bigfoot, and Heath will finally earn enough punches on the card to get a free penis reattachment next time. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/ --- Guest Links: Check out the Louisville Atheists here: https://www.louisvilleatheists.com/wordpress/ Learn more about Freeflo here: https://www.freeflo.org/ --- Headlines: More on the He Gets Us campaign’s ties to hate groups: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/02/loving-christian-super-bowl-ads-connected-to-anti-lgbtq-hate-group/ Mormon investment arm under investigation by the SEC: https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2023/02/11/money-questions-mount-lds-church/ Coach Dave declares spiritual warfare on the superbowl  https://newswithviews.com/lets-storm-the-gates-of-hell Christian school cancels concert hours before start because singer is gay: https://www.classicfm.com/artists/kings-singers/florida-college-cancels-concert-sexuality-concerns/ School board member buys sign opposing litter boxes https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/02/transphobic-school-board-member-posts-bizarre-sign-denouncing-school-litter-boxes/ Newsmax CEO dubs being dropped by DirecTV an “attack on Jesus” https://www.christianpost.com/news/newsmax-ceo-calls-removal-from-directv-blatant-act-of-censorship.html Bigfoot mathematically are probably bears  https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bigfoot-sightings-math_n_63d8d43ae4b04d4d18e80619 Christians “betrayed” by new Chick-Fil-A veggie sandwich: https://gizmodo.com/conservative-controversy-chick-fil-a-cauliflower-sandwi-1850100961 --- This Week in Misogyny: WY GOP defends child marriage, claims trans rights are a threat to kids: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/02/wyoming-gop-defends-child-marriage-while-claiming-its-trans-rights-that-harm-children/ Germany inches toward better abortion laws: https://cne.news/artikel/2564-germanys-paragraph-218-on-abortion-risks-permanent-deletion (context) https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germany-abolishes-nazi-era-abortion-law-2022-06-24/

In this week’s episode, breakfast sullies its good name with national prayer, we learn about a fake treatment for autism that's dumber than ass bleach, and we’ll explore yet another of the abundance of dark recesses in David Icke’s brain. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/ --- Headlines: First rebranded version of the National Prayer Breakfast takes place: https://www.npr.org/2023/02/02/1153705297/congress-takes-reins-of-prayer-breakfast-from-secretive-christian-evangelical-gr AOC ripped into MTG on Twitter about hypocrisy regarding antisemitic remarks: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/02/aoc-ripped-into-marjorie-taylor-greene-on-twitter-she-ended-it-with-a-laughing-emoji/ Satanists are opening an abortion clinic named after Samuel Alito's mom: https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/satanists-are-opening-an-abortion Less than 10% of anti-LGBTQ+ bills proposed in 2022 actually passed: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/02/less-than-10-of-anti-lgbtq-bills-proposed-in-2022-actually-passed/ Naturopaths 'not bound by science,' lawyer argues in hearing on fecal transplants for autism: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-naturopath-fecal-transplants-jason-klop-court-hearing-1.6504615 https://www.hopestandard.com/news/fraser-valley-naturopath-still-banned-from-selling-fecal-transplants-to-treat-autism/

In this week’s episode, North Dakota bans Heffalumps AND Woozles, long-winded priests are about to get the hook like Showtime at the Apollo, and we’ll learn that Jehovah’s Witnesses come pre-shunned. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/ --- Headlines: Diatribe story: https://religionnews.com/2023/01/26/he-gets-us-organizers-hope-to-spend-1-billion-to-promote-jesus-will-anyone-care/ Idiot Bill in Montana would ban everything in science class except “scientific fact”: https://ncse.ngo/draft-antiscience-bill-montana Nebraska Democrat trolls anti-drag bill by filing an amended version to ban church camps: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/01/democrat-files-bill-to-ban-church-youth-camps-as-hotbeds-of-child-abuse-religious-indoctrination/ ND bill aims to ban accommodations for students who identify as trans or 'animal species': https://www.christianpost.com/news/north-dakota-bill-seeks-to-ban-accommodations-for-trans-animal-students.html Mike Lindell will run “election crime unit” for RNC in 2024: https://www.rawstory.com/mike-lindell-election-crime-unit/ Pope says long homilies are terrible and priests need to keep it under 10 minutes: https://www.ncronline.org/vatican/vatican-news/long-homilies-are-disaster-keep-it-under-10-minutes-pope-says

In this week’s episode, the church created by a king he could fuck other women opines on the sanctity of marriage, Texas considers a heartbean bill to regulate its chili, and Marsh will introduce us to his magical slipper connection. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/ --- Guest Links: Check out Dear Old Dads here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dear-old-dads/id1627427933 --- Headlines: 50th Annual March for Life takes place in DC: https://religionnews.com/2023/01/19/after-roe-50th-march-for-life-a-turning-point-for-national-state-abortion-protests/ Groff v.DeJoy SCOTUS case could turn every workplace into a religious battleground: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/23559038/supreme-court-groff-dejoy-religion-twa-hardison-workplace Church of England bishops refuse to back gay marriage: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64313367  Texas state senator calls for food made from aborted fetuses to be labeled: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/texas-republican-aborted-fetuses-food-b2265342.html

In this week’s episode, we’ll give George Pell the musical send off he deserves, a 6-foot tall spray painted dick in Fort Lauderdale gives Mar-a-Lago some competition, and Tom and Cecil will be here because they initially thought ‘vitriol’ was a kind of lube. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/ --- Guest Links: Check out Tom and Cecil on Cognitive Dissonance: https://www.dissonancepod.com/ Check out Skeptics in the Pub Online here: https://sitp.online/ --- Headlines: Cardinal Pell dies: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/world/australia/cardinal-george-pell-dead.html Lil Nas X posed with The Wiggles & conservative parents cannot handle it: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/01/lil-nas-x-posed-wiggles-conservative-parents-cannot-handle/ One Million Moms protesting Disney for same-sex couple existence in Firebuds cartoon: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/01/christians-protesting-disney-time-dont-like-cartoon/ The pandemic hurt church attendance, especially among younger Americans: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/the-pandemic-hurt-church-attendance-especially-among-younger-americans/ UK censors Demi Lovato posters for causing "serious offense to Christians": https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/01/uk-censors-demi-lovato-posters-causing-serious-offense-christians/ Shady NZ church stiffs investigator they hired to investigate them: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/new-zealand-arise-church-charlotte-cummings-punish-investigator/ A giant pink phallus may come to Florida, thanks to Jesus and an atheist: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/a-giant-pink-phallus-may-come-to-florida-thanks-to-jesus-and-an-atheist/

In this week’s episode, we’ll find out which congresspeople weigh the same amount as a duck, Donald Trump Jr. is selling another ghost written book, and I’ll add in the Norwegian story that I forgot we teased in the intro last week. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/ --- Guest Links: Learn more about Recovering From Religion here: https://www.recoveringfromreligion.org/ --- Headlines: Donald Trump Jr. selling the ‘We The People Bible’: https://onlysky.media/ahall/donald-trump-jr-is-selling-the-we-the-people-bible/-people-bible/ Art History professor fired for using ancient paintings of Muhammad in class https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/art-history-professor-fired-for-using-ancient-paintings-of-muhammad-in-class/ Jehovah’s Witnesses lose religious status in Norway: https://cne.news/artikel/2289-jehovah-s-witnesses-norway-lose-registration-religious-community ADF lawyer David French Joins The Times as an Opinion Columnist https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/01/new-york-times-newest-columnist-ugly-past-demonizing-lgbtq-people/ Pastor jailed for using homeless people for unpaid labor: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/pastor-victor-gonzalez-sentenced-jail-homeless-forced-labor/ --- This Week in Misogyny: Family Research Council dubs Walgreens and CVS “Centers of Death” for carrying mifepristone: https://www.joemygod.com/2023/01/frc-walgreens-and-cvs-to-become-centers-of-death/ Multiple hate preachers warn about that beer will make men feminine: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/01/hate-pastors-now-speaking-beer-say-makes-men-feminine/

In this week’s episode, there’s Norway Forward for Witnesses of Jehovah, the death of the ex-pope sets off a Rube Goldberg device of slapstick magic rituals, and Heath will end another day tied with Kevin McCarthy in terms of being the Speaker of the House. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/ --- Headlines: Pew story on religious makeup of 118th congress discussed in the diatribe: https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2023/01/03/faith-on-the-hill-2023/ Nazi pope is dead and the Catholic papal death rituals are ABSURD: https://www.reuters.com/world/rituals-benedicts-passing-could-be-template-future-ex-popes-2022-12-30/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hammer-time/ https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/3515/ancient-tradition-for-confirming-popes-death https://weirdcatholic.com/2019/02/14/are-dead-popes-still-hit-on-the-head-with-a-hammer/ New York Times opinion piece is stupid and I hate it: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/01/opinion/soul-resolutions-new-year.html Greg Locke claims Andrew Tate was arrested for denying climate change: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/greg-locke-andrew-tate-arrested-climate-change-greta-thunberg/ Kirk Cameron is still telling lies to boost sales of his new Christian book: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/kirk-cameron-is-still-telling-lies-to-boost-sales-of-his-new-christian-book/