The Scathing Atheist

In this week’s episode, Roy Moore isn’t sure if gays are people, House Republicans hope to pass a Morning After Bill that describes when a woman's right to choose comes to an end, and the President of the Australian Skeptics will be here to convince us that his country isn’t gonna kill us. To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: http://www.amazon.com/Diatribes-Godless-Misanthrope-Scathing-Presents-ebook/dp/B00J53FZFI/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1396141562&sr=8-1 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 out half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ Guest Links: To learn more about Skepticon (and get tickets to see us live), click here: https://www.thinkinc.org.au/skepticon-australia/ To check out the Podunk Polymath Podcast, click here: https://www.facebook.com/thepodunkpolymath/ Headlines: NZ PM sworn in without a bible or any religious nonsense: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/10/no-god-no-bible-jacinda-ardern-sworn-new-zealand-prime-minister/ Stephen Anderson: Veganism is of the devil: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/10/27/christian-hate-pastor-veganism-is-a-substitute-for-biblical-morality/ P-Robes wants Trump to shut down the Mueller investigation: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/10/31/pat-robertson-trump-should-shut-down-the-entire-mueller-investigation/ Linda Harvey credits ouija board from saving her from gay halloween: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/10/26/linda-harvey-my-childhood-ouija-board-saved-me-from-homosexual-halloween/ Legal to deny service to anyone you think might be gay in MIssissippi https://hornetapp.com/stories/mississippi-anti-lgbt/ Ken Ham says atheists want Christianity outlawed: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/10/30/creationist-ken-ham-claims-atheists-want-christianity-outlawed/ Roy Moore: Marriage Equality is worse than slavery: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/10/roy-moore-marriage-equality-worse-slavery/ Federal court rejects Trump’s trans ban: http://religionnews.com/2017/10/31/us-court-bars-trump-from-reversing-transgender-troop-policy Pet Expo cancelled because accountant thought COO was the antichrist: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/10/27/pet-expo-canceled-after-accountant-tries-to-kill-companys-anti-christ-coo/ This Week in Misogyny: New GOP bill would ban abortion before women even knew they were pregnant: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/10/28/new-gop-bill-would-ban-abortion-before-many-women-even-know-theyre-pregnant/ Portuguese judge cites bible, releases man who beat wife with spiked bat: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/10/25/portuguese-judges-citing-bible-free-suspect-who-beat-ex-wife-with-spiked-bat/ Saudi Arabia takes more steps towards gender equality: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/10/30/saudi-arabia-takes-another-big-step-toward-gender-equality/ God Awful Mini: To check out the ridiculous Mormon video we reviewed this week, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RGnEJRkIDA

In this week’s episode, the Catholic church wishes you’d stop talking about all the Id-kay ucking-fay, you'll never believe what the gay Nazis are up to, and Jesus will be in the Book of Mormon like Luke was in The Force Awakens. To see us in Australia at Skepticon, click here: https://www.thinkinc.org.au/skepticon-australia/ To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: http://www.amazon.com/Diatribes-Godless-Misanthrope-Scathing-Presents-ebook/dp/B00J53FZFI/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1396141562&sr=8-1 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 out half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ Headlines: Trump administration wants to replace contraception with the rhythm method: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/10/21/trump-administration-pushes-abstinence-and-rhythm-method-over-contraception/ Indiana county ends needle exchange program because Jesus: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/10/21/indiana-county-ends-life-saving-needle-exchange-program-because-jesus-said-so/ Man says MAGA hat is part of his “spiritual beliefs” in dispute with bar: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/10/19/man-says-maga-hat-is-part-of-his-spiritual-beliefs-in-lawsuit-against-ny-bar/ Catholics won’t allow gravestone to mention priest rape victim advocacy: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/10/24/catholic-church-wont-allow-gravestone-marker-calling-out-pedophile-priests/ Bill O’Reilly blames god for his sexual misconduct: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/10/bill-oreilly-blames-god-sexual-harassment-allegations/ Students that opt out of Ireland’s religious classes better not learn other stuff: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/10/23/students-who-opt-out-of-irish-religious-ed-classes-cant-learn-anything-else/ Rick Wiles blames Vegas shooting on gay nazis: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/10/23/rick-wiles-a-gaylesbian-nazi-regime-carried-out-the-las-vegas-massacre/ This Week in Misogyny: Franklin Graham: New Trans inclusive bill dangerous to women: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/10/23/franklin-graham-new-trans-inclusive-bathroom-policy-in-nc-will-endanger-women/ Tony Perkins: LGBTQ in military cause men to harass women: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/tony-perkins-says-lgbtq-people-in-the-military-creates-moral-confusion-that-makes-men-harass-women/ Trump-allied pastor: Women sexually harass men by dressing provocatively: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/trump-allied-pastor-carl-gallups-says-women-are-sexually-assaulting-men-by-dressing-provocatively/

In this week’s episode, the president warms up for his speech at a cross burning, two different Christian bigots try out poetry and I just came again thinking about it, and Michele Bachmann teaches us that archaeology disproves archaeology. To come see us in Sydney, click here: https://www.thinkinc.org.au/skepticon-australia/ For more info about Freeflo this weekend, click here: http://www.freeflo.org/ To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: http://www.amazon.com/Diatribes-Godless-Misanthrope-Scathing-Presents-ebook/dp/B00J53FZFI/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1396141562&sr=8-1 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 out half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ Guest Links: To learn more about The Hollow Podcast, click here: https://www.facebook.com/TheHollowPodcast/ Headlines: Donald Trump gives speech to Christian hate group: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/10/13/president-no-values-to-values-voters-christians-can-say-merry-christmas-again/ and http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/10/trump-panders-christian-extremists-values-voter-summit/ Timothy Dolan bitches loud enough to get LGBTQ friendly event moved from church: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/10/15/lgbtq-friendly-festival-changes-venues-after-catholic-church-objects-to-content/ Roy Moore reads poem about babies piled in dumpsters at Christian event: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/10/14/roy-moore-reads-poem-at-christian-gathering-about-babies-piled-in-dumpsters/ Calgary school board member blames gays for terrorism: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/10/06/calgary-school-board-candidate-blames-gay-people-for-terrorism-in-bizarre-rant/ Michele Bachmann: “Every archaeological discovery confirms the truth of the bible” http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/10/14/michele-bachmann-every-archeology-find-has-proven-the-truth-of-the-bible/ ADF misleads congress about surveys on Johnson Amendment: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/10/17/religious-right-group-uses-misleading-survey-in-johnson-amendment-repeal-efforts/ UK pharmacist jailed for showing beheading video to a kid: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/06/uk-pharmacist-zameer-ghumra-jailed-beheading-video-child-islamic-state Fat Guy in a Red Hat raps back to Eminem: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/10/14/evangelist-joshua-feuerstein-rapped-a-cringeworthy-response-to-eminem/ This Week in Misogyny: Christian women march against feminism: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/10/13/christian-women-gathered-in-washington-to-march-against-feminism-and-abortion/ Boy scouts allows girls, but not atheists: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/10/boy-scouts-invite-girls-join-still-bans-atheists/ Todd Starnes at Value Voters Summit: Liberals want to criminalize masculinity: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/todd-starnes-tells-the-values-voter-summit-that-liberals-want-to-criminalize-masculinity/ Muslim: We could stop sexual assault with more Islam: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/10/16/we-could-stop-sexual-abuse-with-more-islam-says-deluded-writer/

In this week’s episode, Joseph Smith crawls under the bar of Alma, the phrase "Christian chicken rehab slavery" will be a perfectly reasonable thing to say, and we’ll see when Santa’s sleeping for a change. To learn more about PastaCon, click here: http://atheistpa.org/ To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: http://www.amazon.com/Diatribes-Godless-Misanthrope-Scathing-Presents-ebook/dp/B00J53FZFI/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1396141562&sr=8-1 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 out half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ Headlines: Sessions issues government-wide directive that Christianity is a perfectly acceptable reason for LGBT discrimination: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/06/sessions-calls-for-broad-religious-freedom-protections-243536 also, he had the help of a Christian hate group: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/10/07/jeff-sessions-got-advice-from-christian-hate-group-before-issuing-anti-gay-memo/ Peter LaBarbera on gay couple in new Star Wars: “Where are the ex-gay characters?” http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/peter-labarbera-is-outraged-at-gay-couple-on-star-trek-wonders-where-the-ex-gay-characters-are/ Satanic temple proposes satanic cakes to troll anti-gay bakeries: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/satanic-temple-wedding-cakesus59cd3203e4b0ef069427151f?section=us_religion Santa Claus’s tomb may have been discovered in Turkey: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/04/santa-claus-tomb-may-have-been-uncovered-beneath-turkish-church-saint-nicholas Christian rehab group using patients as slaves: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/10/06/slavery-is-alive-and-well-in-americas-christian-rehab-chicken-plants/ This Week in Misogyny: Harvey Weinstein is a piece of shit: https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/from-aggressive-overtures-to-sexual-assault-harvey-weinsteins-accusers-tell-their-stories Trump administration rescinds birth control mandate: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/10/06/trump-admin-lets-more-employers-use-religion-to-deny-workers-birth-control/ Pro-life congressman resigns over abortion mistress scandal: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/10/05/pro-life-gop-congressman-will-resign-in-wake-of-mistress-abortion-scandal/

In this week’s episode, we wade out of Alma with the greatest acting we can muster, robots start passing the Turing Test at glory holes because science is important, and we’ll try to absorb 187 years of concentrated crazy over a weekend. This week’s episode was sponsored by our friends at Dollar Shave Club. Remember, this offer is exclusively available at Dollar Shave Club dot com slash SCATHING. To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To see us live at Skepticon in Sydney, Australia, click here: https://www.thinkinc.org.au/skepticon-australia/ To buy our book, click there: http://www.amazon.com/Diatribes-Godless-Misanthrope-Scathing-Presents-ebook/dp/B00J53FZFI/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1396141562&sr=8-1 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 out half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ Guest Links: You can check out Sai’s “Save my Soul” podcast here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/save-my-soul-podcast/id1045213382?mt=2 Headlines: US votes against UN resolution against capital punishment for blasphemy: https://thinkprogress.org/united-nations-gay-death-penalty-36e6a5101ec9/ Multiple asshats explain why god allowed Las Vegas shooting: _http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/10/03/fox-news-host-maybe-the-las-vegas-shooter-just-didnt-believe-in-god/ http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/10/02/pat-robertson-blames-vegas-shooting-on-lack-of-respect-for-donald-trump-and-god/ http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/10/02/dave-daubenmire-god-let-the-vegas-shooting-occur-because-our-nation-is-wicked/ Christian radio host says the atheist NFL is brainwashing everyone with gamma rays: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/10/01/christian-radio-host-the-anti-christian-nfl-is-brainwashing-us-with-gamma-rays/ Canadian police seek recalled bishop over child porn accusations: http://religionnews.com/2017/09/29/canada-police-seek-recalled-vatican-diplomat-for-child-porn/ Mormon Leader reaffirms church’s opposition to gay rights: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/10/01/mormon-leader-yep-we-still-think-gay-marriage-is-the-worst/ Canadian bishops oppose vaccine that prevents cancer: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/09/29/canadian-bishops-oppose-vaccine-that-prevents-cervical-cancer/ 3 Year old Nepalese girl chosen to be next living goddess: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/09/30/3-year-old-girl-chosen-by-hindu-priests-to-be-nepals-new-living-goddess/ CO student sues her high school for anti-atheist discrimination: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/09/26/colorado-student-sues-her-old-school-district-for-anti-atheist-discrimination/ Google nerd starts religion that worships AI Godhead: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/09/29/ex-google-engineer-starts-religion-that-worships-artificial-intelligence/

In this week’s episode, we finish Alma by holding block and pressing up, Roger Goodell and the King of Saudi Arabia look down on Donald Trump's moral low ground, and Alabama will prove once and for all that Moore is less. To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: http://www.amazon.com/Diatribes-Godless-Misanthrope-Scathing-Presents-ebook/dp/B00J53FZFI/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1396141562&sr=8-1 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 out half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ Guest Links: To hear the Worldwide Atheist podcast, click here: https://jedeschner.podbean.com/ Headlines: GOP senators propose bill allowing churches to get FEMA relief money: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/09/22/gop-senators-propose-bill-allowing-churches-to-get-fema-relief-money/ TX parents lock child out of house for being possessed by a demon: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/09/22/texas-parents-locked-their-kid-out-of-the-house-because-he-was-possessed/ Survey: 1 in 5 americans pretty sure atheists don’t have all the rights: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/09/16/many-americans-say-atheists-dont-have-the-same-rights-as-other-citizens/ Jim Bakker pretty sure he could be shot for wearing a Christian hat: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/09/15/televangelist-jim-bakker-i-could-be-shot-for-wearing-a-hat-with-a-cross-on-it/ Catholic hospitals making it harder to get vasectomies: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/09/13/catholic-hospitals-are-making-it-harder-for-men-to-obtain-vasectomies/Saudi Textbook accidentally inserts Yoda into pic of King Faisal: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/21/world/middleeast/saudi-yoda-king-textbooks.html?mcubz=0 This Week in Misogyny: Saudi allows women to drive: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/27/huge-step-jubilation-saudi-arabian-women-allowed-to-drive Saudi Cleric claims women have only one quarter of a man’s brain: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/09/23/saudi-cleric-women-cant-drive-since-they-only-have-a-quarter-of-a-mans-brain/

In this week’s episode, the Trump administration Rocky V’s us right in the johnson, we finally learn how to get some sexual attention from a sasquatch, and the Book of Alma will make the energizer bunny it’s bitch. To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: http://www.amazon.com/Diatribes-Godless-Misanthrope-Scathing-Presents-ebook/dp/B00J53FZFI/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1396141562&sr=8-1 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 out half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ Headlines: One step closer to repealing the Johnson Amendment: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/09/16/the-house-has-passed-legislation-that-could-turn-churches-into-superpacs/ Superintendent responds to lawyer letter about “in god we trust” signs in school is “i hope you repent may god have mercy on your soul” http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/09/08/arkansas-superintendent-to-atheist-lawyer-i-pray-you-will-repent/# Daubenmire: Gov should fund research to prove god is real: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/09/15/dave-daubenmire-the-government-should-fund-research-to-prove-god-is-real/ Facebook allowed advertisers to target anti-semites: http://religionnews.com/2017/09/14/facebook-enabled-advertisers-to-reach-jew-haters/ NC Mom invents bigfoot attracting spray: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/09/16/helpful-north-carolina-mom-invents-bigfoot-attracting-spray/ This Week in Misogyny: Slow moves towards gender equality throughout the Middle East: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/22/opinion/womens-rights-rape-laws-arab-world.html Tunisia lifts ban on Muslim women marrying non-Muslims: http://religionnews.com/2017/09/15/tunisia-lifts-ban-on-muslim-women-marrying-non-muslims/ Tunisian president calls for update in inheritance laws: http://religionnews.com/2017/09/15/tunisian-womens-rights-plan-rattles-muslim-traditionalists/

In this week’s episode, Donald trump stacks the bench with nutjobs, Sandy Rios points out that neo-Nazis might be nationalist but at least they're not socialist, and we’ll examine a miracle claim that doesn’t have a leg to stand on. To get tickets to one of our upcoming live shows, click here: https://scathingatheist.com/ To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: http://www.amazon.com/Diatribes-Godless-Misanthrope-Scathing-Presents-ebook/dp/B00J53FZFI/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1396141562&sr=8-1 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 out half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ Guest Links: To check out the Counter Apologetics podcast, click here: http://counterapologetics.blubrry.net/ Headlines: Trump nominates guy who doesn’t believe in church state separation to federal judgeship: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/09/08/trump-nominates-churchstate-separation-denier-for-federal-judgeship/ Also nominated someone who said the bible comes before the Constitution: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/09/senators-challenge-judicial-nominee-claims-bible-precedes-constitution/ Roy Moore Senate likely to become a senator: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/09/11/senate-candidate-roy-moore-in-2015-dodged-question-about-executing-gay-people/ CIA going all in on Jesus: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/09/report-cia-director-mike-pompeo-brings-christianity-agency/ Pastor reaches down woman’s pants during anointing; won’t be prosecuted: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/09/02/pastor-who-stuck-hand-down-womans-pants-during-anointing-wont-be-prosecuted/ Mike Huckabee robocalls for “Last Ounce of Courage” will cost 32.4 million http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/09/09/illegal-mike-huckabee-narrated-robocalls-will-cost-film-marketers-32-4-million/ Former Christian lawmaker who sold post apocalyptic gold coins will go to jail http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/09/06/former-christian-lawmaker-will-go-to-jail-over-apocalyptic-gold-coin-scheme/ Jews won't get out of the way of the hurricane http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/09/09/some-miami-jews-are-staying-home-during-hurricane-irma-since-its-the-sabbath/ Atheists challenge program that allows prisoners to leave prison for church: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/09/02/atheists-say-program-letting-prisoners-leave-jail-to-go-to-church-is-illegal/ Sandy Rios: The Right are like the Nazis of goodness: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/sandy-rios-the-right-are-like-nazis-but-they-export-goodness-instead-of-genocide/ This Week in Misogyny: Pastor: Aborted babies are food for empowering Baal: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/09/christian-activist-aborted-babies-food-source-empowering-baal/ Muslim website blames jews for misinformation about FGM: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/09/10/muslim-website-blames-jews-for-misinformation-on-female-genital-mutilation/

In this week’s episode, Joel Osteen has a monstrous heart to go with his teeth, we learn that Susan Smith was really just trying some homeopathic dilution on her kids, and Noah will turn out to have been right about Buddhism. Again. To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: http://www.amazon.com/Diatribes-Godless-Misanthrope-Scathing-Presents-ebook/dp/B00J53FZFI/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1396141562&sr=8-1 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 out half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ Headlines: Joel O’Steen defines douche baggery in hurricane response: http://religionnews.com/2017/08/30/joel-osteens-church-defends-itself-after-social-media-storm/ and http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/08/osteen-asks-50-minimum-donation-helping-hurricane-victims/ Kevin Swanson says Houston is being punished for not passing anti-trans bill: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/08/31/kevin-swanson-god-is-punishing-texas-for-not-passing-anti-trans-bathroom-bill/ Rick Wiles pins it on sexual perversion: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/08/30/rick-wiles-god-punished-houston-for-its-embrace-of-sexual-perversion/ Daubenmire says it’s about abortion and lesbian mayors: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/08/30/dave-daubenmire-god-was-punishing-houston-over-abortion-and-a-lesbian-mayor/ Texas churches suing FEMA to get recovery money: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/09/05/texas-churches-are-suing-fema-for-excluding-them-in-disaster-relief-grants/ Some Wackaloon: The Illuminati are using a special frequency to change people’s DNA to make them hate Trump: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/mark-taylor-freemasons-and-illuminati-are-using-a-special-frequency-to-change-dna-and-make-people-hate-trump/ Con artist and radio host tries to use voodoo to thwart investigation: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/08/31/radio-host-and-accused-ponzi-schemer-used-hoodoo-spell-to-thwart-probe-feds-say Atheists challenge program that allows prisoners to leave prison for church: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/09/02/atheists-say-program-letting-prisoners-leave-jail-to-go-to-church-is-illegal/ CDC: Homeopathic bracelet gave infant lead poisoning: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/09/02/a-homeopathic-bracelet-gave-an-infant-lead-poisoning-says-the-cdc/ This Week in Misogyny: Half of men don’t know where the vagina is: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/vagina-men-identify-faily-half-diagram-vagina-gynaecological-cancer-female-genitalia-a7921421.html Children’s publisher apologizes for puberty book that says breasts exist to make women look “grown up and attractive” https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/aug/29/usborne-apologises-puberty-book-childrens-publisher

In this week’s episode, Trump voters and christians survive another week in the Orwellian hellscape that is America, with the POTUS on the fence, kids in Georgia use beer pong to decide if the Axis was the good guys or the bad guys, and we’ll once again pick at the perpetual scab that is The Book of Mormon. To donate to hurricane victims, click here: https://foundationbeyondbelief.org/hurricane-harvey-drive/ Less Important Stuff: To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: http://www.amazon.com/Diatribes-Godless-Misanthrope-Scathing-Presents-ebook/dp/B00J53FZFI/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1396141562&sr=8-1 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 out half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ Guest Links: To check out the Wayward Willis podcast, click here: https://audioboom.com/channels/4923462 Headlines: Riots in India over guru’s rape conviction: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/27/indian-states-in-lockdown-for-gurus-sentencing-after-deadly-protests Christian hate-group ministry sues SPLC over hate group listing: http://religionnews.com/2017/08/25/christian-ministry-sues-watchdog-group-over-hate-label/ Majority of Trump voters think Christians face the most discrimination: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/08/24/a-majority-of-trump-voters-think-christians-face-the-most-discrimination/ Priest blames god for gambling debts, avenges god by collecting child porn: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/08/26/priest-who-blamed-god-for-gambling-debts-got-revenge-by-collecting-child-porn/ Students disciplined for nazi vs. jew beer pong game: http://religionnews.com/2017/08/25/students-disciplined-for-jews-vs-nazis-beer-pong-game/