Friendly Atheist Podcast

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server! — Greg Locke says he's going to expose six "witches" in his church. (1:09) — Why won't anyone give Kevin Sorbo the money he needs to make his movies? (22:26) — Why is the Catholic League's Bill Donohue getting paid a million dollars a year? (27:24) — A Baptist preacher whose daughter died in a car accident last year had his future son-in-law arrested for putting flowers on her grave. (41:44) — Five leaders at a Christian school were arrested for allegedly not reporting a sexual assault to authorities. (55:09) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server! — A Catholic priest resigned for the dumbest (but strangely consequential) reason. (2:17) — LDS leader Brad Wilcox's racist comments have caused chaos among Mormons. (8:13) — A public school Bible teacher in TN told students "how to torture a Jew." (18:52) — WV teachers told kids to attend a religious revival during the school day. (31:41) — The evangelical ‚Äòdissenters' trying to ‚Äòsave' the faith have their own problems. (42:26) — Missouri's governor said he only nominates people with "Christian values" to positions of power. (57:36) — A Michigan Republican gubernatorial candidate urged rape victims to be "heroic" and give birth. (1:01:19) — A nun was sentenced to prison after stealing $835,000 from Catholic school to go gambling. (1:05:21) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this solo episode (Jessica will be back next week), Hemant interviewed Kristin Kobes Du Mez, author of the New York Times bestseller "Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation." The book attempts to explain why white evangelicals overwhelmingly supported Donald Trump, despite all the non-Trumpy values they claimed to hold dear before he came along, by looking at the history of evangelical culture. 2:40 Why did you write this book? 5:00 The subtitle of your book is who white evangelicals corrupted a faith and fractured a nation. And I sometimes wonder did they corrupt the faith or did guys like Donald Trump expose the faith for what it's always been? 7:02 Are you cherry picking bad actors, like Mark Driscoll, who exist in every tradition, or do guys like Driscoll fairly represent this strain of conservative Christianity? 10:20 How much blame should we place on moderate Christians who platform these toxic people? 14:38 Is there a good definition of evangelicalism that outsiders would agree with? 18:28 Are your students more receptive to your ideas than your colleagues? 20:35 Are white evangelicals uniquely bad with toxic masculinity or is this just a problem with Americans at large? Or all of humanity? 23:32 Is Jerry Falwell, Jr. making a comeback? 25:25 Is there going to be a backlash to Trumpism that affects evangelicals? 30:06 SPONSOR: HelloFresh! https://www.hellofresh.com/friendlyatheist16 31:19 Is the impending end of Roe v. Wade good or bad for evangelicals on a strategic level? 34:12 Are white evangelicals really hypocrites about Trump considering he kept his anti-abortion promises? 37:55 Is evangelical Christianity a force for good? 40:55 What is your reaction to Girl Defined and other young Christian women who promote Christian patriarchy on YouTube? 42:00 What would you say to a megachurch pastor who comes to you for advice? 46:35 How come Christian stereotypes include both manly patriarchs as well as hipster skinny jean pastors? 49:45 Are you unfairly painting lower and middle class white men in the worst possible light? 52:30 Are white evangelicals really as powerful as you suggest they are? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server! — What will the Supreme Court look like after Stephen Breyer's retirement? (2:36) — Jerry Falwell, Jr. opened up about his past in a lengthy Vanity Fair profile. (13:45) — A Mississippi mayor wants to withhold funds from the local library unless they purge all LGBTQ+ books. (30:47) — A Georgia mayor's first act was to ask everyone to join him in communion. (37:06) — An AME Zion bishop was arrested for defrauding churches of millions of dollars. (41:14) — A pro-choice activist took an abortion pill on live TV to show how simple it is. (47:54) (Screenshot via YouTube) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server! — OnlySky, a new network for atheist bloggers, podcasters, and commentators, is now up and running! (0:49) — Pastor Mike Todd smeared spit on his brother's face to make a point about Jesus. (8:52) — A proposed law in Iowa would require teachers to stand and say the Pledge of Allegiance... or else! (18:37) — A taxpayer-funded Christian adoption agency in TN just got sued for refusing to work with Jews. (28:35) — The Supreme Court accepted the case of a high school football coach who wanted to perform prayers on the field after games. (37:03) — Justice Neil Gorsuch referred to "so-called" church/state separation in an oral argument. Yikes. (50:55) — California is suing a Christian "health care" ministry for defrauding customers. (59:35) — Answers in Genesis wants to use the horrific Tuskegee Syphilis Study as a way to prove evolution is false. (1:05:37) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server! — It's never good when a state's attorney general says we need a God-based justice system. (3:12) — A pastor who's been repeatedly accused of spiritual harassment insists that he is eradicating spiritually abusive priests from his church-planting group. (11:50) — Why is Dave Silverman selling someone else's creation? (27:22) — A Creationist group screwed up the science in its new logo. (43:26) — Dave Ramsey said raising rent doesn't make a landlord a "bad Christian." (45:10) — An elderly woman may have left her entire $2 million estate to a predator priest. (55:16) — Preacher Sean Feucht claims his book contract was canceled due to his "political views." (1:01:15) — A woman says the Bible-believing former GOP House Speaker in Michigan sexually assaulted her when she was 15. (1:05:09) — SPONSOR: Check out Paint Your Life and get 20% off by texting FRIENDLY to 64-000. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server! -- Pope Francis says having pets instead of kids is selfish. (2:00) -- A proposed law in Oklahoma would put the KJV and fundamentalist preachers in certain classrooms. (7:00) -- Marriage is not about being happy, says one very misogynistic pastor. (22:15) -- A 14-year-old girl was impregnated by her youth pastor. She's finally telling her side of the story. (30:42) -- The phrase "unreligious cruelty" makes no sense, so why is a Washington Post columnist using it? (41:22) -- What would you do in this moral dilemma? (46:27) -- Should we feel bad about old churches dying out? (55:48) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On this (extra-long) podcast, Jessica and I discussed the past year in news! We covered a whole variety of topics, going month by month, so feel free to jump around and listen in at any point! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server! — A GOP lawmaker says she's tired of "godless" people running the government. (1:30) — Jeff Green, the richest man in Utah, just quit the Mormon Church. (7:55) — A bunch of Christians think a statue outside the U.N. represents the End Times "beast." (23:50) — A "Baby Baphomet" display in the IL State Capitol has a bunch of Catholic detractors. (30:35) — A Christian jewelry store is suing the military over faith-based dog tags. (40:00) — A man just sued the leaders of Rhema Bible Training College in Oklahoma for saying he had "contagious demons." (48:50) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server! — Hemant is moving his blog to OnlySky. (1:04) — Jim Bob Duggar lost his Arkansas State Senate primary. (7:00) — A record number of Americans have no religious affiliation. (28:30) — Christian "financial guru" Dave Ramsey got sued for religious discrimination by a fellow Christian. (42:09) — A Tennessee pastor is giving away AR-15s at an upcoming sermon. (51:30) — Pastor Joel Osteen supposedly got a restaurant server fired after a video with him went viral. (57:16) — The FDA just approved abortion pills via mail. (1:01:44) — This may be the worst argument for anti-abortion advocates to make. (1:10:40) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.