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! — 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.

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! — The future of the Friendly Atheist blog. (1:12) — Christian predator Josh Duggar is going to jail after being found guilty in his child sex abuse image trial. (3:22) — Can you be friends with someone from the other political party? (21:08) — The Supreme Court seems like it will force taxpayers to subsidize religious schools. (24:40) — Evangelist Joshua Feuerstein, who spread vaccine lies, now has COVID. (31:05) — Evangelist Franklin Graham can't decide whether or not he wants vaccines to work. (34:10) — Should we tell Pastor Joel Osteen, to his face, that he's horrible? (41:15) — People are mad over Rep. Madison Cawthorn‚Äòs anti-abortion "earthen vessels" speech for the wrong reasons. (57:01) — A Methodist church fired its pastor after he had a drag makeover on TV to show his allyship. (1:00:17) — MAGA world's "gun girl" says she's ditching atheism for Catholicism. (1:04:58) — Christian pseudo-historian David Barton says the Second Amendment gives people the right to own nuclear weapons. (1:09:23) — A Catholic diocese is officially banning unrepentant trans people from receiving the sacraments. (1:13:42) — 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! — The Supreme Court's abortion case. (1:30) — Marcus Lamb, the head of a major Christian TV network that spread COVID lies, died of COVID. (13:45) — Eric Metaxas, another anti-vax Christian, has COVID too. (20:25) — Baptisms are getting cooler. As if that was the thing that churches needed to fix. (33:55) — You don't have to defend Josh Duggar even if you're a conservative Christian. (38:11) — The American Humanist Association's new leader represents a shift in how atheism appears to the public. (45:26) — Richard Dawkins is once again promoting anti-trans bigotry. (50:58) — A Christian hate group is whining to the Supreme Court about being called a "hate group." (1:02:15) 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! (And vote for your preferred movie in an upcoming double feature!) — A Bronx pastor has resigned after telling men the "best person to rape is your wife." (3:59) — Christians can apparently "cast out" their vaccines by asking God. (15:16) — Reptile alien. Sex. Jesus. Xerxes. Gargoyles. (20:11) — An anti-gay Christian florist will pay $5,000 to settle a case after discriminating against a gay customer. (27:15) — Church vandalism would end more quickly if religious leaders took criticism seriously. (35:40) — A wannabe GOP governor says straight relationships are "superior" to gay ones. (44:11) — A judge effectively tossed out a lawsuit against a Catholic school accused of being "too woke." (48:25) — There's yet another lawsuit against Liberty University. (54:19) — A Florida man was charged with 1,200 counts of sexual abuse and incest after raising the topic with his pastor. (59:16) — A GOP lawmaker said gay people living in fear are just facing the "normal consequences" of their "choices." (1:04:30) — Most Americans don't blame God for all the suffering in the world. (1:09:46) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.