Friendly Atheist Podcast

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.

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 new Discord server! — This Christian "maternity ranch" in Texas meant to help new mothers is horrifying for so many reasons. (0:41) — "We have to have one religion," says MAGA cultist Michael Flynn. (27:39) — Pastor Mark Burns, who's running for Congress, is calling for all laws that contradict his interpretation of the Bible to be declared illegal. (29:49) — A Christian news editor is resigning over the rightward shift of his parent company. (34:44) — A conservative writer who thinks FFRF is a "hate group" seems to agree with everything they're saying. (45:08) — A pastor who created a COVID outbreak says he was just doing "what God wanted." (52:40) — Catholic bishop. Satanic erotica. Pig semen. (54:57) — The New Orleans Archdiocese is paying over $1 million to settle a case involving lies they told FEMA after Hurricane Katrina. (57:55) — One of the Republicans trying to win the party's nomination for Ohio's U.S. Senate seat is a guy who literally said of his opponent, "But he's Jewish!" (1:02:53) — Two Christian groups are suing over the Biden administration's vaccine mandate because it's a "sin against God's holy word." (1:08:40) — The Supreme Court doesn't seem to care about "religious freedom" when it involves a death row inmate. (1:10:45) — 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 new Discord server! — Conservatives are furious over a Twix ad that isn't by Twix and isn't an ad. (7:20) — A hate-preacher insisted that boys who grow up in a church like his will "100%" grow up to be straight. (18:47) — There was a $1.8 million essay contest for anyone with evidence of the afterlife. The money will be handed out, but the evidence? Still doesn't exist. (25:07) — Should Republicans pander to gay voters? (36:24) — A Virginia school board wants to get rid of all "sexually explicit" books‚Ķ and burn them. (46:49) — A Christian "segregation academy" held an anti-LGBTQ seminar for parents. (53:39) — A North Carolina restaurant turned a one-star "Satanic" review into a keepsake T-shirt. (59:41) — Pastor Greg Locke really wants to get subpoenaed. (1:01:40) — An anti-LGBTQ pastor was nominated to the Anchorage Equal Rights Commission‚Ķ until public pressure caused him to step away. (1:07:32) — The Biden administration is undoing a rule allowing taxpayer-funded groups to discriminate on the basis of religion. (1:11:12) 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 Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our new Discord server! — In New Jersey, an openly atheist state representative won his bid for state senate. (2:11) — Aaron Rodgers thought he could get away with a homeopathic COVID vax substitute. (10:30) — If being the father to a known molester is your biggest claim to fame right now, maybe don't run for office on a platform of promoting family values, Jim Bob Duggar. (24:14) — A pastor arrested for soliciting sex from a minor was preaching just days later. (30:01) — SPONSOR: Check out Paint Your Life and get 20% off by texting FRIENDLY to 64-000. (34:22) — Richard Dawkins says the scientific definition of women excludes trans women, so does that make him anti-trans? (36:10) — A hate-preacher is using Dave Chappelle‚Äòs latest special to trash trans people. (49:00) — A coalition of atheist groups are urging the Supreme Court to uphold a ban on Maine taxpayers funding religious schools. (54:59) — Most white evangelicals wish America was a Christian-only bubble. (1:03:34) — We lost Bobbie Kirkhart, a longtime atheist activist and tireless defender of church/state separation. (1:12:58) — The HPV vaccine is working wonders. (1:08:04) 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 Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our new Discord server! — A school district will no longer ban "Satanic" clothing after a Satanist complained. (1:32) — Liberty University's "think tank" was just a cover to elect Republicans. (6:05) — A GOP official said society's problems are all a result of not following God's laws. (12:44) — Liberty U. still isn't taking sexual assault seriously. (15:15) — Being an evangelical basically means worshiping Trump now. (23:12) — A U.S. Senate candidate (guess which party) says church/state separation doesn't exist. (35:30) — Christian pseudo-historian Tim Barton says dads only need a "couple days" off after mom gives birth. (38:53) — Most Americans want church/state separation‚Ķ but don't know what it means. (49:44) — What is going on with the Chicago Blackhawks? (53:11) — These Sikh men took off their turbans to save two hikers, putting decency over dogma. (1:08:36) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.