The Scathing Atheist

In this week’s episode, we’ll do a long awaited neener neener dance RIGHT in christianity’s face, British conservatives think Pornhub is a documentary film channel, and Trump’s pretty sure the SCOTUS will get him into Heaven on a technicality.
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Appearance Links:
See us at Free Flo, February 26th to the 28th: https://www.freeflo.org/
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Headlines:
Midterm roundup: https://www.christianpost.com/news/christian-leaders-react-to-midterm-catastrophe-offer-hope.html and https://www.fox10tv.com/2026/11/07/memory-card-with-uncounted-ballots-found-launching-investigation/
Supreme Court justices split over taxpayer funding for Catholic schools that reject kids of LGBTQ+ parents: https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/scotus-religions-schools-taxpayer-discrimination?1
Texas election “adviser” is busy targeting Muslims, not fixing election integrity: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/texas-election-adviser-is-busy-targeting
Trump pretty sure Supreme Court will get him into Heaven on a technicality: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/could-trump-forgive-his-opponents-60-minutes/
UK Porn Ban is Christian anti-porn nonsense:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cmpqgepejr2ro
And: https://www.christiantoday.com/news/christian-groups-welcome-government-moves-to-criminalise-porn-depicting-strangulation

In this week’s episode, Jesus actually will give you candy, Grok predicts a future with President AOC and starts ugly crying a movie script, and Karis Burkowski and David Fitzgerald will be here for a “these last couple millennia in misogyny” segment.
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Headlines:
Christian bus driver loses lawsuit after getting fired for giving out Jesus candy: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-bus-driver-loses-lawsuit
Angel Studios Banning Sex Scenes, F-Words and Misuse of God’s Name in Movies: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/movies/articles/angel-studios-banning-sex-scenes-164602779.html
Dave Rubin posts horror short about Dems turning America into a communist islamic caliphate:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXoB2eRjd6s

In this week’s episode, religion breaks its child murder record AGAIN, a cult tries to prove their sun magic in court beyond a shadow of a doubt, and Anna will be here to leave you breathless.
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Headlines:
Kenyan cult leader convicted of killing 191 followers:  https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/kenyan-starvation-cult-leader-paul
America's deep religious divide over empathy: https://www.axios.com/2026/10/20/religious-divide-empathy-democrats-republicans
Kansas GOP gubernatorial candidate is pretty sure his opponent is a witch: https://newrepublic.com/post/216642/demonic-stuff-kansas-gop-accuses-democrat-witch
Spiritual group says a planned SLC apartment complex would infringe on its rites by casting a shadow on its pyramid:
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/10/23/summum-slc-pyramid-could-be/
Chipotle uses ouija board to promote margaritas and christians have a freakout: https://churchleaders.com/news/2224172-chipotle-halloween-ouija-board-christian-backlash.html/2

In this week’s episode, Christians find god in ALL the wrong places, they continue waiting for Jesus to come back from getting cigarettes, and we’ll hear from somebody more worried about F-bombs than real ones.
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Headlines:
Shapiro movie gets its filming license back: https://www.local10.com/entertainment/2026/10/07/livingston-officials-allow-pawn-shop-film-to-continue-in-montana/
A restaurant stood up to Doug Wilson’s Christian Nationalists — and won: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-restaurant-stood-up-to-doug-wilsons
John Roberts getting shamed by locals near his vacation house in Maine: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/us/politics/supreme-court-roberts-maine.html
https://www.thedailybeast.com/chief-justice-john-roberts-hopper-island-escape-turns-into-a-nightmare/
Pittsburgh diocesan consultant reports rising exorcism requests: https://www.ewtnnews.com/world/us/pittsburgh-diocesan-consultant-reports-rising-exorcism-requests
Pastor drives sportscar onto stage, can’t get it back off: https://protestia.com/2026/10/12/megachurch-pastor-drives-million-dollar-mclaren-on-stage-for-sermon-illustration-then-it-dies/
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This Week in Misogyny:
Shane Gillis’s dumb joke about women in gyms: https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/former-snl-star-ego-nwodim-mocks-shane-gillis-monologue-womens-gym-out-rcna603199
Texas school district cancels play because girl was cast in boy-lead: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/texas-school-district-cancels-little

In this week’s episode, Christians remember how well the last public execution went for their image, Oklahoma takes another step towards approving the Eli Bosnick Charter School, and it turns out Heath did NOT forget we said we’d read the JD Vance book.
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Headlines:
Christians react to calls for public execution: https://religionnews.com/2026/10/09/head-of-u-s-catholic-bishops-conference-condemns-public-execution-plans-as-promoting-a-culture-of-death/
A pastor in an interracial marriage says he won’t let his daughter marry a Black man: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-pastor-in-an-interracial-marriage
Christian nationalism in Britain driven by people who seldom go to church, says report: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/11/christian-nationalism-uk-far-right-people-rarely-go-to-church-report
Satanic prayer causes insane magic fight at city council meeting in Iowa: https://www.ottumwacourier.com/news/local_news/satanic-invocation-causes-uproar-at-city-council-meeting/article_47fecb72-be23-4269-a71a-4c95ed596413.html
Video of the Ottumwa City Council meeting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhnHU8YTitU&t=120s
Federal judge clears path for taxpayer-funded religious school in Oklahoma: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/federal-judge-clears-path-for-taxpayer