A weekly look at religion and the stupidity that breeds it. Hosts Noah Lugeons, Heath Enwright, and Eli Bosnick delve into theistic attempts to intrude on the s...
In this week’s episode, the church begs for mercy too liberally, God maintains the streak of perfect inattendance, and we’ll see what the other side of the aisle has to offer us.
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Headlines:
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde rebukes Trump at "Service of Prayer for the Nation" in DC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ESheItSWy4
Christians get their responses wrong from every angle: https://www.christianpost.com/news/5-christians-react-to-bishops-sermon-rebuking-trump.html
Jewish groups complain about lack of accreditation for religious schools: https://www.jns.org/four-brooklyn-yeshivahs-file-federal-complaint-against-ny-education-department/
The Christian Post is very suspicious of Grok AI having a logo that looks like a broken cross: https://www.christianpost.com/news/we-asked-grok-whether-its-new-logo-is-a-broken-cross.html
SCOTUS to hear case of taxpayer-funded religious school in Oklahoma: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-supreme-court-will-decide-if
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621: Outrage Fatigue Edition
In this week’s episode, Donald trump ORDERS trans people to stop existing, a Tennessee local ordinance demands the CORRECT version of dumb plastic crap on your lawn, and American Atheists’ legal director Geoffrey Blackwell will be here to tell us exactly how fucked we are.
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Guest Links:
Find out more about American Atheists.
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Listen to Noah on Where There’s Woke.
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Headlines:
Trump declares trans people nonexistent: https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/a-line-by-line-analysis-of-trumps
Proposed North Dakota law would force students to say the Pledge of Allegiance: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/proposed-north-dakota-law-would-force
TN woman taken to court for Christmas decorations being too Halloweeny: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/style/halloween-decorations-tennessee.html
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620: Luke Who's Talking Edition
In this week’s episode, the Christian god does a bunch of fire smiting, Atheist groups finally get rid of that expired ketchup in the back of fridge, and the Bible will still be yammering on about that Jesus guy.
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Headlines:
Prophetic warning about the LA fires:
https://charismanews.com/news/amanda-grace-prophetic-warning-on-the-l-a-fires/
Blame LA fire horror on the woke religion bringing ruin to our cities: https://nypost.com/2025/01/09/opinion/blame-la-fire-horror-on-the-woke-religions-ruin-of-our-cities/
MTG calls for using weather control to put out the fires: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/marjorie-taylor-greene-launches-unhinged-call-for-officials-to-manipulate-the-weather-to-stop-la-wildfires/ar-BB1rmsjm
Scientology’s ‘Volunteer Ministers’ getting roasted online for LA fire photo ops: https://tonyortega.substack.com/p/scientologys-volunteer-ministers
Atheists sue WV water agency for giving $5 million to a Catholic School: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/atheists-sue-west-virginia-water
Biden awards Medal of Freedom to Pope Francis: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/us/politics/biden-medal-of-freedom-pope-francis.html
Mike Johnson misattributed a prayer to Jefferson - the blowback could be heard at Monticello: https://religionnews.com/2025/01/08/blowback-continues-to-grow-over-johnson-misattributing-a-prayer-to-jefferson/
Bunch of atheist groups reaffirm commitment to LGBTQ rights: https://www.atheists.org/2025/01/american-atheists-reaffirms-commitment-to-protecting-lgbtq-rights/
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This Week in Misogyny:
House Speaker cites Genesis to justify law against trans women in sports: https://religionnews.com/2025/01/14/speaker-johnson-cites-genesis-after-house-passes-bill-banning-trans-people-from-womens-sports/
Virginia church publicly shames member for being pregnant out of wedlock: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/virginia-church-publicly-shames-unwed
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619: Hollowed Out Edition
In this week’s episode, the State of the Union is BAAAAAAAD, Pope Francis may have accidentally opened a Morning Stargate, and we’ll learn that “flat” is only one of the incorrect earth shapes available to believe in.
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Headlines:
American Atheists releases its “State of the secular states” report: https://states.atheists.org/
Oklahoma lawmaker's "covenant marriage" bill would make it harder to get divorced: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/oklahoma-lawmakers-covenant-marriage
Pope criticizes death with dignity and calls out nuns with 'vinegar faces': https://www.thetimes.com/uk/religion/article/pope-criticises-abortion-and-assisted-dying-in-new-year-message-zpzzqt593
https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/pope-calls-out-nuns-with-vinegar-faces-hdgpd6xkb
The Telepathy Tapes Prove We All Want to Believe: https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking-pseudoscience/telepathy-tapes-prove-we-all-want-believe
Buddhist group sues Army Corp of Engineers because conservation is fucking up their meditation: https://religionnews.com/2025/01/03/buddhist-group-says-army-corps-everglades-project-violates-religious-freedom/
Pope Francis may or may not have opened spiritual portals to other dimensions: https://www.thejournal.ie/catholic-church-jubilee-year-pope-francis-vatican-holy-doors-6584288-Jan2025/
https://charismanews.com/news/vatican-to-open-5-sacred-portals-this-christmas-eve/
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618: Double D Edition
In this week’s episode, Congress has as many atheists as it does chances not to end our civilization, we learn if it's gay for men to have hetero sex with their wives, and Michael Marshall will be here to woo you.
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Headlines:
New Congress sees tiny uptick in nonreligious members: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/one-new-member-of-congress-is-openly
At Trump’s inauguration, reports of a pay-to-pray: https://religionnews.com/2024/12/23/amid-uncertainty-around-religion-at-trumps-inauguration-reports-of-a-pay-to-pray/
Vatican advances beatification process for Belgian king who abdicated rather than approve abortion: https://apnews.com/article/vatican-pope-belgium-abortion-369b35f6734bdab87786ff6c4870d424
Prominent atheist transphobes leave honorary position with FFRF: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/three-prominent-atheists-resigned
Kenneth Copeland says God told him he’ll live to be 120: https://www.christianpost.com/news/televangelist-kenneth-copeland-predicts-when-he-will-die.html
MAGA influencer husband says giving his wife orgasms would be 'gay sex': https://www.advocate.com/donald-trump/trump-maga-gay-sex-orgasm#rebelltitem1
A weekly look at religion and the stupidity that breeds it. Hosts Noah Lugeons, Heath Enwright, and Eli Bosnick delve into theistic attempts to intrude on the secular world in an unflinching expose on just how juvenile the whole god thing is.
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