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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ScathingAtheist 167: Wizard of Boz Edition
On this week’s episode the Pope frantically downloads Turbotax, Curt Schilling gets bloody sacked, and a Utah republican thinks the jizz on his McDonald’s food got there by accident.CALENDAR LINKS:
SkepKon 2016; Hamburg, Germany, May 5-7th: http://www.skepkon.org/
NECSS; New York, NY, May 12-15th: http://necss.org/
SkeptiCal; Oakland, CA, May 15th: http://www.skepticalcon.com/
Imagine No Religion 6; Vancouver, May 20-22nd: http://www.imaginenoreligion.ca/
American Humanist Association 75th Anniversary Conference; Chicago, IL, May 26-29th:http://conference.americanhumanist.org/
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HEADLINES:
Vatican unexpectedly halts independent financial audit: http://religionnews.com/2016/04/21/vatican-unexpectedly-suspends-independent-financial-audit/
Christians boycott Target over trans bathroom policy: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2016/04/transgender-bathroom-hysteria-christian-bigots-boycott-target/
TN repeals protections for faith healing parents: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2016/04/tennessee-repeals-protections-for-faith-healing-parents/
Disabled daughter wants to see her faith healing parents prosecuted: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/04/20/disabled-daughter-of-u-s-faith-healers-wants-to-see-her-parents-prosecuted/
ESPN finally fires Curt Schilling: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/04/20/curt-schilling-finally-fired-from-espn-after-posting-anti-trans-meme/
Appeals court rejects claim that teaching evolution “promotes atheism” http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/04/21/appeals-court-rejects-lawsuit-claiming-the-teaching-of-evolution-in-kansas-promotes-atheism/
Utah Republican: “The 1st amendment protects me from second hand porn at McDonald’s”
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/04/utah-republican-the-first-amendment-protects-me-from-second-hand-porn-at-mcdonalds/
THIS WEEK IN MISOGYNY:
Girls forced to wear full dress at water park: http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.716349
Saudi Therapist offers advice on proper wife-beating: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/04/20/how-to-beat-your-wife-properly-according-to-a-saudi-family-therapist/
This mother fucker right here: http://time.com/4297234/rodrigo-duterte-davao-city-philippines-rape-president-election-jacqueline-hamill/