Friendly Atheist Podcast

Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Donald Trump held a dinner party for conservative Christian leaders, screwed up a quotation, and urged pastors to tell their congregations how to vote. (6:22) — The Pope’s visit to Ireland was not nearly as popular as organizers expected. (13:51) — A critic of the Pope says he knew about the abuse and did nothing… but the messenger has problems of his own. (18:02) — Louis CK is performing again… what does that say about #MeToo? (27:35) — A critic of Mormon “masturbation interviews” is being threatened with excommunication. 32:34) — Who installed a Scientology kiosk in a Hollywood police station? (40:45) — A girl was stabbed at a high school after rejecting a boy’s advances. (44:25) — A 9-year-old boy killed himself after being bullied for being gay. (46:49) — 97-year-old televangelist Ernest Angley is being sued for all kinds of creepy abuse. (48:57) — Russian bots wanted to increase hostilities on both sides of the vaccine “debate.” (56:09) — A preacher who went viral for speaking in tongues now says we weren’t meant to see that. (57:44) — Forget the “Nones.” Say hello to the “Solidly Seculars.” (1:02:24) — How many victims of the Catholic Church do we not know about? (1:12:50)

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