(2011/03/03) Condoms, confessions, evolution and Evangelicals (Religion)
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🗓️ 4 March 2011
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Condoms, confessions, evolution and Evangelicals
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Act 1: Pope Okays condoms sort of - Young Turks
Song 1: Soft served - Soul Coughing
Act 2: Pope changes stance on condoms - Friday Night Comedy BBC
Act 3: Catholics have it in for homos - Dan Savage
Song 3: Oh my God - Ida Maria
Act 4: Yoga is anti-Christian - Young Turks
Song 4: Early in the morning - Peter, Paul And Mary
Act 5: All 7 deadly sins committed at church bake sale - The Onion
Song 5: Sinnerman - Nina Simone
Act 6: Confess your sins via app - The Bugle
Song 6: God's radar - The Dixie Hummingbirds
Act 7: Creationism, evolution poll - Young Turks
Song 7: Believe - The Bravery
Act 8: Churches filing for bankruptcy over child abuse cases - Le Show
Song 8: God's Gonna Cut You Down - Johnny Cash
Act 9: Glenn Beck rally attendee exposed - Sam Seder
Song 9: Sacris Solemnis - Libera
Act 10: Christian weightlifter bends iron bar to demonstrate power of God's love - The Onion
Song 10: God put a smile on your face - Coldplay
Act 11: Evangelicals bring Jesus to public schools - Young Turks
Song 11: In God's country - U2
Act 12: Christian offended by Elizabeth Edward's dying thoughts - Citizen Radio
Song 12: When the president talks to God - Bright Eyes
Act 13: Bill O'Reilly proves God's existence - Colbert Report
Song 13: The tide is high - Blondie
Act 14: Father loses kids because he admits he is agnostic - Young Turks
Voicemails:
Unionized teachers and requesting a show on religion - Jake, Sophomore in HS
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Final comments asking how to cover major stories on BotL plus promoting powershift2011.org
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Pope's Baseball Cap & CatholicTV - Colbert Report
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show for details that |
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| 0:09.0 | Now welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast with clips today from the Young Turks, |
| 0:13.5 | the Friday Night Comedy Podcast from the BBC, Dan Savage, The Onion Radio News, The |
| 0:18.0 | Bugle, La Show, Sam Cedar, Citizen Radio and the Colbert Report with a bonus video clip |
| 0:23.7 | for our Apple iOS and Android app users, also from the Colbert Report. |
| 0:30.0 | The Pope is actually quoted in a new book titled Light of the World, The Pope, the |
| 0:34.8 | Church and the Sign of the Times. |
| 0:37.2 | And in this book, the Pope actually talks about condoms. |
| 0:40.5 | Now in the past, the Pope has been very, very against condoms, okay? |
| 0:44.7 | For instance, back in 2009, he visited Africa and he was basically saying, yeah, yeah, we |
| 0:50.4 | can pass out these condoms all we want, but it's not going to stop AIDS. |
| 0:53.7 | The only thing that's going to stop AIDS is if you all put it in your pants and don't |
| 0:56.6 | have sex, right? |
| 0:57.9 | So he's had a very hard stance on condoms. |
| 1:01.0 | However, in this book, he completely softens his stance and he basically says that in some |
| 1:06.5 | cases, condoms make sense. |
| 1:09.0 | So I'm going to read you his exact quote. |
| 1:11.4 | He says in certain cases where the intention is to reduce the risk of infection, it can |
| 1:15.4 | nevertheless be a first step on the way to another more humane sexuality. |
| 1:20.8 | I don't really know what humane sexuality means, but okay. |
| 1:23.6 | He can say. |
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