(2012/05/25) Get your hocus pocus correct (Religion)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 25 May 2012
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Summary
Edition #608
Get your hocus pocus correct
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Pat Robertson's Demonic Possession GREATEST HITS - David Pakman - Air Date: 4-11-12
Ch. 3: Song 1: Demon Host - Timber Timbre
Ch. 4: Act 2: Oops, Priest Shows Gay Porn In Presentation - Young Turks - Air Date: 4-8-12
Ch. 5: Song 2: Porcelain (Trance Remix with Enya) - Moby
Ch. 6: Act 3: Visiting Priest Shows Family How Grace Is Done - The Onion
Ch. 7: Song 3: Awake my soul - Mumford & Sons
Ch. 8: Act 4: Boehner Approves Prayer Event By Radical Theocratic Activists - Rachel Maddow - Air Date: 5-8-12
Ch. 9: Song 4: Oh my God - Ida Maria
Ch. 10: Act 5: Mormons don't get the hocus pocus correct - Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date: 4-12-12
Ch. 11: Song 5: All this and heaven too - Florence + The Machine
Ch. 12: Act 6: Teacher Fired by Catholic School for Infertility Treatment - David Pakman - Air Date: 4-26-12
Ch. 13: Song 6: The picture I view - The Cranberries
Ch. 14: Act 7: Vatican Gives Popular Jesus Character Whole New Look - The Onion
Ch. 15: Song 7: Jesus of Suburbia - Green Day
Ch. 16: Act 8: Iran Internet Censorship - Young Turks - Air Date: 4-11-12
Ch. 17: Song 8: Letters to God - Box Car Racer
Ch. 18: Act 9: Atheists More Generous & Empathetic Than Religious People - David Pakman - Air Date: 5-3-12
Ch. 19: Song 9: Santus II - Libera
Ch. 20: Act 10: Stigmatic Teen Says His Miracle Is Gross - The Onion
Ch. 21: Song 10: Blessed - Brett Dennen
Ch. 22: Act 11: Mormonism 'Denies' Christian Doctrine - Rick Warren - Young Turks - Air Date: 4-9-12
Ch. 23: Song 11: Lincoln's Bible - Jason Roseboom
Ch. 24: Act 12: The Fear Of God And Politics - Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date: 4-12-12
Ch. 25: Final comments on my 300-mile ride and the blessings involved
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show. |
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| 0:09.0 | Now welcome to the award-winning BestOfAleft podcast with Gupta Today from the David Pakman |
| 0:12.8 | show, The Young Turks, The Onion Radio News, The Rachel Maddo Show, and The Jimmy Dores |
| 0:16.8 | Show. |
| 0:17.8 | And a note for our more sensitive listeners, this episode contains references to religion, |
| 0:22.2 | enough said. |
| 0:30.0 | We talked last week about Pat Robertson saying homosexuality is a form of demonic possession, |
| 0:34.8 | and we now have a compilation of him talking about different things that are evidence of |
| 0:39.0 | so-called demonic possession. |
| 0:40.5 | Take a listen to this. |
| 0:42.5 | This is Ken, who says, my niece has a huge painting of Buddha hanging on her living |
| 0:48.9 | room wall. |
| 0:49.9 | She's not a Buddhist. |
| 0:50.9 | She bought it because the colors matched her sofa, is having this artwork in her house |
| 0:55.9 | considered idolatry. |
| 0:57.1 | Yes, it is, and you don't know what kind of demonic power is attached to that. |
| 1:02.0 | I don't want to get super spiritual as thing, but I would take that statue of Buddha, a picture |
| 1:08.0 | of Buddha, and set it on fire. |
| 1:11.6 | Some of these things, actually, they have demon prayers and people bring one of these things |
| 1:17.0 | into their homes, all of a sudden they start getting headaches and they start having |
| 1:20.2 | marital discord and they say, what's the matter? |
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