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The Scathing Atheist

305: Bitter Pell to Swallow Edition

The Scathing Atheist

Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC

Religion & Spirituality, Comedy, Other

4.93.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2018

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, we ask “If George Pell molests kids in an Australian forest, does it make a sound?”, we learn about the Bible's take on heteronormative pegging, and we’ll remember those we’ve lost in the War on Christmas. --- Get tickets to our live show in Dallas here: [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/god-awful-movies-live-in-dallas-tickets-53204012634](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/god-awful-movies-live-in-dallas-tickets-53204012634) To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: http://www.amazon.com/Diatribes-Godless-Misanthrope-Scathing-Presents-ebook/dp/B00J53FZFI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396141562&sr=8-1 To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out out half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ --- Headlines: Pell convicted of sexually abusing children: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2018/12/top-vatican-official-cardinal-george-pell-convicted-of-sexually-abusing-choir-boys/ Evangelical Christian apologetics on pegging: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2018/12/12/conservative-christian-sex-advice-is-surprisingly-kinky-but-still-homophobic/ https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-evangelicals-christian-sex-website-lgbtq-advice_us_5c102db7e4b0ac537179acd1?f6 Stephen Curry doesn’t think we went to the moon: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/10/sports/stephen-curry-moon-landing.html TN congressman elect blames vaccines for autism, claims CDC is covering it up: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2018/12/12/gop-congressman-elect-falsely-blames-autism-on-vaccines-claims-fraud-at-the-cdc/ Video game “Jesus Strikes Back” gives points for killing gay people: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2018/12/17/jesus-strikes-back-video-game-gives-you-points-for-killing-gay-people/ --- This Week in Misogyny: Iowa Catholic hospital will no longer perform vasectomies or tubal ligations: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2018/12/16/a-catholic-hospital-in-iowa-wont-perform-vasectomies-or-tubal-ligations-anymore/ Theologian: Most Indian Christians support priest accused of raping nun: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2018/12/18/most-indian-christians-support-bishop-accused-of-raping-a-nun-theologian-says/ Raped teen immigrant denied abortion; offered coloring book: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2018/12/19/raped-teen-immigrant-denied-abortion-offered-coloring-books-by-trump-admin/ --- See the God Awful Mini here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwVpTYez82w

Transcript

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0:00.0

When you join Tinder, you might not have been looking for answers, but there were some good

0:05.0

clues, like in the way they smiled with their eyes.

0:08.7

Like how they didn't reach free hand before you'd reach for theirs.

0:11.9

And when the time was right, they popped the question,

0:15.1

Will you keep a toothbrush at my place?

0:18.6

From toothbrush proposals to non awkward silences, there's a world of possible connections on

0:23.6

Tinder.

0:24.6

Whatever you're looking for, it starts with a swipe, explore the possibilities on Tinder.

0:29.2

Hello today.

0:30.6

Warning, this is the Volga Atheist podcast your mama was warning you about.

0:34.6

Also, you have a weird mom.

0:36.8

This week's episode of The Skating Atheist is brought to you by Robin Hood and by Electromagnetic

0:43.6

Pulses, the preferred solution to Christmas music saturation.

0:47.8

Electromagnetic Pulses because noise-canceling headphones are selfish.

0:52.5

And now The Skating Atheist.

0:56.2

Hello.

0:57.2

This is Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

0:59.8

Yes, I am dressed like a pilgrim gas station attendant right now.

1:04.6

I don't know why.

1:06.4

And I'm here to deny any rumors that might be going around that we did, in fact, evolve

1:12.3

from filthy monkey men.

1:15.0

There's no such thing as a monkey that's ridiculous.

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