317: Irrational Edition
The Scathing Atheist
Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC
4.9 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2019
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
In this week’s episode, Jenny Mccarthy will refuse to accept the existence of Denmark, Heath will make a pi joke for three math nerds, and George Pell will spend less time in prison that we’ve spent doing this show.
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Headlines:
MMR vaccine still doesn’t cause autism: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/03/05/major-study-of-650000-patients-finds-no-link-between-mmr-vaccine-and-autism/
The United Methodist Church Has Formally Adopted a Stance of Anti-LGBTQ Bigotry: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/02/26/the-united-methodist-church-has-formally-adopted-a-stance-of-anti-lgbtq-bigotry/
Trump's science adviser won't challenge him on climate change misinformation: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/03/10/trumps-science-adviser-wont-challenge-him-on-climate-change-misinformation/
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Case Involving Taxpayers Funding Church Renovations
Utah is about to make it legal to have sex outside of marriage: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/03/07/utah-is-about-to-make-it-legal-to-have-sex-outside-of-marriage/
Unplanned got an R rating and is gonna fucking TANK: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/03/05/the-anti-abortion-film-unplanned-got-an-r-rating-for-disturbing-bloody-images/
Video shows a South African preacher pretending to bring a dead man back to life:
This Week in Misogyny:
Brazilian minister of women warns gender equality will lead to domestic abuse: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/03/12/brazils-minister-of-women-gender-equality-will-lead-to-domestic-violence/
An 11-Year-Old’s Forced Birth in Argentina Shows the Cruelty of “Pro-Lifers”
Iranian women’s rights activist sentenced to 38 years and 148 lashes: https://womenintheworld.com/2019/03/11/iranian-lawyer-who-defended-womens-right-to-remove-hijab-gets-38-years-148-lashes/?fbclid=IwAR3PlKZeHEiqrKJt0gZDZfAnTDTn2U9se_x0uNRsAWreX9mAFmE6TguEgHQ
An Aborted 6-Week-Old Embryo Got a Green Light to Sue an Alabama Abortion Clinic
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Miranda Sawyer and I'm hosting the brand new podcast, Papercuts. |
| 0:04.6 | From the mail's obsession with woke, to the daily stars wore on pigeons, |
| 0:08.7 | to all the things the Guardian is telling you not to enjoy, |
| 0:12.1 | Papercuts digs into the private mania of the UK press. |
| 0:15.9 | And what that tells us about Britain today. |
| 0:18.6 | I'm joined by some of the UK's sharpest commentators and funniest comedians |
| 0:22.4 | to pick out the most eye-popping stories the morning press has to offer |
| 0:26.0 | and serve them up for your incredulity and entertainment. |
| 0:29.8 | Papercuts, we read the papers so you don't have to. |
| 0:33.2 | Out now, wherever you get your podcasts or visit papercutsshow.com. |
| 1:00.3 | And by Boeing's new aircraft, the 737.1, now with less careening into the ground |
| 1:07.2 | at 600 miles per hour. |
| 1:09.1 | Boeing, on second thought, we shouldn't have named our airplane company |
| 1:12.4 | after an onomatopoeia for bouncing. |
| 1:15.2 | And now, the scathing atheist. |
| 1:17.9 | This is Michael from Denver, Colorado. |
| 1:20.1 | I grew up attending churches and private schools that promoted young earth |
| 1:22.9 | creationism and I have that education supplemented at home with further |
| 1:26.7 | content from the likes of Amish Wolverine, |
| 1:29.0 | not a Dr. Robbie Zuckereyes, and Dwayne the Galluper Gish. |
| 1:32.8 | However, I also was at the God-Off-Afford movies live show in Denver. |
| 1:36.2 | And what I witnessed there added to the enormous pile of evidence that |
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