460: Vulgantuan Edition

The Scathing Atheist

Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC

Comedy, Religion & Spirituality, Other

4.9 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2021

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, Joel Osteen cashes out, the Fox News Christmas tree in NYC burst into flames and spontaneous commentary, and Tom and Cecil will bring too much vulgarity to fit in a mere 60 minute episode.

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Headlines:

Utah throttles assistance to force people into church programs (diatribe) https://www.propublica.org/article/utahs-social-safety-net-is-the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints-what-does-that-mean-if-youre-not-one

A plumber found envelopes full of cash in the walls of Joel Osteen's megachurch: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/12/03/a-plumber-found-envelopes-full-of-cash-in-the-walls-of-joel-osteens-megachurch/

Richard Dawkins Urges People to Sign “Declaration” Opposing Trans Rights: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/12/01/richard-dawkins-urges-people-to-sign-declaration-opposing-trans-rights/

AHA announces new leader:

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/12/01/the-american-humanist-associations-new-leader-embodies-a-shift-in-the-movement/

David Barton says the 2nd Amendment gives us the right to own a nuclear weapon: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/12/04/david-barton-the-second-amendment-gives-us-the-right-to-own-a-nuclear-weapon/

Conspiracy Theorist Anna Khait Says Mark Taylor Is ‘Literally a Pawn of the Devil Himself’: https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/conspiracy-theorist-anna-khait-says-mark-taylor-is-literally-a-pawn-of-the-devil-himself/

Couple of great candidates for the Herman Cain award: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/12/02/evangelical-eric-metaxas-who-told-people-dont-get-the-vaccine-has-covid/ and https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/12/06/joshua-feuerstein-who-said-jesus-made-vaccines-unnecessary-now-has-covid/ and https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/11/30/marcus-lamb-whose-christian-tv-network-spread-covid-lies-has-died-of-covid/

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This Week in Misogyny:

SCOTUS signals the end of Roe: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/mississippi-abortion-case-supreme-court/2021/12/01/367004a6-52b4-11ec-9267-17ae3bde2f26_story.html

Pastor resigns after endorsing spousal rape during sermon: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/11/24/pastor-resigns-after-telling-men-the-best-person-to-rape-is-your-wife/

Controversy around PP fundraiser at Catholic college: https://religionnews.com/2021/11/18/loyola-marymount-students-protest-university-over-its-handling-of-planned-parenthood-fundraiser-backlash/

Transcript

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0:00.0	Warning, this episode contains so much vulgarity, it needed extra vulgarians.
0:04.8	This week's episode of The Skating Atheist is brought to you by Stamps.com
0:09.4	and by White Hot Rage. White Hot Rage, because now can fuck itself.
0:16.2	And now The Skating Atheist.
0:18.5	Hello friends, this is Lauren from The Rocks for Brains, Rock Counting, and Geology YouTube Channel.
0:24.2	With my first-hand experience seeing humans urge to pick up and collect lots of shiny pretty rocks,
0:30.8	I can assure you that we did in fact evolve from filthy monkey people.
1:00.8	Thursday, December 9th, and it's World Techno Day.
1:05.3	Okay, so we wish you a merry...
1:08.2	...and some...
1:09.0	...and some...
1:09.9	...no illusions.
1:11.2	Um, Eli Bosnick.
1:12.3	Um, Heathen Wright, and from Tara Reads New Jersey, Ann Arramishigan and Waycross Georgia,
1:16.9	this is The Skating Atheist.
1:18.9	On this week's episode, Joel Osteen caches out, the Fox News Christmas Tree in New York City burst into flames
1:26.4	and also spontaneous commentary yesterday.
1:28.9	And Talvin C. Sollbrink too much vulgarity to fit in a mere 60-minute episode.
1:33.6	But first, the Dietron.
1:53.9	You know, people always act like there's some contradiction in the Christian opposition to a
1:57.6	strong social safety net.
1:58.9	But if you think about it, there isn't.
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