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The Scathing Atheist

500: Quincentenary Edition

The Scathing Atheist

Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC

Comedy, Religion & Spirituality, Other

4.93.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, the New York Times does an expose on Yeshiva education that the students probably couldn’t read, Christian teachers on Marsh’s side of the pond will find new ways to pretend to be persecuted, and we’ll talk about a cola that’s even worse than RC.
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Headlines:
State funded Yeshivas under fire for failing to provide basic education: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/11/nyregion/hasidic-yeshivas-schools-new-york.html
Judge: HIV drug mandate violates religious freedom of anti-gay Christians
https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/judge-hiv-drug-mandate-violates-religious-freedom-of-anti-gay-christians/
Debunked: Teacher wasn't jailed over pronouns, but for breaking a court order by going to school https://www.thejournal.ie/enoch-burke-fact-check-jail-pronouns-5860219-Sep2022/ 
Catholic League: Relax! Priests’ victims are “adolescents, not children”!
https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/catholic-league-relax-priests-victims-are-adolescents-not-children/
Greg Locke’s pastor buddies don’t know how masturbation works: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/these-christian-preachers-have-no-idea-how-masturbation-works/
'Humanist' headteacher claims forcing children at her 'diverse' primary school to have Christian assemblies 'breaches their human rights' because only a third follow the religion https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11134653/Headteacher-says-forcing-primary-school-children-Christian-assemblies-breaches-human-rights.html 
Humanist headteacher fails in attempt to ditch Christian assemblies for LGBT course
https://www.christian.org.uk/news/humanist-headteacher-fails-in-attempt-to-ditch-christian-assemblies-for-lgbt-course/ 
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This Week in Misogyny:
Women registering to vote at much higher rates than men: https://insights.targetsmart.com/not-just-kansas-women-motivated-to-vote-in-states-with-repro-rights-at-risk.html
LIndsey Graham proposes national abortion ban: https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-senate-republican-lindsey-graham-unveils-abortion-bill-ahead-midterms-2022-09-13/
Sexually abusive chaplain sentences to seven years: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/prison-chaplain-james-highhouse-sentenced-for-sexually-abusing-inmates/

Transcript

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0:00.0

Based on actual events that helped ignite a movement.

0:03.0

We're looking into sexual harassment in Hollywood.

0:05.2

Specifically Harvey Weinstein.

0:07.2

It kills her story every time.

0:08.6

We're not gonna let that happen.

0:10.2

She said is one of the best films of the year.

0:12.6

Weinstein knows what we're doing.

0:14.2

Every call you make has been recorded and you're being followed.

0:16.8

It's tense, gripping and powerful.

0:18.8

This is all gonna come out.

0:20.0

Carrie Morgan is terrific.

0:21.6

This is bigger than Weinstein.

0:23.1

Five stars are must see.

0:25.1

I was silenced.

0:26.2

I want my post back.

0:27.2

She said, ain't cinema's November 25th.

0:30.5

Warning, this episode has 500 episodes worth of profanity

0:33.3

moment I'm going in.

0:34.3

So I doubt it's gonna be f**kless.

0:36.8

This week's episode of The Skating Atheist is brought to you

0:39.1

by stamps.com, honey, all birds and by all the listeners

0:44.7

who took time to review the show, attend our live records,

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