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The Scathing Atheist
Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC
4.9 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2023
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Guest Links:
Learn more about Recovering From Religion here: https://www.recoveringfromreligion.org/
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Headlines:
Donald Trump Jr. selling the ‘We The People Bible’: https://onlysky.media/ahall/donald-trump-jr-is-selling-the-we-the-people-bible/-people-bible/
Art History professor fired for using ancient paintings of Muhammad in class
https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/art-history-professor-fired-for-using-ancient-paintings-of-muhammad-in-class/
Jehovah’s Witnesses lose religious status in Norway: https://cne.news/artikel/2289-jehovah-s-witnesses-norway-lose-registration-religious-community
ADF lawyer David French Joins The Times as an Opinion Columnist
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/01/new-york-times-newest-columnist-ugly-past-demonizing-lgbtq-people/
Pastor jailed for using homeless people for unpaid labor: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/pastor-victor-gonzalez-sentenced-jail-homeless-forced-labor/
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This Week in Misogyny:
Family Research Council dubs Walgreens and CVS “Centers of Death” for carrying mifepristone: https://www.joemygod.com/2023/01/frc-walgreens-and-cvs-to-become-centers-of-death/
Multiple hate preachers warn about that beer will make men feminine: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/01/hate-pastors-now-speaking-beer-say-makes-men-feminine/
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Warning, the following podcast picks ill of the dead because fuck Cardinal Pell. |
| 0:04.8 | This week's episode of the Skating Atheist is brought to you by |
| 0:07.4 | Hello Fresh, Zippercrooter, Raycon, and by |
| 0:11.5 | whatever Clevver Assassin is working their way down the list of the worst Catholics. |
| 0:15.4 | First, the Nazi Pope and now Cardinal Pell, what a fucking year already. |
| 0:19.5 | And seriously, Clevver Assassin called me, will work on a very generous ad rate. |
| 0:23.2 | And now, the Skating Atheist. |
| 0:25.9 | G'day mates, I'm just a bloke from down under in Australia. |
| 0:30.2 | And this is an old Bonzer-Ozzy accent, Eli. |
| 0:34.9 | While we're doing a lot better than year-drones in the USA, we still need to support people |
| 0:39.4 | who are navigating their way out of religion. |
| 0:41.8 | So I'm part of the Australian team of recovering from religion.org. |
| 0:46.0 | We do our bit to help offer hope, healing and support to people who are building your life |
| 0:50.4 | outside of religion. |
| 0:52.0 | Because as we all know, having great mates helps us become bloody better people. |
| 0:56.3 | Oh yeah, and of course, we did in fact evolve from filthy monkey men and kangaroos. |
| 1:24.8 | This is the Skating Atheist. |
| 1:44.4 | Oh, this week's episode, we'll find out which congress people weigh the same amount as a duck. |
| 2:10.8 | people looking for inspiration in the goddamn Bible. |
| 2:15.1 | Like not people who are just like at some down point in their lives |
| 2:17.6 | and they reach their Bible, hoping it'll lift them up. |
| 2:19.4 | Fuck those people, right? |
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