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The Scathing Atheist

521: Accountability Edition

The Scathing Atheist

Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC

Comedy, Religion & Spirituality, Other

4.93.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, breakfast sullies its good name with national prayer, we learn about a fake treatment for autism that's dumber than ass bleach, and we’ll explore yet another of the abundance of dark recesses in David Icke’s brain.
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Headlines:
First rebranded version of the National Prayer Breakfast takes place: https://www.npr.org/2023/02/02/1153705297/congress-takes-reins-of-prayer-breakfast-from-secretive-christian-evangelical-gr
AOC ripped into MTG on Twitter about hypocrisy regarding antisemitic remarks: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/02/aoc-ripped-into-marjorie-taylor-greene-on-twitter-she-ended-it-with-a-laughing-emoji/
Satanists are opening an abortion clinic named after Samuel Alito's mom: https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/satanists-are-opening-an-abortion
Less than 10% of anti-LGBTQ+ bills proposed in 2022 actually passed: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/02/less-than-10-of-anti-lgbtq-bills-proposed-in-2022-actually-passed/
Naturopaths 'not bound by science,' lawyer argues in hearing on fecal transplants for autism: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-naturopath-fecal-transplants-jason-klop-court-hearing-1.6504615
https://www.hopestandard.com/news/fraser-valley-naturopath-still-banned-from-selling-fecal-transplants-to-treat-autism/

Transcript

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0:30.9

So, we're obviously starting things off a little bit different this week.

0:35.9

Is this week I am too angry to wait through the intro and the sponsor and all that shit.

0:41.9

And look, so right up front, I get that for most of you.

0:44.9

This is just the noise that you listen to on the way to work.

0:47.9

And you don't want to hear about the how the sausage gets made drama

0:50.9

that goes on behind the scenes.

0:51.9

I get that, right?

0:52.9

But for some people, this show is a community.

0:55.9

It's an alternative to the religious communities that they left,

0:58.9

the church groups that disfellowship them,

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the friend groups that shun them.

1:02.9

And for some of us, it's even more than that.

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