539: Data Over Dogma Edition
The Scathing Atheist
Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC
4.9 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 15 June 2023
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Headlines:
Pat Robertson is dead: https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/what-we-can-learn-from-the-disgraceful
Pope Benedict's heirs do NOT want the inheritance money: https://religionnews.com/2023/06/09/pope-benedict-xvis-cousins-stand-to-inherit-his-money-none-of-them-want-it/
The L.A. Dodgers never should've caved when honoring the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence: https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/the-la-dodgers-never-shouldve-caved
Ohio landlord demands tenants remove Pride flags: https://www.yahoo.com/news/citing-catholic-faith-fairfield-county-100116495.html
Fox News host says environmentalism is stupid because the afterlife is real: https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-rachel-campos-duffy-why-save-earth-when-afterlife-is-real
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This Week in Misogyny:
Woman in UK jailed for taking abortion pill too late: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-65886472
Southern Baptist Convention moves to oust churches with female pastors: https://apnews.com/article/southern-baptist-convention-women-pastors-church-appeals-7c2d7f248b2156721616387d77528cb5
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Warning, the following podcast contains tears of the kingdom references. |
| 0:04.3 | We told you they kept coming earlier. |
| 0:06.5 | This week's episode of The Skating Atheist is brought to you by my sheets rock. |
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| 0:15.7 | Are you facing a 37 count indictment but no real lawyer was within 300 feet of you? |
| 0:20.4 | Well try out the next best thing. |
| 0:22.5 | Piotte brand inflatable lawyers. |
| 0:25.0 | At the very least they can't be subpoenaed to testify against you. |
| 0:28.9 | And now The Skating Atheist. |
| 0:31.3 | Hello, my name is Bruce Robinson. |
| 0:34.0 | I am a third year law student at Wake Forest University School of Law. |
| 0:38.4 | And I can tell you, after listening to my business law professor, defend Henry Ford's |
| 0:43.2 | connections to Adolf Hitler for a 30 minute class that we did in fact evolve from filthy, |
| 0:50.2 | monkey people. |
| 0:58.9 | It's Thursday. |
| 1:13.6 | It's June 15th. |
| 1:14.9 | And it's National Megalodon Day. |
| 1:17.7 | Fuck yeah, celebrate by asking creationists what happened to the Megalodon and then drink |
| 1:21.4 | every time they say they died in the flood. |
| 1:23.2 | I have no illusions. |
| 1:24.9 | I'm Ethan Wright. |
| 1:26.8 | And from Ann Arbor, Michigan and Wake Rust Georgia. |
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