558: Precognitive Edition

The Scathing Atheist

Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC

Comedy, Religion & Spirituality, Other

4.9 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, Ben Shapiro tries his ctiny little hands at kids TV, we learn about the peer-reviewed climate science in the Book of Genesis, and Eli will tag Marsh into the ring halfway through the episode.
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Guest Links:
Check out more from Marsh on Be Reasonable and Skeptics with a K
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Headlines:
Trump promises to block immigrants who hate “our” religion: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/donald-trump-ill-block-immigrants
Ben Shaprio creates a right wing bluey knock off
https://amp.theguardian.com/culture/2023/oct/17/is-new-kids-show-chip-chilla-a-blatant-bluey-knock-off-for-conservatives
Pennsylvania lawmaker cites Genesis 8 as proof that climate change is fake: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/pennsylvania-lawmaker-cites-genesis
Holy spirit told school trustee to post meme comparing pride flag to swastika: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/alberta-school-trustee-claimed-the-holy-spirit-told-her-to-post-pride-flag-nazis-swastika-meme-1.6605709
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6980401
Synod on Synodality reports not ‘secret,’ but still won’t be shared, spokesman says: https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/255688/synod-on-synodality-reports-not-secret-but-still-wont-be-shared-spokesman-says
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This Week in Misogyny:
Judge protects right to lie about “abortion reversal” procedure: https://jezebel.com/federal-judge-sides-with-religious-clinic-that-wants-to-1850951236

Transcript

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0:00.0	One eighth volume podcast contains subliminal profanity and regular profanity.
0:05.3	This week's episode of The Skating Atheist is brought to you by HelloFresh and by the
0:10.3	fact that our drug-fueled vulgar three guys in a basement chillin podcast company is run
0:16.2	with more decorum and competence than the house of god damn representatives.
0:22.0	Holy shit, yo, this would be funny if it wasn't happening anyway.
0:26.7	And now The Skating Atheist.
0:56.7	It's Thursday, it's October 26th and it's intersex awareness day because Richard Dawkins
1:20.9	definitely still needs it, Dunnie though, I have no illusions, I'm Eli Bosnick, I'm Heathen
1:26.2	right, and from Bob Menendez is New Jersey, and I'll remiss get away from Georgia, this
1:31.5	is The Skating Atheist.
1:33.4	On this week's episode, Ben Shapiro tries his tiny little hands at Kids TV.
1:38.5	We learn about the peer-reviewed climate science in the book of Genesis, and Eli will take
1:43.9	Martian to the ring halfway through the episode, but first, the diatron.
2:02.4	Atheists are often faulted for calling religious world views fantasies.
2:08.1	It's seen as derogatory, unnecessarily combative, contrary to civil discourse, and you know
2:13.7	what, maybe it is all that shit, but it's also true.
2:17.5	And look, I'll admit, being true is not a bulletproof excuse to say something.
2:23.5	Half the bigots on Twitter hide behind some tenuous claim the veracity that wouldn't
2:28.2	rescue their argument even if they were right.
2:30.7	So I'll admit that that's not enough.
2:32.9	In order to be justified, a rude statement has to be more than true and also has to be
2:39.0	beautiful.
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