559 - A Pagan Invocation in Tulsa

Friendly Atheist Podcast

Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Politics, News

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🗓️ 27 November 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Oklahoma Republicans are flipping out over a Pagan invocation in Tulsa. (0:44)

— Ryan Walters: We'll go after teachers who criticize the Bible in their classrooms. (22:17)

— Scamvangelist Kenneth Copeland: Donald Trump's critics will spend eternity hearing aborted babies' names. (30:59)

— In Ohio, one Christian group is using tax dollars to fuel a network of private schools. (42:05)

— An Iowa pastor put an atheist trying to kill Jesus in his church's Nativity scene. (51:50)

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0:00.0	This is Hemet and Jessica.
0:01.7	And you're listening to the Friendly Atheist Podcast.
0:04.3	Please go to patreon.com slash friendly atheist podcast to support this show.
0:10.0	Happy Thanksgiving to everybody.
0:11.7	You can get your ad-free episodes and exclusive bonus episodes if you are a Patreon subscriber.
0:18.2	And hello.
0:19.9	Hello, early holiday edition.
0:22.0	Yes, that's right.
0:23.1	Does that mean it's going to be longer or shorter?
0:24.9	Shorter, possibly.
0:26.0	But I say that every time and then seven hours later we're still at it.
0:29.1	It's like one of the co-hosts likes to run her mouth.
0:31.6	I don't know which one, but she really needs to shut it. So I figured I'm going to start by sharing this wild story out of your favorite state.
0:42.2	Oh, that's right.
0:44.6	That's the saddest version of that I've ever heard.
0:46.8	That's my monks chant of it.
0:48.4	Oh, nice.
0:48.8	Thank you.
0:49.1	Okay, so get this.
0:50.0	I'm working on some genres to change it up.
0:51.7	One week ago, on Wednesday, a woman named Amy Hardy McAdams was invited to give the
0:58.3	invocation prayer at a meeting of the Tulsa City Council.
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