563: Welcome Matt Edition
The Scathing Atheist
Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC
4.9 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 30 November 2023
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Guest Links:
Learn more about the New York Society for Ethical Culture here:
https://ethical.nyc/about/
https://ethical.nyc/events/humanist-happy-hour-2023-03-24/2023-09-22/
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Headlines:
UK considered separating church and state: https://www.christianpost.com/news/parliament-to-consider-bill-severing-church-of-england-from-govt.html
WV prisoner given parole despite being atheist: https://www.atheists.org/2023/11/atheists-settle-west-virginia-religious-substance-use-treatment-prison/
Christian prophetess made up the wackiest theory about why some people are LGBTQ: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/11/christian-prophetess-made-up-the-wackiest-theory-about-why-some-people-are-lgbtq/
School is mad they’re banned for being transphobic: https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3239022609660-christian-high-school-sues-after-it-s-banned-from-all-athletic-tournaments-for-forfeiting-game-over-transgender-player
Priest apologizes for letting guy with long hair present at creationist seminar: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-college-president-sorry
Catholic hospital group removes crucifixes to stop them being used to attack staff: https://www.rawstory.com/hospital-sisters-health-system/
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This Week in Misogyny:
Florida church refused to rent space to women who conceived with IVF: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-florida-church-refused-to-rent
French police arrest Yoga leader for sexual exploitation: https://www.euronews.com/2023/11/29/french-police-arrest-yoga-guru
Dad proudly disowns trans daughter: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/this-anonymous-christian-dad-proudly
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Warning, this episode might just cause a worldwide shortage in available profanity. |
| 0:05.0 | This week's episode of The Skating Atheist is brought to you by Factor and by The New Genre of Christmas-themed |
| 0:11.2 | Toy Porn, Elf on herself. |
| 0:14.0 | Elf on herself. |
| 0:15.0 | Nope, already a thing. |
| 0:17.0 | Obviously, it would already be a thing, never mind. |
| 0:19.0 | And now, the scathing atheist. |
| 0:22.0 | I'm Merrill Fetterman, and I work on outreach for the New York Society for Ethical Culture, |
| 0:27.0 | a non-theistic, humanist community dedicated to ethical relationships, social justice, and democracy. |
| 0:32.0 | We hope to see you soon on the Upper |
| 0:33.9 | West Side or online. And while our Sunday platforms and fourth Friday happy hours are a |
| 0:38.6 | particularly good introduction to what we do, we also have a weekly say yes to science Zoom gathering, where we know that biology |
| 0:45.8 | does not work unless you accept that we did in fact evolve from filthy monkey people. It's Thursday. |
| 1:03.2 | November. It's Thursday. |
| 1:13.6 | November 30th and it's National Meth Awareness Day. |
| 1:17.8 | You got to burn off that turkey somehow. |
| 1:20.4 | No illusions. |
| 1:21.6 | I'm Eli Bosnick. I'm Heath and Wright and from David |
| 1:24.5 | Copperfields, New Jersey, Ann Arbor, Michigan and Waycross, Georgia. This is |
| 1:28.6 | the scathing atheist. On this week's episode, Britain considers going |
| 1:32.9 | sprawling between church and state. |
| 1:35.9 | We're excited to learn that gay people are heading to heaven |
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