567 - Trump's "Christian" Inauguration

Friendly Atheist Podcast

Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Politics, News

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🗓️ 22 January 2025

⏱️ 83 minutes

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

— Trump’s inauguration happened. And Christian Nationalism came along for the ride. (0:21)

— An Episcopal bishop asked Trump to follow Jesus. He took that as an insult. (15:25)

— The Center For Inquiry's latest statement continues to push anti-trans bigotry. (32:55)

— After Pagan and atheist invocations, Tulsa City Council replaces prayer with silence. (50:30)

— An Oklahoma lawmaker's sneaky proposal would let the state indirectly fund Christianity. (57:13)

— A pastor who was "betrothed" to a child, then abused her, will finally go to prison. (1:03:40)

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0:00.0	This is Hemet and Jessica.
0:01.6	And you're listening to the Friendly Atheist Podcast.
0:04.0	Please go to patreon.com slash friendly atheist podcast to support this show.
0:08.8	Get your ad-free and bonus episodes.
0:11.5	There was a lot that happened this week.
0:13.7	I don't know if you're aware of this.
0:15.0	I tried to hibernate as hard as I could.
0:17.9	And a lot still got through my emotional net, but let's hear how bad it is.
0:24.0	Sure.
0:25.0	It was weird because Trump got inaugurated again, and that is the sort of thing.
0:30.9	I would normally pay attention to regardless just as a politics person.
0:35.4	As an American person?
0:37.1	Yeah, sure. And I, I don't know, couldn't watch it, didn't want to watch it. just as a politics person. As an American person? Sure.
0:38.6	And I, I don't know, couldn't watch it, didn't want to watch it.
0:41.8	Yeah, there's not familiar there.
0:43.0	Figured I would hear later, whatever I needed to hear.
0:45.3	But there were a few elements.
0:46.7	My mom showed me a meme, her sister sent her of comparing Melania to the hamburger
0:51.1	so that's kind of...
0:52.8	Carmen San Diego was a popular comparison with her hat.
0:55.8	No, don't do that to Carmen San Diego.
0:57.5	But, yeah, no, I understood that happened.
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