614 - There's No Religious Revival in America

Friendly Atheist Podcast

Politics, News Commentary, Religion & Spirituality, News

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🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 96 minutes

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

— Oklahoma's Supreme Court overturns Ryan Walters' Bible-heavy Social Studies standards. (0:41)

— Former Christian college administrator indicted for lying to cops in sex abuse investigation. (18:06)

— Rachel Laser’s USCIRF appointment brings church-state separation back to the table. (32:54)

— America isn't in the midst of a religious revival—and the numbers prove it. (49:42)

— Australian court awards abuse survivor $1.5 million—and exposes Jehovah's Witnesses' cover-up. (1:00:35)

— Ohio Republicans advance bill that would flood schools with Ten Commandments posters. (1:17:56)

— An Arizona Republican is trying to force Creationism back into science classes. (1:24:11)

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1:09.0	But until then, we have a lot of things to cover. And the first thing I got to cover is a big, big update on a story you're going to love. Oh, great. I'm starting with a happy story. Oh, I love this. Okay. So you may recall that back in the day in Oklahoma, there you go. There's your opening. Thank you.
1:28.1	Ryan Walters used to be the superintendent of public instruction.
1:31.4	And one of the things he did is he said we're rewriting the social studies curriculum
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