629: John Musings Edition

The Scathing Atheist

Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC

Religion & Spirituality, Comedy, Other

4.9 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, Robert Morris LEAPS ahead of Philip in last name assholery, we learn from a SECRET Vatican document that the future is actually now, and we’ll finally get to the first book of the Bible named after a toilet.
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Guest Links:
Check Eli out on the “Bring Me The Axe!” podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/143VD2m2wUwWe90MA7j9NZ
Learn more about Noah’s talk for Skeptics in the Pub Online here: https://sitp.online/show/god-awful-gaming-noah-lugeons/
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Headlines:
RFK Jr’s plan for bird flu (from the Diatribe): https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/health/kennedy-bird-flu.html
Megachurch founder and Trump “spiritual advisor” Robert Morris indicted for child sex abuse: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/megachurch-founder-robert-morris
Peter Popoff’s "Miracle Spring Water" scam costs religious TV network £150,000: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/peter-popoffs-miracle-spring-water
Crazy Christian Post article about the conclusion of the DOJ investigation of the SBC: https://www.christianpost.com/news/doj-ends-investigation-of-sbc.html
900-year-old Vatican doomsday prophecy resurfaces amid Pope Francis’ illness: https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/03/14/900-year-old-vatican-doomsday-prophecy-resurfaces-amid-pope-francis-illness
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophecy_of_the_Popes
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This Week in Misogyny:
Texas arrests midwife for providing abortions: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c74kr8vp4w0o
Christian misogynists can’t get women to show up at their singles events: https://www.wonkette.com/p/ladies-now-is-your-chance-to-meet

Transcript

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0:00.0	Warning, the following podcast contains nowhere near enough profanity.
0:04.0	You might want to add some of your own, honestly.
0:06.3	This week's episode of The Skating Atheist is brought to you by Green Chef,
0:10.7	and by the fact that we're not far enough into the fascist takeover to shut down opposing media voices yet.
0:17.2	And now, the Skathing Atheist.
0:19.9	Hi there. My name's John. I'm not a scientist or an educator.
0:25.1	Apart from being a scathing atheist patron, I'm just an ordinary guy who's read a few cool books.
0:30.6	And many of those books actually demonstrate that we did, in fact, evolve from filthy monkey men.
0:36.9	Music that we did, in fact, evolve from filthy monkey men. It's Thursday.
0:59.9	It's March 20th.
1:01.4	And it's atheist pride day.
1:03.6	Yeah, we would have on a parade, but bald heads too badly in the sun.
1:07.7	Hey, I only sound bald.
1:09.6	I'm no illusions.
1:11.3	I'm Il-Bosnik. I'm no illusions. I'm Ilabosnik.
1:12.4	I'm Heathenwright.
1:13.5	And from Zoe Saltonia's, New Jersey, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Waycross, Georgia.
1:17.3	This is the scathing atheist.
1:19.2	On this week's episode, Robert Morris leaps ahead of Philip in last name assholery.
1:24.6	We learn from a secret Vatican document that the future is actually now.
1:30.3	And we'll finally get to the first book of the Bible named after a toilet.
1:34.3	But first, the diatriat. You ever heard of LeSankoism?
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