629: John Musings Edition
The Scathing Atheist
Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC
4.9 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2025
⏱️ 60 minutes
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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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