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The Scathing Atheist

632: Mere Cleared Edition

The Scathing Atheist

The Scathing Atheist

Religion & Spirituality, Comedy, Other

4.93.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, Christians find the only thing harder to apologize for than God, a church in England fires up Sunday Morning Raw, and we’ll finally close the book on CS Lewis.
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Headlines:
Christian nationalists going crazy trying to justify Trump’s tariffs: https://www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch/tim-barton-attempts-make-biblical-case-trumps-tariffs and https://www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch/let-him-cook-glenn-beck-and-kevin-roberts-flack-trumps-tariff-policy and https://www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch/tony-perkins-suggests-wall-street-intentionally-tanking-stock-market-spite-trump
Minnesota lawmaker's bill to "advance critical thinking" actually pushes Christian mythology: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/minnesota-lawmakers-bill-to-advance
Catholic Church denounces online sale of Carlo Acutis relics: https://apnews.com/article/carlo-acutis-millennial-saint-relics-sale-italy-catholic-f5a65136f90673ed038cc2e61dd76368
British tax loophole encourages pubs to be churches: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/23/ye-of-little-faith-the-tax-loophole-that-turns-old-pubs-into-places-of-worship
A historic Black church took the Proud Boys to court and now it controls their trademark:
https://apnews.com/article/black-church-lawsuit-proud-boys-trademark-75da1ea60ab17a324e0dedf7fe2b06c4
England’s Wrestling Church seeks converts with baptisms and body slams: https://apnews.com/article/wrestling-church-shipley-england-gareth-thompson-987bdb744b34aab059349a97fa783184

Transcript

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0:00.0

Warning, religion deserved to be cussed at again this week.

0:03.8

This week's episode of The Skating Atheist is brought to you by BetterHelp, Stamps.com,

0:09.4

and by The Couch Co-op, Hayslight is afraid to make about a Muslim lady and a Christian lady getting trapped together in one another's holy book,

0:17.0

Split Crucifixion.

0:19.1

Split Crucifixion.

0:20.6

I went a long way for a joke that most of the audience won't get, but I'm okay with that.

0:24.6

And now, the scathing atheist.

0:27.6

I'm Matthew Austin, and this weekend I ran a marathon in Brighton.

0:31.6

I lost the ability to walk downstairs, a little bit of skin, two toenails,

0:36.6

oh yeah, and 10,000 pounds from the value

0:40.6

of my pension, thanks to Donald Trump's Roll 66 for Tariff's plan, which is proof that both he and I

0:48.0

evolve from filthy monkey men.

1:08.0

Yeah. Amen. It's Thursday.

1:13.1

It's April 10th.

1:14.8

And it's National Alcohol Screening Day.

1:17.3

Yep.

1:17.6

Got some right here.

1:18.9

There you go.

1:20.0

No illusions?

1:21.5

I'm Ilabosnik.

1:22.6

I'm Heathen Wright.

1:23.7

And from Corey Bookers, urine-soaked New Jersey Jersey and Arbor, Michigan, and Waycross, Georgia.

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