643: Inedia Res Edition

The Scathing Atheist

Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC

Religion & Spirituality, Comedy, Other

4.9 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, America has its human credentials temporarily revoked, we learn about a Christian super-genius* and his movement called IQ-Anon, and we’ll learn about another one of those self-correcting forms of woo.
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Headlines:
American Atheists withdraws as host of 2026 World Humanist Conference, because America is a shithole country: https://www.atheists.org/2025/06/announcing-relocation-of-the-2026-world-humanist-congress/
Lawsuit Against Dave Ramsey Can Go Forward: https://ministrywatch.com/lawsuit-against-dave-ramsey-can-go-forward/
From missionary to alleged murderer - Vance Boelter and the cost of religious extremism:
https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/from-missionary-to-alleged-murderer
And Grok refuses to lie for Christian Right idiots trying to blame "left wing extremism": https://www.wonkette.com/p/elon-musks-very-own-ai-wont-even
Appeals court blocks Louisiana Ten Commandments Law: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/appeals-court-blocks-louisiana-law
Alleged "smartest man in world" says "Christ is God":
https://ground.news/article/man-with-worlds-highest-iq-declares-jesus-christ-is-god
https://www.ncregister.com/cna/world-s-smartest-man-professes-christian-faith-on-social-media
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This Week in Misogyny:
Florida GOP lawmaker can’t get treatment for ectopic pregnancy, blames left: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/kat-cammack-pregnancy-florida-abortion-ban-b2775051.html
Adriana Smith’s fetus is harvested:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/baby-brain-dead-pregnant-woman-kept-alive-abortion-law-delivered-famil-rcna213558
TX sheriff uses license plate tracking data to monitor abortions: https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/tracked-across-state-lines-texas-sheriffs-use-of-license-plate-data-raises-alarms-national-surveillance-technology

Transcript

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0:00.0	Breaking up is never easy, but saying goodbye to your old clunky work tools, well, that's easy.
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0:29.0	Monday.com. The weather. Tomorrow, expect a biting cold front? Hmm, how naughty. I wonder what
0:36.6	I'll be wearing or taking off.
0:39.2	The night will be wild and untamed.
0:41.3	Expect heavy, lashing rain that'll soak you to the skin.
0:45.1	By Monday, temperatures will rise slowly but surely reaching their peak in the afternoon.
0:51.3	Not in the mood for miserable weather?
0:53.5	Fly cheaply to Turkey with Sun Express.
0:56.4	Sun Express. Non-stop sunshine. Warning, just because I'm not smoking doesn't mean I'm not fuming.
1:04.0	This week's episode of The Skathing Atheist is brought to you by BetterHelp and by the new anti-gay accessory for children, the straight jacket. The street jacket.
1:14.1	Because if you're the kind of idiot who thinks a book can make your kid gay, you probably think a jacket can make them straight and you deserve to be ripped off.
1:20.4	And now, the scathing atheist. Hi, I'm Justin from Schmuck Lake City, Utah. My senator, Mike Lee, has decided to introduce a bill banning all pornography
1:30.5	because he can't handle one simple truth,
1:33.4	that we did, in fact, evolved from filthy, horny monkey men.
2:00.2	Music It's Thursday.
2:02.1	It's June 26th.
2:04.7	And it's National Coconut Day.
2:05.3	Okay.
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