648: Chopping Wood Edition

The Scathing Atheist

Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC

Comedy, Religion & Spirituality, Other

4.9 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, a Christian college in Australia buys a robot dog that works in mysterious ways, Scott Kupor watched The Right to Believe on his work laptop, and Ryan Walters did NOT watch The Right to Believe on his work laptop.
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Headlines:
Trump wants federal employees to be more openly Christian: https://www.chcoc.gov/content/protecting-religious-expression-federal-workplace
Kim Davis is going to overturn gay marriage https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article311312655.html
Ryan Walters gets caught watching porn at work and then can’t shut it off and then blames “the media”
https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/ryan-walters-tv-displayed-nude-women
Missionaries using illegal drones to evangelise Brazil’s isolated peoples: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jul/27/missionaries-using-secret-audio-devices-to-evangelise-brazils-isolated-peoples
Insolvent Christian college buys robot dog and gets busted for fraud: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-25/bridabella-christian-college-likely-insolvent-2021/105571656

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