Amanda Scott
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2014
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
FFRF protests Pulpit Freedom Sunday, a day when pastors are encouraged to break IRS electioneering law. Hear about FFRF’s victory in a Texas elementary school, and more on our complaint of the St. Augustine mayor’s invitation to the pope. We celebrate the birthdays of John Lennon, Guiseppe Verdi, Joe Hill, and Thelonious Monk. The we talk with Alabama student activist Amanda Scott about her efforts to separate religion and government.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Free Thought Radio with co-host Stan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews. |
| 0:19.0 | Imagine there's no heaven. |
| 0:21.6 | It's easy if you try. |
| 0:27.6 | No hell below us |
| 0:41.3 | Above us only sky |
| 0:47.3 | Imagine all the people |
| 0:56.0 | living for today Yeah Ah |
| 0:58.0 | Ah |
| 0:59.0 | Ah Can you work out that melody? |
| 1:18.1 | Those, by the way, are church bells playing John Lennon's Imagine, |
| 1:23.6 | and we're playing it in honor of John Lennon's birthday this week, and this happened to be bells from the Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool, England, some of the largest bells in the world, and John Lennon was raised in Liverpool, and wouldn't it be very cool if instead of playing hymns, church bells all of the world started playing Imagine and closed their doors and ushered in a new age of reason. |
| 1:48.4 | So welcome to Free Thought Radio. I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor. |
| 1:51.2 | And I'm your friendly neighborhood atheist, Dan Barker. |
| 1:54.7 | I recognize that melody. |
| 1:55.8 | Dun, dun, dun, done, done, done. |
| 1:59.3 | Today is October the 4th, 2014, broadcast of Free Thought Radio, |
| 2:05.4 | which is produced at and originally broadcasts from and streams from through IHeart Radio, |
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| 2:19.1 | Free Thought Radio also broadcasts in California, in New York, in Michigan, in Missouri, and in Texas. |
| 2:24.8 | And if you're listening to the podcast of our show, which is released some days after the broadcast, |
| 2:30.6 | why not ask one of your local progressive radio stations to broadcast our show as well |
| 2:36.2 | to help counter the almost 24-7 drone of religious programming on the airwaves? |
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