Ask an Atheist
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 16 June 2017
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Freethought Radio bonus! This is the audio of the second show of FFRF's new Facebook Live video "Ask An Atheist," which aired June 14 at 12:00 noon Central. Hosts Annie Laurie Gaylor, Dan Barker, and Andrew Seidel address the question often asked by the religious right: "Why doesn't FFRF go after Islam?" Then they take questions from the audience.
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| 0:00.0 | Freedom from religion. |
| 0:07.0 | Freedom from religion. |
| 0:09.0 | Freedom from religion. |
| 0:15.0 | Freedom. |
| 0:17.0 | Welcome to Ask an Atheist. I'm Annie Laurie Gaylorke, who president of the Freedom from Religion Foundation. |
| 0:26.7 | And this is the second of our new participatory program, Ask an Atheist, where you can participate. |
| 0:34.4 | And it doesn't matter if you call yourself an unabashed atheist or an indifferent agnostic |
| 0:40.3 | or a believer who's just curious. |
| 0:42.3 | I'm Dan Barker. I'm FFRF co-president. And by the way, a former evangelical minister who saw the light. |
| 0:51.3 | And I'm Andrew Seidel, an atheist and a constitutional attorney here with FFRF. |
| 0:56.0 | And in every week of this program, look for us at the same time, same place. |
| 1:02.0 | Staff from the Freedom from Religion Foundation will tackle a controversial or thought-provoking |
| 1:08.0 | or topical subject. |
| 1:09.0 | And it usually has something to do with free thought or the separation between state and |
| 1:13.9 | church. |
| 1:14.5 | Last week, we explained what's wrong with the Ten Commandments, and there's a lot wrong with |
| 1:19.7 | the Ten Commandments. |
| 1:20.8 | Today, we're going to talk about a persistent but unsupported criticism of FFRF, something |
| 1:26.9 | we hear from the right wing to make us appear |
| 1:30.0 | exclusively anti-Christian and biased. We hear it from the likes of the Blaze or Todd Starns, |
| 1:37.4 | who asks, why doesn't FFRF go after Muslims who violate the First Amendment? |
| 1:43.9 | And of course, we at FFRF don't actually go after anyone of any religion. |
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