Badly Written Bible

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 578 Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

There was a lot of media coverage about FFRF's unanimous New Jersey Supreme Court victory stopping counties from using public money to repair churches. FFRF attorney Rebecca Markert describes the amicus brief we filed in opposition to President Trump's recent travel ban, claiming it violates the Establishment Clause and the "no religious test" provisions of the Constitution. Then we talk with psychologist and author Valerie Tarico, a former fundamentalist, whose cogent article, "Why is the bible so badly written?", was censored by Salon.com.

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0:00.0	This is Free Thought Radio with co-host Stan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor,
0:09.4	Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews.
0:13.4	Imagine there's no heaven.
0:19.5	It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky.
0:48.3	Imagine all the people living for today.
0:53.3	Welcome to Feed That Radio. I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor. And I'm Dan Barker, your friendly neighborhood atheist.
0:57.7	This is the April 26th, 2018 edition of Freethought Radio, and today's show completes 12 years of Freethought Radio.
1:09.3	Our first show would broadcast on April 29, 2006. Here's a little bit of what it sounded like back then.
1:21.5	Hi, I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor. And I'm Dan Barker, and welcome to the debut of Free Thought Radio.
1:28.3	Our new program Free Thought Radio is the only weekly radio broadcast anywhere in North America coming from the secular point of view.
1:38.3	This radio broadcast represents the viewpoint of the significant 14% of the U.S. population who are not religious.
1:47.5	Well, that number is a lot larger now.
1:49.8	In 12 years, that 14% has grown to 25%.
1:53.7	Wow, maybe because of our show.
1:55.7	Who knows?
1:56.8	12 years of Free Thought Radio, we've changed the whole country.
2:00.2	Well, better things have happened than that.
2:03.6	And Buzz Kemper has been with us since the very beginning.
2:08.4	Buzz Kemper is engineering our show today in the control room of the Stephen Yule-friendly
2:14.1	atheist studio in Freethought Hall.
2:16.6	Buzz announced our very first debut show, and he's been our announcer ever since then.
2:22.2	The Freethought Hall is the National Office of the Freedom from Religion Foundation in Madison, Wisconsin.
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