Battling the Gods
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 1 August 2016
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
After hearing New Jersey Senator Cory Booker acknowledging nonbelievers at the DNC, and Barack Obama affirming that the United States is not under a "savior," but under "We, the people," we talk with FFRF legal intern Chris Line about an egregious violation of state/church separation involving public money to a Texas charter school that is brazenly promoting Jesus and the bible. Then we talk with professor Tim Whitmarsh at Cambridge University about his new book Battling The Gods: Atheism in the Ancient World, showing that atheism is older than Christianity.
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