Can religion cure loneliness?
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 577 Ratings
🗓️ 24 July 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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This week on Freethought Radio, guest hosts Ryan Jayne and Leo Costello talk about a Christian state representative in Texas who's speaking out against a new law that would place the Ten Commandments in every public school in the state. Plus, we listen to debates featuring FFRF Co-Presidents Annie Laurie Gaylor and Dan Barker as they address the questions: "Is religion a force for good?" and "Can religion cure the loneliness epidemic?"
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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 Above us |
| 0:39.3 | Above us only sky |
| 0:41.3 | Imagine all the people |
| 0:47.3 | living for today. |
| 1:06.0 | Hello and welcome to Free Thought Radio. I'm Leo Costello, producer of this show and other multimedia projects at the Freedom from Religion Foundation. And I'm Ryan Jane, Senior Policy Council at FFRF. |
| 1:10.0 | Dan and Annie Laurie are currently in Chattanooga, Tennessee. |
| 1:14.7 | So we're filling in as your host this week. |
| 1:17.4 | I think you've heard Ryan's voice multiple times before on this podcast, if you listen. |
| 1:22.2 | I hopped on here a couple times before. |
| 1:25.7 | Ryan, I insisted that you co-host with me when Dan suggested that I give a crack at it just |
| 1:32.5 | because you and I seem to have a good rapport. |
| 1:35.5 | But I have to say, I'm sorry that I'm taking you away from your new baby that was just |
| 1:40.8 | delivered last week. |
| 1:42.2 | Congratulations on that. |
| 1:43.2 | Thank you so much. |
| 1:43.9 | Yeah, it is very exciting. It's one more |
| 1:45.9 | tiny atheist in the world by definition, right? And everything's going great with that. But, yeah, |
| 1:52.1 | I always love coming on the show, didn't want to miss it. So I'm a little bit sleep deprived, but |
| 1:56.0 | very happy to be here. And speaking of the show, Dan and Annie Laurie just got done celebrating the |
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