Christian Nationalist Zionists

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Religion, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 12 March 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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We talk about the Iran war with Mother Jones national correspondent Kiera Butler, author of the article: "Trump's Holy Warriors Finally Got the Apocalypse They've Prayed For."

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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 only sky.
0:43.3	Imagine all the people living for today. Welcome to Freeth Thought Radio. I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor.
1:00.2	And I'm Dan Barker. Annie Laurie and I are co-presidents of the Freedom from Religion Foundation.
1:06.6	This is the March 12th, 2026 episode of Freethought Radio, produced by Leo Costello and engineered by Tori Neels and Noah Gilfillon of Audio for the Arts.
1:20.6	We're recording in the Stephen Ool-friendly atheist studio in Freethought Hall, our national headquarters in Madison, Wisconsin.
1:28.8	Free Thought Radio is the weekly production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation,
1:33.0	which works to keep religion out of government, where it belongs in the personal sphere only.
1:40.1	And we also represent the views of the 29% of the population today that have no religion,
1:47.0	specifically the atheists and agnostics, humanists, secularists, with almost 42,000 members nationwide.
1:55.0	And if you are not a member, we would love to have you join us today in our very vital work for reason and our
2:02.5	secular constitution to prevail. Go to ffrf.org.
2:07.7	Many of the most ardent supporters of Trump's decision to bomb Iran identify as Christian
2:16.1	Zionists who believe that Israel and the Jewish people will play a key
2:20.9	role in bringing about the second coming of their Messiah.
2:25.5	In the second half of today's show, we're going to talk with Kira Butler.
2:28.9	She's a national correspondent at Mother Jones about Christian nationalist attitudes towards the new war in Iran
2:37.3	after the U.S. and Israel bombed the country, killing its leader.
2:42.9	The music between breaks today comes from the singer-songwriter Andrew Hosir Bern, better known
2:50.0	simply as Hosir. He was born March 17th, 1990.
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