Ep. 175 - Alternative Medicine Isn't Medicine

Friendly Atheist Podcast

Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Politics, News

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2017

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religious and politics. -- BYU-Idaho asked a student why she dropped out... so she told them the truth. (0:42) -- The Mayor of Knoxville (TN) finally admitted a Bible sign hanging in the police department was illegal. (5:30) -- The White House Bible Study is bad enough, but the instructor is worse. (13:42) -- Donald Trump's Religious Right lawyer can't stop lying for him. (17:56) -- An NFL player thinks dinosaurs aren't real and fossils are fake. (23:23) -- The Activist Mommy has a lot of advice on how to beat your children properly. (26:33) -- Bastyr University, a naturopathic school, says a former student is defaming them online. She says she's just sharing what she learned there. (37:24) -- Atheists are asking the Supreme Court to rule on prayers at school board meetings. (52:11) -- Rod Dreher is frustrated by Christians who support Trump, but he’s part of the problem. (59:50) -- Ark Encounter has a new silly excuse for why attendance is low. (1:06:17) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:54.0	This is Hammond and Jessica and you're listening to the Friendly Atheist
0:58.0	podcast. If you like what you're listening to go to patreon.com
1:01.0	slash friendly atheist podcast.
1:04.0	We're working in the middle of random noises and people,
1:07.2	so don't worry if you hear random stuff in the background.
1:09.8	Yeah, it was storming before.
1:11.7	We've got a deeply pregnant woman in the kitchen. It's all just the dream.
1:16.3	It's how it works. Okay, there are a bunch of smaller stories. This is thankfully not as like insane of a week as previous ones have been.
1:26.4	But a lot of small, a lot of small stories that are just really interesting.
1:33.5	It doesn't mean they're not important though.
1:35.3	So here is one from BYU Idaho.
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