Ep. 184 - A None Is Running For U.S. Senate

Friendly Atheist Podcast

Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Politics, News

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2017

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. -- Conservative Matt Walsh criticized a male actor subbing in for a sick actress as promoting a transgender agenda. (1:39) -- Kyrsten Sinema, an Arizona Democrat who is religiously unaffiliated, will run for Senate in 2018. (10:20) -- Christian theocrat Roy Moore is a step closer to becoming a senator. (21:34) -- Mark Wahlberg is telling kids to go to church. (35:46) -- Christians who are silent about Donald Trump don't get to criticize Hugh Hefner. (38:40) -- A Colorado student is suing her high school district for promoting religion, over and over and over. (42:19) -- Women will soon be able to drive in Saudi Arabia... but not before religious leaders say dumb things about it. (53:08) -- A Florida pastor bragged about destroying a Satanic monument due to go up this winter. (1:04:49) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:22.8	hurry up before I haven't falls asleep I know such a sleepy boy I'm very tired
0:26.8	right now did you know like infants don't just sleep for eight hours a night
0:31.6	wait why what are they doing all day?
0:33.6	Dude, no one knows, but they're just always awake.
0:36.7	Now, I can relate to it, because I have a puppy.
0:38.7	And sometimes she scratches the door in the middle of the night so like oh sometimes I wake up like one like once a night sometimes twice
0:47.8	Oh, what a nightmare I hate you so much but they're so cute you know makes up for it. I mean, if they weren't cute, then...
0:54.0	You know the things I like about my dog?
0:56.0	She makes eye contact with me and acknowledges my existence.
0:58.0	How's your baby?
0:59.0	Nice.
1:00.0	Looking around, trying to figure out who the hell I am.
1:02.0	Okay, let's talk about atheist shit.
1:05.4	Dude, this week has been, oh, fucking rough.
1:08.8	Oh, man, I, there's politics, there's lawsuits, there's fun stories all around.
1:14.1	Yeah. Here's one that has nothing to do with any of that, but I found this.
1:18.0	Perfect for any of these podcasts.
1:20.0	I found it amusing because it involves our friend Matt Walsh who you had mentioned
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