Ep. 212 - The Tide Goes Out

Friendly Atheist Podcast

Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Politics, News

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2018

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. -- Why was David Silverman fired from American Atheists? Because of this. (1:05) -- Attendance at Catholic churches is going down. (33:16) -- Evangelical Christians can't save their "brand" from Donald Trump since it was a problem to begin with. (35:22) -- Liberty University doesn't want student reporters to report on a progressive Christian event. (43:37) -- Oklahoma just named its “Official Inspirational Song” and it's a Christian rock ballad. (51:55) -- Senator Cory Booker grilled Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo over his anti-gay views. (54:55) -- Focus on the Family has quietly ended its anti-LGBTQ “Day of Dialogue.” (58:34) -- Creationist Ken Ham is mad that people said he's loosening restrictions in his hiring... even though he is. (1:02:05) -- Missouri interfaith leaders are speaking out against a bill allowing concealed carry weapons in churches. (1:07:43) -- We answer listener mail! (1:09:54) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:19.0	How are you, Jess?
1:20.0	Oh my God, what a garbage night it's been.
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