Ep. 323 - Did an Atheist Burn Down a Mississippi Church?

Friendly Atheist Podcast

Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Politics, News

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2020

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Christian writer Eric Metaxas is super-racist… and a hypocrite. (3:00) — A Mississippi church was burned down. An atheist-associated “A” symbol was included at the scene of the crime. (15:18) — This is a very bad reason not to wear a mask. (22:03) — A Pakistani education board banned a kids’ math textbook for including pictures of pigs. (29:14) — Norma McCorvey, a.k.a. the “Roe” of Roe v. Wade, said she only pushed a pro-life position because she was paid. (34:44) — This list of atheist Republicans is tiny. Very tiny. (47:55) — Donald Trump wants churches to open up this weekend. Is it weird that he wants to kill off his own base? (55:52) — A Texas mayor says only men can deliver invocation prayers. (1:05:48) — Child marriage has been legally banned in Pennsylvania and Minnesota. (1:07:18) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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