Ep. 324 - A Tampa Church is Hosting Christian COVIDpalooza

Friendly Atheist Podcast

Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Politics, News

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2020

⏱️ 72 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. — Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne is planning Christian COVIDpalooza this weekend. (0:36) — The CDC website has removed sensible virus guidance for churches. (5:02) — There’s a black Republican Jewish atheist on the Cincinnati City Council. (7:48) — After Jerry Falwell, Jr. tweeted a “joke” about blackface and the KKK, one Liberty University professor resigned in protest. (30:29) — Conservative Christians are very concernstipated about Pixar’s short film “Out,” which is a love story featuring a gay man. (45:59) — A well-known Jehovah’s Witness published a book denouncing the religion’s leaders. Will he be kicked out because of it? (48:04) — A former star of Christian rock said he’s no longer Christian. (53:02) — The dad from Duck Dynasty has a secret love-child… but it’s okay since the affair occurred before he found Jesus. (58:01) — The Museum of the Bible is returning a stolen Gilgamesh tablet. (1:05:05) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Hemmen and Jessica and you're listening to the friendly atheist podcast please go to
0:06.2	Patreon.com slash friendly atheist podcast leave reviews do all that good stuff with the internet.
0:13.0	Hello.
0:14.0	Hey buddy, how are you?
0:16.0	I'm all right.
0:17.0	It's been a crazy at least couple of days of news stuff.
0:21.0	Can I feel like so many of the things I want to talk about I have nothing. of news stuff. No, good.
0:23.0	So many of the things I want to talk about have nothing to do with the riots and anything
0:28.1	Trump said this week, it's just other stuff.
0:31.8	Well, that sounds very fun. Yeah right it's something different. Here's
0:36.5	one that I wanted to start off with because I think I think this is going to be news.
0:43.6	Okay.
0:44.6	So two months ago, there was this pastor Rodney Howard Brown
0:47.8	in Tampa, Florida, who was holding in-person church services at his church.
0:54.4	And it was so bad and so early in the pandemic
0:57.6	that this guy actually got arrested for doing it.
1:01.2	Did we talk about him or was there somebody else who got arrested?
1:04.0	There were a few that got arrested.
1:06.0	This is not Tony Spell from Louisiana, which is the more famous one, but this guy is famous for
1:12.0	like having these services where everyone's just laughing hilariously and that's the way they heal.
1:20.8	I don't know what they do.
1:21.9	I don't get it, but
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