Ep. 396 - The Beatification of John Paul I Makes No Sense

Friendly Atheist Podcast

Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Politics, News

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2021

⏱️ 78 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. — Please join our new Discord server! — A mom got ordained online, then signed off on 150+ “religious exemption” forms for students. (1:57) — Pope John Paul I‘s beatification makes no sense to reasonable people. (10:13) — Christian liar David Barton says slaveowners just didn’t read their Bible much. (22:40) — Despite the French Catholic Church’s sexual abuse problem, its leader doesn’t want priests to break the “seal of confession” even if it helps victims. (26:15) — Joel Osteen‘s church is finally paying back some of the PPP money it got last year. (33:30) — The one mom at One Million Moms is very angry with Credit Karma for acknowledging the existence of gay people. (44:21) — Turns out being “vaccinated in Christ” doesn’t protect you against COVID. (51:30) — A Florida police chief gave a speech encouraging other cops to convert their colleagues. (55:05) — A Spanish archbishop is very sorry he allowed a risqué music video to tape suggestive dancing in a famous cathedral. (58:52) — “Teen Challenge,” a Christian rehab center for kids, is far more troubling than we knew. (1:01:23) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:44.0	So I'm currently crafting a cross stitch that says thanks meat cat and it's got a picture of meat cat
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