Ep. 476 - The Tragedy of the Kenyan Starvation Cult
Friendly Atheist Podcast
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4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2023
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.
— A Kenyan cult is allegedly responsible for the starvation deaths of dozens of people. (2:25)
— An Arizona lawmaker moved bibles out of a "members-only" lounge in the Capitol. She was right to do it. (17:31)
— A Christian student was banned from prom for wearing a suit instead of a dress. (28:19)
— A federal judge says Mississippi must allow religious exemptions for vaccines. (38:05)
— Minneapolis will let Muslims amplify calls to prayer 24/7‚Ķ which is a mistake. (46:19)
— Most Americans agree: You don't need God to be good. (59:00)
— Christian missionaries will no longer be able to preach to kids in Oklahoma public schools. (1:07:28)
— The beliefs of an exorcism-obsessed church caused a deadly accident in Australia. (1:12:25)
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Glassbox Media Podcast. |
| 0:06.4 | This is Hemingh and Jessica and you're listening to the Friendly Atheist Podcast. |
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| 0:22.6 | As the person who gets all the emails to the show, |
| 0:28.8 | I'll just quickly go back to the my opt out. |
| 0:31.1 | Yeah, I didn't respond to people because there were a lot of you from last week. |
| 0:35.3 | I read your complaints, I read your concerns about both of us. |
| 0:39.5 | Yeah, I know you don't like when mommy and daddy fight. |
| 0:43.8 | Listen, that's the nature of the show. |
| 0:45.9 | I go in with things I want to talk about. |
| 0:48.1 | I don't tell Jess in advance and that means conversations go in every which way things I |
| 0:53.6 | didn't anticipate. |
| 0:54.7 | Yeah, and so whatever it happens, they're not all winners, people. |
| 0:58.4 | Truly my favorite part about reading the content. |
| 1:01.2 | And I was more in the Facebook group and Twitter and things like that. |
| 1:06.0 | It was more about whomever a person agreed with. |
| 1:10.1 | They thought the other person was completely out of pocket. |
| 1:14.3 | If somebody was like, yeah, it's all about workers' rights and just, you know, |
| 1:18.1 | was explaining this to him and he just used to listen. |
| 1:21.6 | He was being, and it's like, whatever, maybe you were being an asshole, |
| 1:24.8 | but you're kind of an asshole sometimes. |
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