Ep. 541 - Whiplash with the Southern Baptists

Friendly Atheist Podcast

Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Politics, News

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2024

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Patreon supporters who give $5 a month will get an ad-free version of the show! Join our private Facebook group and Discord server! Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — What it means to have Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential nominee. (0:30) — A Southern Baptist leader praised Biden's "selfless" act. Then he was fired. Then he was unfired. (8:35) SPONSOR: This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at BetterHelp.com/atheist and get 10% off your first month. (34:58) — New Zealand report finds 200,000 abuse victims in care of state, faith-based groups. (35:57) — A Texas public school superintendent won't stop promoting Christianity at work. (50:17) — Tennessee district owes over $15,000 after illegally thwarting After School Satan Club. (1:06:40) — Survey: 37% of Americans are Creationists (but a record-high 24% accept reality). (1:12:16) SPONSOR: Sign up for ButcherBox today by going to Butcherbox.com/friendly and use code friendly at checkout to get $30 off your first box! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Hemmant and you're listening to the Friendly Atheist podcast.
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0:17.0	So I was out of town last weekend after we recorded and all hell broke loose.
0:22.8	Yeah, ship popped off.
0:25.0	Where were you when you found out about Joe Biden dropping out of the race?
0:29.5	On a New York subway.
0:31.0	Were you?
0:32.0	I'm pretty sure I broke the news too, everyone, in that subway. Did you? I'm pretty sure I broke the news to everyone in that
0:34.1	Did you just yell it? Did I see what? Did you just yell? Oh my God Joe Biden dropped out?
0:38.3	Pretty sure that was my reaction. I'm like finally. Oh usually I'm in that person
0:42.0	in public.
0:43.0	I'll just, if something happens on my phone, I'll just yell it.
0:45.5	Like it seems like everybody needs to know.
0:47.4	I got a text from Leslie in a group chat that was just all-caps guys. Which I thought maybe I was going to get some good
0:55.1	gossip from Louisville but this was also good how are you feeling about it?
0:59.2	Great yeah me too. It's been so, I don't even necessarily love her as a candidate, but it's so exciting to see everyone
1:08.2	get behind it.
1:09.2	And like, she's fine.
1:11.0	I feel the same way about her that I felt about Biden, which is it's not the first choice that I would have had in like some open primary or anything like that.
1:19.6	Biden wasn't my first choice in 2020.
1:22.0	But if that's the nominee, I'm fine with it.
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