For Heaven's Sake
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 26 October 2023
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
For a special themed show, FFRF co-presidents Annie Laurie Gaylor and Dan Barker discuss the harm of belief in heaven and hell. Songs include "Heaven" by Rupert Brooke, "Pack Up Your Sins (and Go to the Devil in Hades)" by Irving Berlin, "Declaration of the Free" by Robert Ingersoll, "Preacher & the Slave" by Joe Hill, "Spooky Mormon Hell" from The Book of Mormon, "This World" by Malvina Reynolds, "Reincarnation" by Wallace D. McRae, "Joy To The World" by Godless Gospel, and "None of the Above" by Dan Barker.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Free Thought Radio with co-host Stan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews. |
| 0:19.0 | Imagine there's no heaven. |
| 0:21.6 | It's easy if you try. |
| 0:27.6 | No hell below us, above us only sky. |
| 0:44.3 | Imagine all the people living for today. |
| 0:56.4 | Hello, I'm Annie Laurie Galar, and this is Free Thought Radio, not spooky Mormon hell dream, |
| 1:03.2 | for those of you who know the Book of Mormon. |
| 1:05.3 | But it's still good timing near Halloween to talk about things like hell, |
| 1:10.4 | and that's what we're going to be doing on today's show. |
| 1:13.1 | And about the devil in the afterlife. I'm Dan Barker, Annie Laurie and I are co-presidents of the Freedom from Religion Foundation. |
| 1:21.2 | And this is the October 26th, 2023 episode of Free Thought Radio. Our engineer, today is Tori Neels with audio for the arts |
| 1:31.2 | in the Stephen Ool-friendly atheist studio in Freethad Hall, which is the National Office of the |
| 1:37.9 | Freedom from Religion Foundation in Madison, Wisconsin. Free Thought Radio is the weekly |
| 1:42.8 | production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation, |
| 1:46.1 | which is a 501c3 educational nonprofit, working as a national state church watchdog, and representing |
| 1:53.4 | the views of those of us who are personally free from religion, and we have over 40,000 members. |
| 1:58.9 | You can find out more about joining our activist group at ffruf.org, |
| 2:04.6 | ask for info, at the Ask for Info link. |
| 2:07.6 | We always start the show with the song Imagine, |
| 2:10.6 | in which John Lennon sings, |
| 2:12.6 | No Hell Below Us, Above Us Only Sky. |
| 2:16.6 | And today we're doing a special theme show, devoting the entire program to analyzing the |
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