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Thank God I'm Atheist

For the Strength of Youth $566

Thank God I'm Atheist

TGIA Media

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.72K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2022

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

American tourist throws tantrum wanting audience with the pope, Catholic cardinal stands against German bishops, Church of England report reveals 400 new cases of abuse, plagiarism at Mormon General Conference, new research seeks to answer why atheism's global spread, Disney's latest offense, and the Mormon Church issues new guidance to youth on dress and grooming, dating, and dancing.

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, hi friends, well from beautiful Salt Lake City, Utah.

0:23.0

It's Thank God I'm Atheist, the podcast, I'm Frank Feldman, and I'm Dan Beacher, and

0:28.2

coming up on the show today, Dan. It was Mormon General Conference, and there were some

0:35.9

developments, and there was a really big one, something that you might remember from your

0:41.4

time in the church, which was for the strength of youth pamphlet that they give out to all

0:47.4

the kids. It provides guidance for the right way to live. I mean, it provides guidance

0:54.8

if you bother to read it, did anyone bother to read? I never read it. I think it was given

1:01.0

to me, or at least I was made aware that it existed, but I read a pamphlet from my church.

1:06.4

I read it, covered cover. I read it. I marked it up. I dog-eared pages for reference.

1:14.4

You liar. I went back to that so often, you know, because it's important to know how

1:22.6

you're supposed to style your hair. We'll get to what kind of clothes you wear. No spoilers,

1:28.8

no spoilers, because we're going to dive into it, and ladies and gentlemen, especially if you

1:34.4

were never Mormon, you will have some insights by the end of this program. All right, but first, Dan,

1:43.3

some things happened this week out in the world, and we want to talk about them, and this one

1:49.8

comes to us from the Vatican City. Dan, this is a papal announcement. A papal announcement.

2:01.9

Nothing of the sort. Nothing to do with any cardinals or intrigue. It has to do with the other side,

2:10.2

the public facing side of the Vatican, which is limited. It's like St. Peter's and St. Peter's

2:15.6

Square and the Vatican Museums. Dan. That's what you want. That's the good part.

2:23.1

You go. It's not just religious art. It's like all sorts of crazy art. It's really

2:28.4

important. Dan, how do you do this? They hoard the gold in the art. How dare you?

2:36.7

Somebody who is helping define the idea of the ugly American was there at the museum this last

2:43.9

week and for whatever reason had gone to the Vatican Museum where they started to

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