From Religion to Reason

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 578 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Most of the news on this week's show centers on Trump's nominations, many of whom are blatant Christian nationalists. FFRF Staff Attorney Sammi Lawrence describes our newest lawsuit, just filed this week, challenging unconstitutional tax exemption for religiously owned commercial rental properties in Madison, Wis. Then we talk with a former "church lady," Carolyn Shadle, who was the Director of Religious Education at a Presbyterian church before she abandoned her faith. Her new book is called From Religion to Reason: My Journey.

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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 imagine all the people living for today Welcome to Free Thought Radio.
0:58.4	This is Radio for the rest of us, and I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor.
1:02.7	And I'm Dan Barker, and this is radio as godless as our Constitution.
1:09.4	Andy Laurie and I are co-presidents of the Freedom from Religion Foundation,
1:15.1	and this is the January 16th, 2025 episode of Freethought Radio.
1:20.9	Leo Costello is our producer, and Tori Neels with Audio for the Arts, is our engineer.
1:27.5	Recording in the Stephen Ool-friendly atheist studio in Freethought Hall,
1:32.1	the National Office of the Freedom from Religion Foundation in Madison, Wisconsin.
1:37.9	And Free Thought Radio is a weekly production put on by the Freedom from Religion Foundation,
1:43.9	and we are the nation's largest
1:45.8	association of Freethinkers dedicated to keeping religion out of government. And as we announced
1:53.1	last week, we have, for the first time, surpassed 41,000 members, but you know it's a monthly
1:59.4	struggle with renewals. And if you are not a member
2:02.7	we would love to have you join us at ffruf.org and if you are thank you very much.
2:08.1	Today we're going to meet a former director of religious education at a Presbyterian church
2:14.2	who is now an atheist. Carolyn Shadle will tell us why she left the faith and how she's now
2:22.6	putting her leadership skills to good use in the secular world.
2:26.3	And before that, we're going to talk with FFRF staff attorney, Sammy Lawrence, about
2:31.7	the Freedom from Religion Foundation's newest lawsuit filed here in Madison, Wisconsin, challenging unconstitutional tax assumption of property owned by religious groups.
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