God, Guns & Glory: Religion and the Military

TheThinkingAtheist

The Thinking Atheist

Science, Society & Culture, Education

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2017

⏱️ 82 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

How often is the military colored by religious language and superstitious thinking? And is a taxpayer-funded military supposed to be promoting God? This show explores the issue with the perspectives of many listeners, and an interview with Michael L. "Mikey" Weinstein, founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation.

SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS:
NatureBoxhttp://www.naturebox.com/thinkingatheist
Stamps.comhttp://www.stamps.com (promo code sethandrews)

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Okay, here we go. The step-by-three, two, one, action!
0:06.4	Assume nothing.
0:08.3	Rash ball face blasphemy.
0:10.5	Question. Everything.
0:12.3	Find it extremely hard to imagine. Open your eyes.
0:16.4	It is quite all right to be an atheist.
0:18.6	The fastest growing group of people in the country
0:21.0	has been measured as being those who have no belief
0:23.4	or who are atheists.
0:24.9	You don't have to be apologetic or quiet about it.
0:27.3	Challenge the opposition.
0:28.9	You see religion on a hundred fronts losing the argument.
0:32.8	And start thinking.
0:37.8	This is the thinking atheist worldwide.
0:44.5	Next Tuesday's broadcast is an entire show dedicated to
0:49.7	a health celebrity or a wellness celebrity.
0:52.9	I don't know what he calls himself exactly,
0:54.8	but he's hugely popular with more than nine million likes
0:58.6	on his Facebook page.
0:59.7	His name is David Avocado Wolf.
1:03.5	And I'm seeing his stuff shared all over the place.
1:07.2	And it makes me fear for humanity.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Thinking Atheist, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Thinking Atheist and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.