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God Wants You To Be An Atheist

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2014

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Baby, it’s cold outside! For the first show of the year, we talk about ObamaCare and religion, Justice Sotomayor and the nuns, vandalism of freethought solstice displays, and the freethinking views of author Zora Neale Hurston. After hearing the song “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” composed by freethinking songwriter Frank Loesser, we talk with Florida freethought activist Gary Whittenberger about his book, God Wants YOU To Be An Atheist.

For the first show of the year, we talk about ObamaCare and religion, Justice Sotomayor and the nuns, vandalism of freethought solstice displays, and the freethinking views of author Zora Neale Hurston. After hearing the song “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” composed by freethinking songwriter Frank Loesser, we talk with Florida freethought activist Gary Whittenberger about his book God Wants YOU To Be An Atheist. - See more at: http://direct.ffrf.org/news/radio#sthash.V4xuOiQr.dpuf
For the first show of the year, we talk about ObamaCare and religion, Justice Sotomayor and the nuns, vandalism of freethought solstice displays, and the freethinking views of author Zora Neale Hurston. After hearing the song “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” composed by freethinking songwriter Frank Loesser, we talk with Florida freethought activist Gary Whittenberger about his book God Wants YOU To Be An Atheist. - See more at: http://direct.ffrf.org/news/radio#sthash.V4xuOiQr.dpuf
For the first show of the year, we talk about ObamaCare and religion, Justice Sotomayor and the nuns, vandalism of freethought solstice displays, and the freethinking views of author Zora Neale Hurston. After hearing the song “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” composed by freethinking songwriter Frank Loesser, we talk with Florida freethought activist Gary Whittenberger about his book God Wants YOU To Be An Atheist. - See more at: http://direct.ffrf.org/news/radio#sthash.V4xuOiQr.dpuf
For the first show of the year, we talk about ObamaCare and religion, Justice Sotomayor and the nuns, vandalism of freethought solstice displays, and the freethinking views of author Zora Neale Hurston. After hearing the song “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” composed by freethinking songwriter Frank Loesser, we talk with Florida freethought activist Gary Whittenberger about his book God Wants YOU To Be An Atheist. - See more at: http://direct.ffrf.org/news/radio#sthash.V4xuOiQr.dpuf
For the first show of the year, we talk about ObamaCare and religion, Justice Sotomayor and the nuns, vandalism of freethought solstice displays, and the freethinking views of author Zora Neale Hurston. After hearing the song “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” composed by freethinking songwriter Frank Loesser, we talk with Florida freethought activist Gary Whittenberger about his book God Wants YOU To Be An Atheist. - See more at: http://direct.ffrf.org/news/radio#sthash.V4xuOiQr.dpuf

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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

0:41.0

imagine all the people

0:47.3

living for today

0:58.2

Hello and happy New Year.

0:59.6

I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor,

1:04.3

and let's try and make 2014 a bright and secular New Year,

1:07.7

and it's certainly been a cold and snowy one so far around the country.

1:10.5

And I'm Dan Barker, your friendly neighborhood atheist.

1:13.2

This is the first show of the year of 2014.

1:18.3

The last show we did, the last show of last year, was our 400th show.

1:23.8

So today we are on our 401st show of Free Thought Radio.

1:30.2

This is January the 4th, 2014, and we broadcast in Madison, Wisconsin from the mic 92.1. That's WXXM. We stream from the station 11 o'clock on Saturday morning, central time,

1:37.7

and you can hear that on I-Heart Radio. You might also be listening to us broadcast in New York

1:44.0

or in Michigan or in California or in Texas or in Missouri.

1:48.8

And of course, a few days later, we put up the podcast of Free Thought Radio.

1:53.2

Free Thought Radio is the weekly production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation, which began nationally in 1978 with two and then three of us and has grown to

2:03.6

almost 20,000 non-theists, atheists, agnosticers, skeptics. We don't care what you call

2:09.9

yourself. We all disbelieve in the same gods. And we have another purpose, which is to work

2:14.9

to keep religion out of government as is required

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