Guest: "Chris," Southern Pastor/Nonbeliever
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 577 Ratings
🗓️ 6 June 2011
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Topic: Atheists in the Pulpit
Did you know there are atheists and agnostics in the pulpit? Freethought Radio will announce the new Clergy Project, promoted by Dawkins, Dennett, Barker and a contingent of former ministers who are now atheists, to help nonbelieving clergy leave the pulpit. We'll interview "Chris," a nontheist "in the closet" who is a senior pastor at a Southern evangelical church. Also featured: Too much religion in Minnesota politics, and a sneak preview of "Book of Mormon" music.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Free Thought Radio with co-host Stan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, |
| 0:14.7 | Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews. |
| 0:19.1 | Imagine there's no heaven. |
| 0:21.6 | It's easy if you try. |
| 0:31.6 | No hell below us, above us only sky |
| 0:41.3 | imagine all the people |
| 0:47.3 | living for today Hello, happy heathen, out of the closet atheists, born again skeptic. |
| 1:01.4 | I'm Annie Laurie Gailor, and welcome to Free Thought Radio, radio for Freethinking People. |
| 1:06.9 | And all you friendly neighborhood atheists, like me, I'm Dan Barker, your friendly neighborhood atheist of the airwaves. |
| 1:13.9 | This show is broadcasting on June the 4th, 2011, and originates from the Mike 92.1 in Madison, Wisconsin. |
| 1:22.3 | Free Thought Radio also streams here and airs in Atlanta, Grand Rapids, Monterey, New York, and podcasts everywhere. |
| 1:31.1 | Free Thought Radio is a production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation, which is a national |
| 1:35.8 | state church watchdog that also serves as an association for atheist agnostics and free thinkers |
| 1:41.7 | and works to educate the public both about non-theism |
| 1:44.8 | and the need to keep religion out of government. |
| 1:47.5 | Our guest on today's show later on will be an evangelical minister. Yes, you heard that |
| 1:54.5 | right. A senior pastor who's preaching from the pulpit right now will be our guest on |
| 2:00.4 | the second half of Freethought Radio. |
| 2:02.6 | We're calling him Chris, and actually he's a non-believer, a secret non-believer, |
| 2:08.3 | and he is part of a new clergy project, which is a brand new project, which we're going to announce today, |
| 2:14.5 | set up by Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Linda LaSkola, and myself, and others, |
| 2:19.8 | which is a project to reach out to closeted atheists, agnostics, and non-believers who are stuck in the pulpit. |
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