Guest: Former Church of Ireland priest

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🗓️ 27 June 2011

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Evolution wins at the "Miss USA" pageant. Patrick Semple, former Church of Ireland (Anglican) clergyman explains why he is now an atheist, and why he was known as "the rector who wouldn't pray for rain."

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0:00.0	This is Free Thought Radio with co-hosts Stan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews.
0:19.0	Imagine there's no heaven.
0:25.6	It's easy if you try.
0:31.6	No hell below us.
0:41.3	Above us only sky imagine all the people
0:47.3	living for today.
0:58.0	Happy summer solstice.
1:00.8	I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor, and this is Free Thought Radio.
1:03.7	And by the way, happy birthday, Dan.
1:06.0	You were born 62 years ago today.
1:07.9	And I'm still alive.
1:12.1	You can tell I caught a cold on the plane coming back from Scotland, can't you?
1:15.8	But nobody's praying for me, so I'm getting better now.
1:21.2	And actually, I share a birthday, June 25th, with George Orwell.
1:25.5	So whose book, by the way, 1984, came out the year I was born.
1:31.3	Free Thought Radio is the weekly production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation. We are a national state church watchdog and the largest association
1:37.3	of atheists and agnostics in North America. We now have more than 16,000, 16,500 members. And if you're not a member yet,
1:47.9	and you're listening to the show, we really encourage you to join us. What we do is very important
1:53.9	work defending the First Amendment and promoting Free Thought. Today is June 25th, and our broadcast is
2:00.5	originating from the Mike 92.1, Madison, Wisconsin.
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