Guest: Larry Shapiro
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 29 July 2013
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Nothing fails like governmental prayer! This week we point out that today's Florida governor got it just as wrong as those who prayed at the 1774 Continental Congress. We also report on the fact that atheists make up only 0.02% of the federal prison population. Then we talk with philosopher Lawrence Shapiro, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, about miracles, science, and religion.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Free Thought Radio with co-host Stan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, |
| 0:14.8 | Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews. |
| 0:18.8 | 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. |
| 0:42.3 | Imagine all the people living for today. |
| 0:56.8 | Welcome to Free Thought Radio. |
| 1:02.2 | I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor, and hello to all you irreverent ones this last weekend of July. |
| 1:05.6 | And I'm Dan Barker, your friendly neighborhood atheist. |
| 1:09.8 | This is July the 27th, 2013. |
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| 2:14.6 | And we work to keep religion out of government and to represent the views of |
| 2:18.3 | non-believers. And I do want to give a hippopurae shout out to the blackout secular rally |
| 2:24.8 | that's going to start in a few hours taking place at Flushing Meadows Park in Queens, New York. |
| 2:31.7 | It's a historic rally, the largest outdoor celebration for secularists of color, |
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