Guest: Michael Nugent, chair of Atheist Ireland

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2012

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

This week we announce FFRF's decision to sue the City of Memphis over governmental prayers, and denounce the American Family Association's complaint that FFRF is waging "the second war of northern aggression" against southern states. Our guest is Michael Nugent (calling us from Dublin), chair of Atheist Ireland, a group that recently donated to a Milwaukee charity to thank Irish Fest for stopping religious discrimination.

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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
0:41.3	imagine all the people
0:47.3	living for today
0:55.0	I believe that God has a plan for all of us.
1:02.0	I believe that plan involves me getting my own planet.
1:08.0	And I believe that the current president of the church Thomas Monson speaks directly to God.
1:15.1	I am a Mormon.
1:17.5	Dang it!
1:18.7	A Mormon just believe.
1:21.7	And I believe that's the crowning glory of the Broadway musical, The Book of Mormon.
1:26.9	I'm Annie Larry Galore Gaylor, sending happy September
1:30.6	greetings to everyone, and that recording is the original cast member from Book of Mormon, Andrew
1:36.3	Rennel, very talented. He's been getting a lot of airtime this past week in conjunction with
1:41.7	the National Republican Party Convention in Tampa,
1:45.6	which, of course, for the first time, crowned a Mormon as their presidential candidate.
1:50.5	And I don't believe. I'm Dan Barker, your friendly neighborhood, atheist of the airwaves.
1:57.1	This is, the summer's over now. This is the September 1st, 2012 broadcast of Free Thought Radio.
2:03.6	This show is produced at, and broadcast from the Mike 92.1 in Madison, Wisconsin.
2:09.7	We stream from the station, podcasts, and we also are broadcasting in Columbia, Missouri, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Monterey, and we're welcoming listeners in Ithaca,
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