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Freethought Radio

GUEST: NATE PHELPS

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6578 Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2010

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

The estranged son of notorious anti-homosexual pastor Fred Phelps explains why he left his dad's church and religion. Dan and Annie Laurie discuss reasons to "Sleep in on Sundays," the add campaign that hit Chicago.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is Free Thought Radio with co-hosts Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews.

0:13.0

Imagine there's no heaven.

0:18.0

It's easy if you try

0:22.6

No hell below us

0:33.6

Above us only sky

0:36.6

Imagine all the people above us only sky Happy summertime.

0:51.3

I'm Annie Laurie Geller and welcome to Free Thought Radio.

0:54.6

And I'm Dan Barker, your friendly neighborhood atheist. This is the weekend of June the 26th, 2010, the first week of summer right after the summer solstice.

1:05.9

And happy birthday, Dan. It was your birthday yesterday. I won't say how old you are.

1:09.9

Thank you. Thank you very much.

1:11.5

Free Thought Radio is broadcasting and streaming from the Progressive Talk, the Mike 92-1, Madison, Wisconsin.

1:16.8

We're also broadcasting in Atlanta, Anchorage, Grand Rapids, Manderich, and we're podcasting everywhere.

1:24.2

And this weekly show is a production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation. And get that

1:30.3

right. A lot of people in the media say freedom of. They can't, they can't compute what our name

1:35.6

really is. Freedom from religion, which means most of our members, all of our members are people who are

1:40.2

free from religion in their personal lives who agree that the government itself should also be free from religion.

1:47.8

The government should be neutral, which is why we work to keep state and church separate.

1:52.1

And you've heard about a lot of our lawsuits over the months and the years.

1:55.3

And we also work to educate the public about the views of those of us who are non-believers, mostly atheists and agnostics.

2:05.2

And speaking of the views of non-believers, Dan, you had a little window into European non-belief

2:11.0

because you just came back from an exciting, was it a five-day trip in Denmark?

2:15.0

Yes, it was a three-day conference in Copenhagen, European Freethad.

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