Independence From Religion

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 578 Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

The Christian nationalist "Project 2025" and the Ten Commandments are the focus of this week's show. We hear Dan Barker's song "We, The People," challenging the notion that we are "one nation, under God." Then, sociologist Samuel L. Perry, author of The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy, describes the clear and present danger of mixing religion and government.

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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
0:41.3	Above us only sky
0:47.3	Imagine all the people
0:56.0	living for today Yeah Am I to know Hello, I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor. We are celebrating America's independence from religion in our government today.
1:30.5	Although, considering events over the past week, we considered starting the show not with a patriotic march, but with a funeral dirge.
1:40.1	And I'm Dan Barker.
1:42.3	A dirge might be more appropriate, but I think the Stars and Stripes Forever March is more optimistic.
1:50.8	Annie Laurie and I are co-presidents of the Freedom from Religion Foundation,
1:56.4	battling the efforts of Christian nationalists who want to mix religion and government.
2:01.7	And this is the July 4th, 2024 episode of Free Thought Radio.
2:07.2	Leo Costello is our producer, and Tori Neels, with Audio for the Arts, is our engineer.
2:13.9	And Freethought Radio is recorded in the Stephen Ool-friendly atheist studio in Freethought Hall,
2:20.9	which is the National Office of the Freedom from Religion Foundation in Madison, Wisconsin.
2:27.1	And Free Thought Radio is the weekly production of the Freedom from.
2:31.4	I have that in caps, Freedom from Religion Foundation.
2:36.3	And FFFRF has two purposes.
2:44.5	We serve as the nation's largest association of freethinkers, like-minded individuals who are atheist, agnostics,
2:48.7	otherwise make known their descent from religion at over 40,000. And we work very, very hard these days, as always, to keep religion
2:54.2	out of government and social policy. It is a crucial issue today. Separation of church and state
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