Investigate the Church

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Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

We call on the Wisconsin attorney general to launch an investigation into the widespread sexual abuse of children by the Catholic Church. FFRF attorney Ryan Jayne tells us the tragic story of an abuse victim who recently committed suicide when the church abandoned him. Then we hear the humorous and irreverent "Noah" by poet and Darwin scholar Philip Appleman, read by Philip and his wife Marjorie.

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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
0:56.6	welcome to F Free Thought Radio.
0:58.7	I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor, and happy February.
1:02.1	If you're in the snow belt or the cold belt like we are, stay warm, and everybody stay safe.
1:10.0	And we're looking out the window at a very pretty snowfall right now
1:12.8	and i'm dan barker co-host of freethought radio this is the february fourth 2021 free thought radio show
1:20.2	annie lorry and i are hosting from our home in madison wisconsin while once again buzz ke Kemper is engineering from Audio for the Arts.
1:30.3	That's his recording studio near the Wisconsin State Capitol.
1:34.3	And Free Thought Radio is the weekly production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation,
1:39.3	which regular listeners know has two purposes.
1:44.4	We are a bunch of atheists and agnostics and skeptics and heretics, and we want reason
1:50.2	to prevail and are like-minded and band together as an association.
1:55.6	And we also work to keep religion out of government.
1:59.1	We see how dangerous it is to have religion and government.
2:03.3	And it's a hard battle. And we hope you'll join us today at ffrf.org.
2:09.1	And push us over 34,000. We have more than 33,000 members now in the nation.
2:13.9	I think we're over 34,000, but we lose members every, you know, attrition every month.
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