The Perils of Freethought
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 7 December 2017
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
FFRF's secular Winter Solstice displays are going up around the country. FFRF attorney Chris Line tells us about the 350+ letters we mailed to high-school superintendents warning them of the proselytizing Todd Becker Foundation that preys on students. After celebrating the birthdays of actress Hermione Gingold and British comedian Kate Smurthwaite, we talk with Lubna Ahmed, who had to flee Iraq and seek asylum in the United States after receiving death threats due to her outspoken atheism and feminism.
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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. |
| 0:13.5 | Imagine there's no heaven. |
| 0:20.0 | It's easy if you try |
| 0:23.6 | No hell below us |
| 0:29.6 | Above us only sky |
| 0:36.6 | Imagine all the people |
| 0:41.3 | Living for today |
| 0:48.3 | Imagine there's no country God bless you, God bless Israel, God bless the Palestinians, and God bless the United Church. |
| 1:06.1 | So there's an awful lot of somewhat mangled God blessing going on by the supposed secular head of the United States, whatever that was, Shuts of America. |
| 1:17.5 | Welcome to Free Thought Radio. I'm Annie Laurie Galore. This is a very cold day in December, but we want to give you a warm welcome. |
| 1:24.5 | And I'm Dan Barker, your friendly neighborhood atheist. This is the December 7, 2017 edition |
| 1:31.0 | of Free Thought Radio. Our engineer is Buzz Kemper, producing the show in the Stephen Yule, |
| 1:37.0 | friendly atheist studio in Freethought Hall, the National Office of the Freedom from Religion Foundation |
| 1:43.9 | in Madison, Wisconsin. Free Thought Radio, the National Office of the Freedom from Religion Foundation, in Madison, Wisconsin. |
| 1:46.1 | Free Thout Radio is the weekly production of FFRF, the Freedom from Religion Foundation, |
| 1:50.9 | which you can tell from our name, works to keep religion out of government as constitutionally dictated, |
| 1:57.4 | and also represents the point of view of the growing population of nuns, those of us with no religion. |
| 2:04.3 | And we have over 30,000 members, but there's about 30% of the population practically are nuns today. |
| 2:10.4 | So if you're not, if you're a member, we thank you. |
| 2:13.4 | And if you're not, we would love your support for our work at ffrf.org. |
| 2:17.3 | And the nuns, the nonbelievers, include an awful lot of songwriters and composers. |
| 2:23.0 | This week, we celebrate the anniversary of the birth of the French composer Hector Berlioz. |
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