"The rapture," plus student activists Jessica Ahlquist and Harrison Hopkins
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 577 Ratings
🗓️ 24 October 2011
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Guest: High school state/church activists Jessica Ahlquist and Harrison Hopkins
Atheists are not rapturous over the rapture, once again predicted by Harold Camping. Learn about FFRF's 40 billboards criticizing religion and the bible regarding Famly Radio's (once again) failed prediction that the world would end on October 21. We will also hear stories about what its like to be high school state/church activists from FFRF awardees Jessica Ahlquist and Harrison Hopkins.
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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 | four three two one go |
| 0:49.3 | no that's not the count down to the end of the world. |
| 0:56.7 | We're still here, as you can hear. |
| 0:59.6 | A little more about all that noise in a minute. |
| 1:02.1 | I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor, and I can say that atheists and agnostics are not in raptures |
| 1:07.5 | over the rapture, and I'm referring, of course, to the fact that Harold Camping was wrong again. |
| 1:13.4 | And again. |
| 1:14.4 | Saying the world would end yesterday, October 21st. |
| 1:18.4 | And you are Annie Laurie Gaylor, and I'm Dan Barker, and we are hosts of Free Thought Radio. |
| 1:26.1 | I'm your friendly neighborhood, atheist of the Airwaves. Welcome to the |
| 1:31.0 | October 22nd, 2011 broadcast of Freethought Radio, which is radio for the rest of us. This show |
| 1:36.9 | broadcasts from the Mike 92.1 in Madison, Wisconsin. Broadcast on Saturday mornings. Also, it streams from the station and podcasts all throughout the natural universe, |
| 1:50.2 | but we also broadcast over the air in Atlanta, in Grand Rapids, in Monterey, and in New York City. |
| 1:56.2 | Free Thought Radio is the weekly production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation based here in Madison, Wisconsin. |
| 2:02.7 | And we have over 17,000 members nationwide. |
| 2:06.5 | We're the nation's largest association of atheists and agnostics. |
| 2:10.4 | And we are also a state church watchdog. |
| 2:13.2 | And we invite you today to join us at ffrof.org. |
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