The Threat of Religion
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2016
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
FFRF attorney Maddy Ziegler tells us about the successful removal of Gideon bibles from a state-owned hotel in Arizona. FFRF attorney Patrick Elliott reports our newest lawsuit challenging the Christian cross on the official seal of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Then we speak with Rafida Bonya Ahmed, the widow of Bangladeshi atheist activist Avijit Roy, who was brutally murdered with machetes because of his outspoken criticism of religion on the Mukto-Mona blog. Bonya, who barely survived the attack, tells us about the rise of Islamism in Bangladesh and what she is doing to help others who are under similar threat.
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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. |
| 0:14.0 | Imagine there's no heaven. |
| 0:18.0 | It's easy if you try |
| 0:23.6 | No hell below us |
| 0:33.6 | Above us only sky |
| 0:36.6 | Imagine all the people living for today. |
| 0:50.3 | Imagine no religion. |
| 0:51.3 | Hello, I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor. |
| 0:53.3 | Welcome to Free Thought Radio to my fellow Freethinkers and Sister Secularists. |
| 0:59.2 | And I'm Dan Barker, your friendly neighborhood atheists. |
| 1:02.9 | This is the August 20th, 2016 broadcast of Free Thought Radio. |
| 1:08.5 | Our engineer today is Steve Gotcher, who's producing in the Stephen Yule Friendly Atheist Studio and Free Thought Radio. Our engineer today is Steve Gotcher, who's producing in the Stephen Yule |
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| 2:01.3 | And help us keep stayed in church separate. This week is the birthday of the French composer |
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