Sunday, July 15, 2018

The Faith Of The Next Scotus Pick (Hemant Mehta and Jessica Bluemke, The Friendly Atheist podcast #225)

Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.
 — Is Ark Encounter lying about attendance again? (0:39)
 — A Republican congressional candidate thinks women are best described as “helpers.” (15:52)
 — What does Scott Pruitt‘s resignation letter say about God? (26:22)
 — The man who destroyed the Ten Commandments monument in Arkansas doesn’t regret it. (30:40)
 — In Virginia, a new city council was sworn in… and they got rid of prayer. (36:21)
 — A priest conducting a funeral went crazy after someone bumped into a chalice. (39:30)
 — Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a potential Supreme Court pick, has a church/state separation problem. (43:58)
 — Southern Baptist donors are furious that a seminary fired Paige Patterson, a man who downplayed or ignored sexual abuse. (58:22)
 — This church protested Donald Trump‘s immigration policy by locking the Holy Family up in a cage. (1:02:37)
 — There’s a cultural vacuum in Trump’s White House. (1:04:37)
 — The issue of government-led prayer is in chaos because of the Supreme Court. (1:10:26)
 — Don’t get suckered in by Christians saying “I’m sorry” at a Pride parade. (1:21:30)
 — The new season of the StartUp podcast is looking at a church plant. (1:31:08)
 — We’ve got listener mail! (1:33:10)
Interview:
http://friendlyatheistpodcast.com/2018/07/07/the-faith-of-the-next-scotus-pick/

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