Friendly Atheist News Roundup 10/1/2026: Noah's Ark Was Not "100% Confirmed"

0:00 Intro
0:32 The Christian grift behind Life Surge’s celebrity-packed wealth seminars.
14:35 Scientists have not “100% confirmed” the resting place of Noah’s Ark.
27:15 Pete Hegseth gutted the military’s list of official religions. Now Air Force members must choose.
39:35 Albert Mohler’s blasphemy reversal exposes the cruel logic of Christian Nationalism.
59:07 Christian school board member melts down over class trip to “Satanic” Salem Witch Museum.

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Tim Tebow “Pausing” Christian Seminar Promotion After Our Investigation – Mother Jones

“Yesterday, we published our investigation, in partnership with Pablo Torre Finds Out, about legendary quarterback Tim Tebow’s involvement with Life Surge, a Christian financial seminar company. We detailed complaints from customers who said salespeople used Christianity to persuade them to buy pricey courses, and that they had ended up losing tens of thousands of dollars. The company disputed claims of any improper sales tactics, including the use of faith as a sales strategy…”

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/09/tim-tebow-just-announced-hes-pausing-his-work-with-life-surge-after-our-investigation/

 

Get-rich-quick schemes drained my town’s wealth. At a Christian conference, their legacy lives on

According to Pew, nearly half of evangelical Protestants never attended college, and more than half earn less than $50,000 annually (a third earn less than $30,000). Financial literacy is desperately needed in many of these communities, and while Life Surge offered some pragmatic advice on real estate, stocks and taxes, each speaker employed a litany of culture war rhetoric – prayer is needed in school, the snowflakes of cancel culture are coming for us, Hollywood hates Christians – implying an us v them worldview and fueling an ominous urgency for not only investment, but proselytization...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/27/life-surge-conference-evangelical-money-finance