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  • 631: Chasten the Dragon Edition

    631: Chasten the Dragon Edition
    Apr 3 2025
    In this week’s episode, Satan comes to Kansas, George Pell will get uncomfortably close to a child, one last time, and Marsh will tickle the dragon’s tale.
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    Headlines:
    OK superintendent sues FFRF for pointing out he’s breaking the law: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/oklahomas-ryan-walters-sues-atheists
    Black Mass at Kansas state capitol goes how you expected: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/chaos-at-the-kansas-capitol-satanists
    It's mold, not a miracle: The Catholic Church’s latest eucharistic blunder
    https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/its-mold-not-a-miracle-the-catholic
    Labour council tries to ban Christian street preachers
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/29/rushmoor-council-injunction-christian-street-preachers-ban/
    CIA found the Ark of the Covenant by using psychics, declassified files claim
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ark-covenant-located-cia-documents-psychic-b2723264.html
    Paula White using position in White House Faith Office to promote grift… other than just Christianity, I mean: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/paula-whites-pay-to-pray-scam-trumps
    Family attributes toddler’s recovery after near-drowning to Cardinal Pell’s intercession
    https://thecatholicherald.com/family-attributes-toddlers-survival-after-near-drowning-to-cardinal-pell/
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  • 630: Mercola Tapes Edition

    630: Mercola Tapes Edition
    Mar 27 2025
    In this week’s episode, Republicans solidify their position on HARM, Pete Hegseth teaches us about the butt dialing group chat section from The Art of War, and Jonathan Jarry will be here to convince you that Joseph Mercola actually is nuttier than you thought.
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    Learn more about the Mercola Tapes here: https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking-health-and-nutrition-pseudoscience/exclusive-videos-show-dr-joe-mercolas-dangerous-ideas-whipped-alleged-medium
    Find more of Jonathan Jarry’s work here: https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/articles-by-author/Jonathan%20Jarry%20M.Sc.
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    Headlines:
    Dems reintroduce “Do No Harm” Bill to remind us that Republicans insist on doing harm: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/democrats-re-introduce-the-do-no
    BC Court of Appeal says privacy law does not infringe religious freedom: https://www.bchumanist.ca/bcca_privacy_release
    White House is selling corporate sponsorships for the Easter Egg Roll: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/us/politics/trump-easter-egg-roll-sponsors.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
    Religious leaders lose shit over Satanic Black Mass: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/lawmakers-and-catholic-leaders-flip
    Columbus school district bans candy bribes used to lure kids to Bible classes: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/columbus-school-district-bans-candy
    Pete Hegseth sent secret war plans for attacking Houthis to journalist by accident:
    https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/
    https://www.newsweek.com/trump-secret-houthi-war-plans-goldberg-hegseth-2049762
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  • 629: John Musings Edition

    629: John Musings Edition
    Mar 20 2025
    In this week’s episode, Robert Morris LEAPS ahead of Philip in last name assholery, we learn from a SECRET Vatican document that the future is actually now, and we’ll finally get to the first book of the Bible named after a toilet.
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    Headlines:
    RFK Jr’s plan for bird flu (from the Diatribe): https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/health/kennedy-bird-flu.html
    Megachurch founder and Trump “spiritual advisor” Robert Morris indicted for child sex abuse: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/megachurch-founder-robert-morris
    Peter Popoff’s "Miracle Spring Water" scam costs religious TV network £150,000: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/peter-popoffs-miracle-spring-water
    Crazy Christian Post article about the conclusion of the DOJ investigation of the SBC: https://www.christianpost.com/news/doj-ends-investigation-of-sbc.html
    900-year-old Vatican doomsday prophecy resurfaces amid Pope Francis’ illness: https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/03/14/900-year-old-vatican-doomsday-prophecy-resurfaces-amid-pope-francis-illness
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophecy_of_the_Popes
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    This Week in Misogyny:
    Texas arrests midwife for providing abortions: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c74kr8vp4w0o
    Christian misogynists can’t get women to show up at their singles events: https://www.wonkette.com/p/ladies-now-is-your-chance-to-meet
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  • 628: Narc of the Covenant Edition

    628: Narc of the Covenant Edition
    Mar 13 2025
    On this week's episode: Even the outbreaks are bigger in Texas ... Moms For Liberty opens a narcing hotline for anyone who needs any stitches ... And we’ll say all the words Trump doesn’t want us to.
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    Headlines:
    Amid measles outbreak, Christian school brags about having the worst vax rates in Texas:
    https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/amid-measles-outbreak-christian-school
    Do aborted babies go to Heaven or Hell?:
    https://www.christianpost.com/voices/do-aborted-babies-go-to-heaven-or-hell.html
    These Words Are Disappearing in the New Trump Administration: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/07/us/trump-federal-agencies-websites-words-dei.html
    FCC Boss Brendan Carr harasses Google for not carrying right wing religious programming: https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/11/trump-fcc-boss-brendan-carr-harasses-google-for-not-carrying-right-wing-religious-programming/
    Missouri bill would let residents donate to anti-abortion centers instead of paying any taxes: https://www.propublica.org/article/missouri-pregnancy-resource-centers-anti-abortion-tax-credit-bill
    Moms for Liberty teams up with Trump to open snitch line against diversity in public schools: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-education-department-snitch-portal-against-diversity-1235282457/
    James Lindsay's ridiculous oversized sword video: https://x.com/ConceptualJames/status/1261810420437876743
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  • 627: Ash is King Edition

    627: Ash is King Edition
    Mar 6 2025
    On this week’s episode: Beating kids in Oklahoma is all about inclusion ... Devout Catholics back that ash up to kick off Lent ... And Cecil helps us get to know someone who never gets to know.
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    Headlines:
    First openly gay Imam murdered in Africa:
    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c05l33j7rq7o
    Speaker Mike Johnson is living in a DC house that's the center of a pastor’s secretive influence campaign: https://www.propublica.org/article/mike-johnson-evangelical-pastor-steve-berger-roommates
    JD Vance invokes medieval Catholic concept called "ordo amoris" to justify xenophobia: https://apnews.com/article/jd-vance-catholic-theology-migration-e868af574fb2e742c6ed3d756c569769
    https://apnews.com/article/pope-trump-migration-09a89091f8e7dc3270099f0947d04e90
    https://apnews.com/article/vice-president-jd-vance-pope-francis-immigration-4f05693320524f9976d3b9ebe31b3f97
    Upcoming book by shitty atheists weaponize the war on science against trans people: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/prominent-atheists-are-weaponizing
    Christian lawmaker still wants teachers to be able to hit students with disabilities: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-lawmaker-still-wants-teachers
    Churches offering drive thru ashes for Ash Wednesday: https://www.christianpost.com/news/churches-offering-drive-thru-ashes-for-ash-wednesday.html
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    1 h y 8 m
  • 626: Alarm Belle Edition

    626: Alarm Belle Edition
    Feb 27 2025
    In this week’s episode, we’ll get good news about pews from Pew, British Bishops make an illegal move, and we’ll learn who’s succeeding Cardinal Pell as Australia’s worst living person. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click here: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ If you see a news story you think we might be interested in, you can send it here: scathingnews@gmail.com To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ Report instances of harassment or abuse connected to this show to the Creator Accountability Network here: https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/ --- Guest Links: Check out more from Marsh on Skeptics with a K and the Know Rogan Experience. Learn more about American Atheists’ annual convention here: https://convention.atheists.org/ Check out more from Gate Theory here: https://gatetheory.com/ --- Headlines: Survey mentioned in the diatribe: https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2025/02/26/decline-of-christianity-in-the-us-has-slowed-may-have-leveled-off/ Pew survey shows low levels of Christian nationalism in America: https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/01/28/comparing-levels-of-religious-nationalism-around-the-world/ Despite republican efforts, the gayness persists https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/despite-republican-attacks-americans Bishop of Liverpool resigns after assault claims https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq6gze93mpno Bishop comes forward as Bishop of Liverpool accuser https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czj30ddrjm7o Nominee to be the next Bishop of Durham withdraws from appointment https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2025/21-february/news/uk/nominee-for-see-of-durham-withdraws-from-appointment Church of England bishop calls for disestablishment https://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/02/church-of-england-bishop-calls-for-disestablishment Dusty Deevers insane laws fail https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/oklahoma-lawmakers-shoot-down-slew Ryan Walters now wants “Bible based character lessons” for Oklahoma public school students: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/oklahoma-wants-to-buy-bible-based Nigel Farage: Britons must have more children to save Judeo-Christian culture https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/nigel-farage-britons-must-have-more-children-to-save-judeo-christian-culture-nkq60pjwl / https://archive.is/atD2B --- This Week in Misogyny: Anti-abortion Trump supporters freaking out over IVF order: https://religionnews.com/2025/02/21/trumps-ivf-executive-order-worries-abortion-foes/ SCOTUS declines to hear challenge to abortion clinic “bubble laws”: https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/24/politics/abortion-clinics-protest-zones-supreme-court/index.html Christian efforts to disenfranchise women: https://newrepublic.com/article/191420/christian-nationalism-save-act-voter-suppression
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  • 625: Bursting at the Seams Edition

    625: Bursting at the Seams Edition
    Feb 20 2025
    In this week’s extended-edition episode, we’ll search Amazon for theocracy stopping backpacks, JD Vance goes to Germany and says what he will about the tenets of national socialism, and we’ll watch a Christian grift video that Oral Roberts would say is a little much.
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    Headlines:
    Trio of terrifying stories about religion in schools: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/alabama-schools-could-lose-funding and https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/oklahoma-lawmaker-i-dont-want-pink and https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/north-dakota-republicans-push-bill
    Christian post loses their minds over “Trans Sanctuary City” Meeting: https://www.christianpost.com/news/lesbian-pastor-blasphemes-jesus-as-drag-queen-at-council-meeting.html
    Ted Cruz's list of "woke" science includes self-driving cars and solar eclipses: https://www.npr.org/2025/02/13/nx-s1-5295043/sen-ted-cruzs-list-of-woke-science-includes-self-driving-cars-solar-eclipses
    National Science Foundation has to deal with giant list of absurd "banned words":
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025/02/04/national-science-foundation-trump-executive-orders-words/
    Australia refuses to fix the religion question on their census: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/australia-will-keep-screwing-up-the
    Ken Ham give us his tips for Valentine's Day: https://answersingenesis.org/blogs/ken-ham/2025/02/14/ken-hams-dating-tips-valentines-day/
    JD Vance rebukes anti-free speech, anti-Christian discrimination in Munich speech:
    https://www.christianpost.com/news/jd-vance-rebukes-anti-free-speech-anti-christian-discrimination.html
    Trump Officials Attack a German Consensus on Nazis and Speech: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/world/europe/vance-musk-nazis-afd-munich.html
    The video from this week’s Mini:
    https://youtu.be/zfWJifqSM6E?si=iwe42fbDktc5ZTbf
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  • 624: Sucks to Suck Edition

    624: Sucks to Suck Edition
    Feb 13 2025
    In this week’s episode, Donald Trump checks under Christianity's bed for monsters, the decor at Mar-a-Lago is getting pretty goatse, and Jesus will get downright parabular. Which is apparently a real word.
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    Headlines:
    Trump signs order to fight “anti-Christian bigotry”: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/trumps-task-force-to-eradicate-anti and https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/eradicating-anti-christian-bias/
    Christian Group Rages Over “Soft Porn” Carl’s Jr. Ad: https://www.joemygod.com/2025/02/christian-group-rages-over-soft-porn-carls-jr-ad/
    Dr. Phil joins immigration raid in Chicago - ICE gets sued on religious grounds: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/27/trump-immigration-dr-phil-chicago-raids
    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/quaker-groups-file-suit-end-policy-restricting-ice-arrests-houses-wors-rcna189471
    Trump re-establishes WH faith-based initiative bullshit, puts Paula White in charge: https://religionnews.com/2025/02/10/with-new-faith-office/
    Gamer priest defrocked and the staff of his God is a Geek website quits after he imitates Elon Musk's salute: https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/calvin-robinson-defrocked-god-is-a-geek-staff-resigns/
    Trump has literal golden goat idol at Mar-a-Lago covered in $100 Trump bills: https://meidasnews.com/news/internet-reacts-to-golden-hoofed-trump-cash-covered-goat-idol-at-mar-a-lago
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