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Ep. 415 - Forfeiting a Game Because of Faith Feb 25, 2022

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Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.
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— Hold your sympathy for the Alabama high school basketball team whose faith led to them forfeiting their playoff chances. (1:25)
— Christian sex predator Ravi Zacharias was effectively aided by the corrupt leaders at his ministry. (30:25)
— The share of Americans who are absolutely certain God exists has dropped below 50% for the first time ever. (49:03)
— The Supreme Court agreed to hear a case involving an anti-gay Christian website designer who doesn't want to make sites promoting same-sex weddings. (1:01:35)
— Conservative Christian Nebraska State Senator Mike Groene resigned after allegations that he took "objectifying" photos of a female aide without her consent and shared them with other people. (1:09:33)

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Ep. 414 - Greg Locke's Witch Hunt Feb 17, 2022

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Ep. 413 - The Invalid Baptisms Feb 11, 2022

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Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.
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— A Catholic priest resigned for the dumbest (but strangely consequential) reason. (2:17)
— LDS leader Brad Wilcox's racist comments have caused chaos among Mormons. (8:13)
— A public school Bible teacher in TN told students "how to torture a Jew." (18:52)
— WV teachers told kids to attend a religious revival during the school day. (31:41)
— The evangelical ‚Äòdissenters' trying to ‚Äòsave' the faith have their own problems. (42:26)
— Missouri's governor said he only nominates people with "Christian values" to positions of power. (57:36)
— A Michigan Republican gubernatorial candidate urged rape victims to be "heroic" and give birth. (1:01:19)
— A nun was sentenced to prison after stealing $835,000 from Catholic school to go gambling. (1:05:21)

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Ep. 412 - Interview with Kristin Du Mez, author of "Jesus and John Wayne" Feb 03, 2022

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In this solo episode (Jessica will be back next week), Hemant interviewed Kristin Kobes Du Mez, author of the New York Times bestseller "Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation." The book attempts to explain why white evangelicals overwhelmingly supported Donald Trump, despite all the non-Trumpy values they claimed to hold dear before he came along, by looking at the history of evangelical culture.
2:40 Why did you write this book? 5:00 The subtitle of your book is who white evangelicals corrupted a faith and fractured a nation. And I sometimes wonder did they corrupt the faith or did guys like Donald Trump expose the faith for what it's always been? 7:02 Are you cherry picking bad actors, like Mark Driscoll, who exist in every tradition, or do guys like Driscoll fairly represent this strain of conservative Christianity? 10:20 How much blame should we place on moderate Christians who platform these toxic people? 14:38 Is there a good definition of evangelicalism that outsiders would agree with? 18:28 Are your students more receptive to your ideas than your colleagues? 20:35 Are white evangelicals uniquely bad with toxic masculinity or is this just a problem with Americans at large? Or all of humanity? 23:32 Is Jerry Falwell, Jr. making a comeback? 25:25 Is there going to be a backlash to Trumpism that affects evangelicals? 30:06 SPONSOR: HelloFresh! https://www.hellofresh.com/friendlyatheist16 31:19 Is the impending end of Roe v. Wade good or bad for evangelicals on a strategic level? 34:12 Are white evangelicals really hypocrites about Trump considering he kept his anti-abortion promises? 37:55 Is evangelical Christianity a force for good? 40:55 What is your reaction to Girl Defined and other young Christian women who promote Christian patriarchy on YouTube? 42:00 What would you say to a megachurch pastor who comes to you for advice? 46:35 How come Christian stereotypes include both manly patriarchs as well as hipster skinny jean pastors? 49:45 Are you unfairly painting lower and middle class white men in the worst possible light? 52:30 Are white evangelicals really as powerful as you suggest they are?

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Ep. 411 - The Future of the Supreme Court Jan 28, 2022

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Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.
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— What will the Supreme Court look like after Stephen Breyer's retirement? (2:36)
— Jerry Falwell, Jr. opened up about his past in a lengthy Vanity Fair profile. (13:45)
— A Mississippi mayor wants to withhold funds from the local library unless they purge all LGBTQ+ books. (30:47)
— A Georgia mayor's first act was to ask everyone to join him in communion. (37:06)
— An AME Zion bishop was arrested for defrauding churches of millions of dollars. (41:14)
— A pro-choice activist took an abortion pill on live TV to show how simple it is. (47:54)
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Ep. 410 - The Saliva Sermon Jan 21, 2022

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Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.
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— OnlySky, a new network for atheist bloggers, podcasters, and commentators, is now up and running! (0:49)
— Pastor Mike Todd smeared spit on his brother's face to make a point about Jesus. (8:52)
— A proposed law in Iowa would require teachers to stand and say the Pledge of Allegiance... or else! (18:37)
— A taxpayer-funded Christian adoption agency in TN just got sued for refusing to work with Jews. (28:35)
— The Supreme Court accepted the case of a high school football coach who wanted to perform prayers on the field after games. (37:03)
— Justice Neil Gorsuch referred to "so-called" church/state separation in an oral argument. Yikes. (50:55)
— California is suing a Christian "health care" ministry for defrauding customers. (59:35)
— Answers in Genesis wants to use the horrific Tuskegee Syphilis Study as a way to prove evolution is false. (1:05:37)

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Ep. 409 - The Christian Ethics of Raising Rent Jan 14, 2022

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Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.
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— It's never good when a state's attorney general says we need a God-based justice system. (3:12)
— A pastor who's been repeatedly accused of spiritual harassment insists that he is eradicating spiritually abusive priests from his church-planting group. (11:50)
— Why is Dave Silverman selling someone else's creation? (27:22)
— A Creationist group screwed up the science in its new logo. (43:26)
— Dave Ramsey said raising rent doesn't make a landlord a "bad Christian." (45:10)
— An elderly woman may have left her entire $2 million estate to a predator priest. (55:16)
— Preacher Sean Feucht claims his book contract was canceled due to his "political views." (1:01:15)
— A woman says the Bible-believing former GOP House Speaker in Michigan sexually assaulted her when she was 15. (1:05:09)
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Ep. 408 - The Pope vs. Petowners Jan 07, 2022

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Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.
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-- Pope Francis says having pets instead of kids is selfish. (2:00)
-- A proposed law in Oklahoma would put the KJV and fundamentalist preachers in certain classrooms. (7:00)
-- Marriage is not about being happy, says one very misogynistic pastor. (22:15)
-- A 14-year-old girl was impregnated by her youth pastor. She's finally telling her side of the story. (30:42)
-- The phrase "unreligious cruelty" makes no sense, so why is a Washington Post columnist using it? (41:22)
-- What would you do in this moral dilemma? (46:27)
-- Should we feel bad about old churches dying out? (55:48)

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Ep. 407 - 2021 in Review Dec 31, 2021

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On this (extra-long) podcast, Jessica and I discussed the past year in news!
We covered a whole variety of topics, going month by month, so feel free to jump around and listen in at any point!

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Ep. 406 - Utah's Richest Man Just Quit Mormonism Dec 22, 2021

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Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.
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— A GOP lawmaker says she's tired of "godless" people running the government. (1:30)
— Jeff Green, the richest man in Utah, just quit the Mormon Church. (7:55)
— A bunch of Christians think a statue outside the U.N. represents the End Times "beast." (23:50)
— A "Baby Baphomet" display in the IL State Capitol has a bunch of Catholic detractors. (30:35)
— A Christian jewelry store is suing the military over faith-based dog tags. (40:00)
— A man just sued the leaders of Rhema Bible Training College in Oklahoma for saying he had "contagious demons." (48:50)

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