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[NEWS] US Appeals Court rules that US House of Reps chaplain cannot be ordered to allow atheist (Dan Barker) to deliver invocation.
[NEWS] Uganda govt has proposed legislation requiring religious ministers must have training from recognized institutions, and report their source of income.
Ministers heads' explode.
[SIAS] Rep Steve King after facing months of criticism about his comments advocating white supremacy and nationalism, he now "better understands" the sufferings of Jesus.
Being publicly shamed for making openly racist statements is basically the same as being tortured and nailed to a piece of wood until you're dead. Practically identical.
[NEWS] Missouri bill proposed that would force adult plaintiffs in church/state separation cases to use their real names, and *only* in cases involving church/state separation
[NEWS] Some countries still levying "church tax" on church goers (aka government-managed tithing), which goes to the churches.
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Guest host: Phil Ferguson
Host of "The Phil Ferguson Show" (podcast)
Owner: Polaris Financial Planning ( polarisfinancialplanning.com )
[News] Anti-vaxxer kid banned from school/basketball sued health department over banning and lost
[News] New proposal in Boston, MA ending child marriage laws (under 16 with parental consent)
[News] Christian nationalism
[News] Laurie Lightfoot first gay person to be elected mayor of Chicago with 74% of the vote
[News] Christian lobbying group in AZ seeking to block hotline to abortion referrals
[Hope from Jamie] None of the democratic nominees are theocrats! Candidates outspoken in including atheists/nones.
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[News] High school senior who is anti-vax has been banned from Kentucky school due to chicken pox outbreak. All un-vaccinated children are banned.
Says it is illegal, immoral, and blah-blah-blah.
[News] Alabama judge rules in favor of man suing woman who had an abortion of fetus he inseminated. Dead fetus is named as "co-plaintiff".
[News] Catholic diocese sued by West Virginia (republican) Attorney General for protecting pedophiles
[News] More catholics considering abandoning the church. 37% considering leaving the church, up from 22% the previous year. The child molestation scandal was frequently cited
[News] Lifeway christian book stores are going out of business
[SHIT] "Trump of the Tropics" Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro on the 700 Club.
May move Israel embassy to Jerusalem and considering withdrawing from Paris Climate Agreement.
[News] Georgia lawmaker proposes law:
* requires men to get permission from sexual partner before getting Viagra
* criminalizes vasectomies
* defines sex without a condom as "aggravated assault"
* and much more!
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[News] Conflict heating up between Pakistan/India
[News] Texas judge disciplined after claiming "God" told him defendant was innocent
[News] Massachusetts considering conversion therapy ban making it illegal to counsel children about unwanted same-sex attraction or gender confusion.
Massachusetts bill categorizes it as child abuse and parents who allow it can lose custody. Christian outrage.
[News] In Iowa, bills target Iowa Supreme Court that affirmed marriage equality.
Would change nomination process from a non-partisan, merit-based process into a political party-selected and politically-motivated process.
Also would specifically shorten the term of the chief justice by 4 years.
[News] New Zealand repeals its blasphemy laws
WOOOT!!!
[SHIT] Christian pastor: The rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a sign of "the judgement of God"
[And In Other News] AOC has an asteroid named after her
[News] Cardinal George Pell attorney: clemency because it was just "plain vanilla sex" (with children)
[News] Juror's 'passion' over Hindu doctor not placing hand on bible during swearing-in gets verdict tossed
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Guest host: Ethan Gregory Dodge (aka The Notorious E.G.D.)
Ex-mormon and co-founder of the Truth and Transparency Foundation (TTF)
URL: www.truthandtransparency.org
[News] Bladensburg Peace Cross case will be heard by SCOTUS this week.
[News] Pro gay conversion therapy movie in Belfast, Northern Ireland: "Once Gay - Matthew and Friends"
[News] Invocation by atheist AZ state representative, Athena Salman "corrected" (disparaged) by christian colleague, John Kavanaugh, who introduced his "friend", god, in the gallery. Salman filed protest with the Speaker, but otherwise ignored.
[News] Director of Mormon Temple Videos and Sundance Festival Co-Founder Admits to Child Molestation in Early 90s
[Mail] Uncontacted indigenous people are threatened by introduction of disease and preserve the nearby natural environment
[News] TTF Receives Four Take down Notices From Jehovah's Witnesses
re article: Leaked 'Branch' and 'Elders' Manuals Pull Back the Curtain of Inner Workings of Jehovah's Witnesses' Top Leaders
[News] California State Senator Proposes to Remove State's Clergy Exemption from Mandatory Reporting Laws
[SHIT] Ken Hamm: Schools violate the law by *not* taking field trips to the Ark Encounter
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In this episode:
Hosts: Denis Loubet, Jamie Boone, Kevin Stein, Matt Dillahunty
[News] Indigenous tribes threatened by christian missionaries
[News] 7-year-old dies while being punished for not memorizing bible verses
[News] Kim Davis must pay her own legal bills; Gov. says she failed to execute her duties as county clerk in refusing to issue marriage licenses for legally valid applications from same-sex couples.
[Mail] Relates story about David Wood, a psychopath, who learned morals from the bible/christian moral code because fear of eternal damnation.
[News] 286 catholic priests who have abused children named by catholic leaders in Texas
[SHIT] Anti-Muslim activists with IFAA attacked 2 Muslim women during prayer call, accusing CAIR of being terrorist-linked organization because sharia law in America. And greatness.
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On Today's Show:
[News] Creation Science bill in Indiana
[Listener Mail] Like the new hosts. Updates on Jeff? What happened to Russell?
Also, Russell's departure was not one of those "creep" stories. :) Whole different deal and quite mundane.
[News] Liberty Council (evangelical non-profit) wants LGBTQ removed from US Congress Anti-Lynching bill.
It would be a "camel's nose", apparently.
Some members of Liberty Council have received death threats
[News] Ken Hamm offers free admission to school/"educational" group tours
[News] Conservatives fearful that feminists are using black magic to hex the Trump administration
[News] 18-yr-old Saudi girl given asylum in Canada. Wants to leave Islam.
[Listener Mail] "Can we really replace belief in god(s) with humanism? An invisible sky-god is necessary for some people."
Kevin: "...mental masturbation..."
Denis: Pertinent question is, what do you replace religious community with? (Atheist community?)
[News] Pastor Robert Jeffress: "Heaven is gonna have a wall..., so if walls are immoral, then god is immoral."
Megan: "Why can't god get off is motherfucking ass?"
Denis: "Used to part oceans. Now he just appears on toast."
[Listener Mail] Jehovah's Witnesses: On judgment day, earth will be remade into a paradise and the 144,000 will be middle management.
[Note] The Spanish smiling devil statue story was a hoax
[News] Muslim member of the Texas republican party survived a vote by party members to remove him from his party position, because of his religious (Muslim) beliefs. Accused of supporting terrorist organizations. "...stealth jihad and leftist 'Zuckerberg-ization' of our nation"
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[From CBN] Masterpiece Cake shop back in court, this time re transgender customer
"Help, I'm being oppressed!"
Canada's Supreme Court rules LGBT rights trump religious freedom
The Non-Prophets 17.23 2018-12-19 with Denis Loubet, Jamie Boone, Kevin Stein, & Eric Murphy
[From CBN] Attacks on (Bladensburg, MA) Peace Cross would unleash "a bulldozer which would run from coast to coast"
American Humanist Association are plaintiffs in the case.
Call for fan art submissions for "not-peace" crosses:
* Anger cross
* Passive aggressive cross
* Silent judgment cross
* ...?
First Presbyterian Church in Miami, FL hit with $7 million tax bill. Court ruled that the profits the church made from renting out property to school and food trucks is not tax exempt.
"Slave Bible" at Museum of the Bible
[SHIT] Dennis Prager: "Happy Holidays" is the end of civilization
Denis: Does it have to be "Merry"? Can I wish someone a Scurrilous Christmas?
Jamie: Happy Fucking Christmas!
[Denis has an observation] Christians love to pull out Pascal's Wager. It casts suspicion on the motives of all Christians that they are terrified that they will be found out that they only say they believe because they are under duress from the threat of going to hell.
Ontario (Canada) woman charged with pretending to practice witchcraft. (Days before law was scrapped.)
Jesus was a lich. Not a witch, zombie, ghoul, wight, vampire, ghost, or wraith.
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