The Scathing Atheis‪t‬ Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC

In this week’s episode, we remind everyone that we cancelled the Bible before it was cool, w learn that Rush Limbaugh has exactly as many interesting thoughts now as he did when he was alive, and Georgia reminds us how Georgia they still are.

In this week’s episode, Tennessee Republicans will be confused about how many vaginas they have, James Randi manages to debunk more liars without even being alive, and Joe Biden decides we were getting a little too “First Amendmenty.”

In this week’s episode, the Catholic Church is worse than even the CATHOLIC CHURCH imagined, Matt Powell pwns Tom Sawyer by whitewashing a fence for him, and Andrew and Thomas will be here to legitimately open a few arguments.

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Guest Links:

Check out Andrew and Thomas on The Opening Arguments Podcast (https://openargs.com/)

Hear Noah on this week’s episode of Cognitive Dissonance (https://dissonancepod.com/episode-563-outbreak-a-crisis-of-faith-with-noah-lugeons/) .

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Headlines:

Supreme Court Rules That CA Can’t Ban Indoor Church Services: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/02/06/supreme-court-ca-cant-ban-indoor-church-services-even-to-prevent-covid-spread/

Report from German Archdiocese Admits Nuns Once Sold Orphans to Sex Predators: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/02/03/report-from-german-archdiocese-admits-nuns-once-sold-orphans-to-sex-predators/

TX Woman sues, claiming forced ultrasound would interfere with her Satanic abortion ritual: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/02/07/tx-woman-a-forced-ultrasound-would-interfere-with-my-satanic-abortion-ritual/

Democrats Reject GOP Attempt to Say Pledge of Allegiance at Judiciary Meetings: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/02/05/democrats-reject-gop-attempt-to-say-pledge-of-allegiance-at-judiciary-meetings/

Jeep ad in Superbowl can go f**k itself: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/02/08/jeeps-super-bowl-ad-urged-us-to-find-the-common-ground-of-christian-nationalism/

A Humanist Leader Is Stepping Down and Hoping a Person of Color Will Replace Him: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/02/05/a-humanist-leader-is-stepping-down-and-hoping-a-person-of-color-will-replace-him/

Matt Powell made another monkey surfing video: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/02/02/this-creationists-awful-short-film-claims-scientists-believe-in-surfing-monkeys/

Muslim Cleric: People have been gayed with the vaccine: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/02/09/islamic-cleric-people-who-got-the-covid-vaccine-have-become-homosexuals/

In this week’s episode, Ken Ham’s team will put the “cute” back in persecution, Marjorie Taylor Greene tries to block herself on Facebook, and we really DID watch some more of Matt Powell’s You Tube videos.

In this week’s episode, we’ll learn that Biden is both too Catholic and not Catholic enough, Qanon misses his cue, and we’ll don all the Don Ford we can afford.

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Headlines:

Joe Biden gives second most religious inaugural address ever: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/01/21/what-message-did-bidens-religious-inauguration-speech-send-to-atheists/

Conservative Writer: Joe Biden is Our “First Anti-Catholic ‘Catholic’ President”

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/01/25/conservative-writer-joe-biden-is-our-first-anti-catholic-catholic-president/

Survey: White Evangelicals still approve of Donald Trump: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/01/21/despite-everything-white-evangelicals-still-view-donald-trump-favorably/

‘We Were Played’: QAnon’s Inauguration Day Meltdown: https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/we-were-played-qanons-inauguration-day-meltdown/

Lady is mad at the Norwegian language for not catering to her religious bigotry enough: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/01/25/a-christian-wants-norway-to-stop-calling-the-statue-of-liberty-freedom-goddess-2/

Televangelist: Anyone Watching This Video is “Free from Every Symptom of COVID”

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/01/25/televangelist-anyone-watching-this-video-is-free-from-every-symptom-of-covid/

Tony Spell threatens to tell God judge ruled against him: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/01/26/anti-mask-pastor-tells-judge-she-ruled-against-god-after-another-legal-setback/

The Church of a Christian Hate-Preacher Was Bombed Over the Weekend: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/01/25/the-church-of-a-christian-hate-preacher-was-bombed-over-the-weekend/

Multiple sad little preachers still say Trump is going to win: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/01/23/christian-who-spread-prophecies-about-trumps-victory-says-itll-still-happen/ and https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/01/23/preacher-trump-will-still-win-we-must-be-patient-like-noah-with-the-ark/ and https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/01/20/christian-prophetess-god-told-me-trump-won-so-bidens-inauguration-is-fake/

Scott Lively Says Trump Was Too Pro-Gay, So God Removed Him From Office

https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/scott-lively-says-trump-was-too-pro-gay-so-god-removed-him-from-office/

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This Week in Misogyny:

AZ bill proposes death penalty for abortion doctors: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/01/22/arizona-republicans-file-bill-to-punish-abortion-doctors-with-the-death-penalty/

Biden reinstates effort to replace Jackson with Tubman on twenty dollar bill: https://www.npr.org/sections/biden-transition-updates/2021/01/25/960417969/biden-administration-will-speed-up-efforts-to-put-harriet-tubman-on-20-bill

In this week’s episode: We’ll be able to feel sorry for other countries again, James Dobson checks under our bed for antifas, and Michael Marshall will be here to help reveal the next book on our reading list.

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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

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To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/

To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/

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Guest Links:

Check out more from Marsh on Be Reasonable (http://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/category/podcast/be-reasonable-podcast/) and Skeptics with a K (http://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/category/podcast/skeptics-with-a-k/)

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Headlines:

Video of ecstatic spontaneous prayer serves as potent reminder that Capitol riot was act of radical Christian terrorism: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/01/17/theres-video-of-christian-terrorists-praying-to-god-inside-the-u-s-capitol/ and https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/01/16/michael-brown-just-because-christians-rioted-doesnt-make-it-a-christian-riot/ and https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/us/how-white-evangelical-christians-fused-with-trump-extremism.html

The COVID Vaccine Will Make You Gay, Claims Conspiracy-Loving Orthodox Rabbi

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/01/17/the-covid-vaccine-will-make-you-gay-claims-conspiracy-loving-orthodox-rabbi/

Polish woman on trial for depicting Virgin Mary with rainbow halo: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/01/16/polish-women-begin-trial-for-depicting-the-virgin-mary-with-a-rainbow-halo/

Tony Perkins: Trump Could Prove Election Fraud in the Senate Impeachment Trial

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/01/14/tony-perkins-trump-could-prove-election-fraud-in-the-senate-impeachment-trial/

James Dobson Has Another Deranged Set of Predictions for a Democratic President

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/01/18/james-dobson-has-another-deranged-set-of-predictions-for-a-democratic-president/

My Pillow booted from Bed Bath & Beyond, Kohl’s, Wayfair, others: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/01/19/my-pillow-ceo-lindell/

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This Week in Misogyny:

Catholics lose shit over Pope saying woman can serve in Mass: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/01/19/traditional-catholics-lose-it-after-pope-francis-says-women-can-serve-in-mass/

Argentina passes bill to legalize abortion: https://religionnews.com/2020/12/30/bill-legalizing-abortion-passed-in-popes-native-argentina/

Pakistani Court Bans Use of “Virginity Tests” in Cases Involving Sexual Violence

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/01/07/pakistani-court-bans-use-of-virginity-tests-in-cases-involving-sexual-violence/