Battling the Gods

Published: Aug. 1, 2016, 6 a.m.

After hearing New Jersey Senator Cory Booker acknowledging nonbelievers at the DNC, and Barack Obama affirming that the United States is not under a \u201csavior," but under \u201cWe, the people,\u201d we talk with FFRF legal intern Chris Line\xa0about an egregious violation of state/church separation involving public money to a Texas charter school that is brazenly promoting Jesus and the bible. Then we talk with professor Tim Whitmarsh\xa0at Cambridge University about his new book Battling The Gods: Atheism in the Ancient World, showing that atheism is older than Christianity.