Ep. 226 - Throw Away The Used Communion Wafer

Published: July 14, 2018, 3:06 p.m.

Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.\n-- The new Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the one right-wing group that opposed him (temporarily), and his claim that church/state separation is "based on bad history." (0:30)\n-- This is why it's a problem believing communion wafers are the literal body of Christ. (20:14)\n-- Apparently you're not a real man unless you have a first-born son. (25:29)\n-- Kentucky can't decide if religious license plates should be allowed because atheists would get to have them. (27:44)\n-- Donald Trump's spiritual adviser Pastor Paula White says (wrongly) Jesus never broke the law. (33:00)\n-- A judge ruled against the least offensive atheist bus ad ever. (38:09)\n-- What did you do, Papa John? (43:47)\n-- The studio behind God's Not Dead wants to make a movie about the Thai kids trapped in a cave. (46:53)\n-- The Center For Inquiry is suing CVS for selling homeopathic medicine in misleading ways. (52:40)\n-- Australia is punishing parents who don't vaccinate their kids. Good. (57:52)\n-- The UK government is planning on banning gay conversion therapy. (1:01:10)\n-- A 12-year-old girl is working to bring a Pride parade to Buffalo Grove, Illinois. (1:04:20)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices