Ep. 248 - The "Generous" Pastor And His Expensive Car

Published: Dec. 15, 2018, 3:25 a.m.

b'Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.\\n\\u2014 Pastor John Gray, after denouncing \\u201cpulpit pimps,\\u201d gave his wife a $200,000 car. (0:30)\\n\\u2014 There\\u2019s a financial scam that the Catholic Church says it has nothing to do with. How can anyone tell which one\\u2019s the scam? (6:59)\\n\\u2014 A bishop said women who are sexually assaulted probably did something to deserve it. (10:15)\\n\\u2014 The Supreme Court\\u2019s Trinity Lutheran decision is the basis for two conflicting legal battles. (14:30)\\n\\u2013Southern Baptists finally acknowledged their racist past. What about their bigoted present? (23:05)\\n\\u2014 The Trump administration is cracking down on research that uses fetal tissues even if it could help treat HIV. (29:00)\\n\\u2014 The child of atheist parents was discriminated against by her school, said a human rights tribunal, but her parents are still jerks. (32:55)\\n\\u2014 There are sex advice message boards for abstinence-preaching conservative Christians. (42:52)\\n\\u2014 A new poll finds that atheism isn\\u2019t a political liability in certain situations. (47:29)\\n\\u2014 A Christian author who said atheism and morality didn\\u2019t go together was caught having an affair. This is old news (sorry!) but a link about it is here. (53:40)\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'