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Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast\n\nJessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.\n\u2014 A Louisiana church that won\u2019t close now has a hospitalized lawyer and a dead parishioner. (2:22)\n\u2014 A Virginia pastor who told people God could defeat COVID-19 has died of you-know-what. (9:30)\n\u2014 Christians suing the state of Kentucky for closing churches claim their predicament is just like Japanese Americans during World War II. (11:37)\n\u2014 A Kentucky judge allowed drive-in church services with a ruling that read more like a sermon. (15:02)\n\u2014 A megachurch in New Mexico says it can\u2019t operate without an in-person staff of 30. (18:48)\n\u2014 CBS is breaking up with the show \u201cGod Friended Me.\u201d (21:20)\n\u2014 Credit card companies don\u2019t want to work with televangelist Jim Bakker. (24:33)\n\u2014 A Liberty University student filed a class action lawsuit against the school and Jerry Falwell for putting students in danger. (25:49)\n\u2014 A Christian book publisher just released a Qur\u2019an\u2026 with \u201cChristian commentary.\u201d This can only end well. (32:02)\n\u2014 What is wrong with Dr. Oz? A lot, but maybe not as much as everyone thinks\u2026 (35:07)\n\u2014 Anti-vaxxers are joining the COVID protesters because of course they are. (45:28)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices