Ep. 400 - A Cash Prize Still Doesn't Prove the Afterlife Exists

Published: Nov. 12, 2021, 5:33 a.m.

b'Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode.\\n\\n\\nJessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.\\n\\n\\n\\u2014 Please join our new Discord server!\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u2014 Conservatives are furious over a Twix ad that isn\\u2019t by Twix and isn\\u2019t an ad. (7:20)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u2014 A hate-preacher insisted that boys who grow up in a church like his will \\u201c100%\\u201d grow up to be straight. (18:47)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u2014 There was a $1.8 million essay contest for anyone with evidence of the afterlife. The money will be handed out, but the evidence? Still doesn\\u2019t exist. (25:07)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u2014 Should Republicans pander to gay voters? (36:24)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u2014 A Virginia school board wants to get rid of all \\u201csexually explicit\\u201d books\\u2026 and burn them. (46:49)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u2014 A Christian \\u201csegregation academy\\u201d held an anti-LGBTQ seminar for parents. (53:39)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u2014 A North Carolina restaurant turned a one-star \\u201cSatanic\\u201d review into a keepsake T-shirt. (59:41)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u2014 Pastor Greg Locke really wants to get subpoenaed. (1:01:40)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u2014 An anti-LGBTQ pastor was nominated to the Anchorage Equal Rights Commission\\u2026 until public pressure caused him to step away. (1:07:32)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u2014 The Biden administration is undoing a rule allowing taxpayer-funded groups to discriminate on the basis of religion. (1:11:12)\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'