Ep. 431 - The Narrow-mindedness of Organized Secularism

Published: June 18, 2022, 12:27 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 Discord server!\\n\\n\\u2014 81% of Americans believe in God, an all-time low. (2:05)\\n\\n\\n\\u2014 Students at Seattle Pacific University protested their school\\u2019s anti-LGBTQ hiring policy by handing rainbow flags to the university president as he gave them their diplomas. (7:22)\\n\\n\\n\\u2014 The Canadian Armed Forces just got its first Humanist chaplain. (12:45)\\n\\n\\n\\u2014 A man wearing a \\u201cGOD\\u201d shirt tried to burn down The Satanic Temple\\u2019s headquarters in Salem, Massachusetts. (17:55)\\n\\n\\n\\u2014 A man who left flowers on his dead fianc\\xe9e\'s gravesite, only to be turned in to law enforcement by her preacher father, was found guilty of littering. (22:20)\\n\\n\\n\\u2014 Christian cops are now saying COVID swab tests violate their faith. (27:37)\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\u2014 Is the atheist movement too narrow-minded when it comes to pushing back against misinformation? (40:20)\\n\\n\\n\\u2014 A Catholic school near Boston lost its "Catholic" designation for keeping up Pride and Black Lives Matter flags. (57:57)\\n\\n\\n\\u2014 A Jewish synagogue is suing Florida over its impending 15-week abortion ban because they say it would violate their religious beliefs. (1:09:27)\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'