Ep. 451 - The IRS Isn't Investigating Churches

Published: Nov. 4, 2022, 4:59 a.m.

b"Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode.\\n\\nJessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.\\n\\n\\u2014 Please join our Discord server!\\n\\n\\u2014 Greg Locke\\u2019s Halloween bonfire to destroy \\u201cwitchcraft\\u201d artifacts, Catholic symbols, and other things he deems evil got a heavy dose of rain. (3:50)\\xa0\\n\\n\\u2014 The IRS isn\\u2019t doing a damn thing to enforce the Johnson Amendment and stop churches from endorsing political candidates from the pulpit. (15:00)\\n\\n\\u2014 If the IRS doesn\\u2019t care, should more Democratic preachers use the pulpit to promote their candidates? That\\u2019s what Rev. Jamal H. Bryant\\xa0did. (He\\u2019s not a hero, though.) (36:30)\\n\\n\\u2014 Yolanda Flowers, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Alabama, made a surprise appearance this week at Creationist Kent Hovind's Dinosaur Adventure Land. (47:12)\\n\\n\\u2014 While New Mexico GOP gubernatorial candidate Mark Ronchetti insists he\\u2019s not an anti-abortion extremist, a prominent pastor is telling a very different story. (56:40)\\xa0\\n\\n\\u2014 Four members of the Jehovah\\u2019s Witnesses, all in Pennsylvania, were charged with sexually abusing a total of 19 kids. (1:07:36)\\n\\n\\u2014 Brazil defeated Jair Bolsonaro and his evangelical Christian base. (1:09:29)\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"