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This week we are joined by Jason and Liz. In the news we have Trump finally going to far for some Christians, Amazon pulling conversion therapy books, Australian missionaries forgetting to give unto Caesar, and more. At the end we discuss harm reduction.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmail us at contact@htotw.com or leave us a voice message using htotw.com/speakpipe\nSupport the show at htotw.com/donate\nSubscribe at htotw.com/subscribe\n\n\n\n\nNEWS\n\n\n\nChristians finally condemn Trump\u2019s racist rally \u2014 because he said \u2018Goddamn\u2019\n\n\n\nTrump finally went too goddamn far for some Christians, by saying Goddamn at a rally. In fact, he took the Lord\u2019s name in vain not once, but twice.\n\n\n\nEx-Reagan Adviser: Evangelical leaders who support Trump do more harm to Christian values than atheists\n\n\n\nPeter Wehner is a Republican political adviser who served in both the Regan and George W Bush administrations. He\u2019s been critical of Trump for some time, but he went on CNN this weekend to criticize his fellow evangelicals for their support of Trump. Saying:\n\n\n\n\u201cThe bottom line is that he will fight for them,. Not that he himself is of Christian faith. Not even he himself is a manifestation of Christian virtues, but they feel like they\u2019re involved in an existential struggle against a malicious enemy that they consider to be the American Left. And Trump will try and vanquish that enemy.\u201d\n\n\n\n\u201cThey feel like he\u2019ll bring a gun to a cultural knife fight\u2026that he hates the same people that they hate. And that he\u2019ll employ means that\u2019ll get it done.\u201d\n\n\n\n\u201cI think a lot of these white evangelical leaders are doing more to hurt Christianity than the so-called New Atheists ever could.\u201d\n\n\n\nConservatives are furious that Amazon pulled conversion therapy books from sale\n\n\n\nAmazon pulled books by Dr. Joseph Nicolosi from the store and conservatives are pissed. Nicolosi was a psychologist, Catholic, and the founder of reparative therapy, more commonly known as gay conversion therapy.\n\n\n\nChristian family who argued taxes \u2018against God\u2019s will\u2019 ordered to pay $2.3m bill\n\n\n\nFanny and Rembertus Beerepoot are siblings and missionaries in Tasmania. No one is sure what kind of Christian they are, but they run their family\u2019s honey farm and store and have religious materials on the farm\u2019s website. Fanny told the court that her sole occupation is to serve the lord and they identified themselves as missionaries, not farmers or merchants. What they told the Tasmania Supreme Court is that Australian tax laws are against the will of God, which is why they stopped paying taxes in 2011.\n\n\n\nIncluded in the judgement against them, the judge pointed out that they failed to provide any Biblical justification for their stance and since there was not even a starting point for their defense he had no problem ordering to pay the $2.3 million in back taxes, administrative costs, and interest.\n\n\n\n\u2018In No God We Trust\u2019 signs were vandalized in Fort Worth\n\n\n\nThe Metroplex atheists hung 66 signs reading \u201cIn No God We Trust\u201d from lamp posts around Fort Worth, TX leading up to a July 14 event they hosted. Within a few days four of the banners had been sliced. Since the group was expecting vandalism, they had extra made that were ready to go.\n\n\n\nIn response Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price tweeted:\n\n\n\n\u201cI was appalled when I saw the banners currently being displayed downtown, as I do not support or agree with the message. We must respect freedom of speech. As we approach the Fourth of July, we must remember that many Americans have fought and died for the freedoms we cherish today.\u201d\n\n\n\nNebraska woman calls for Spider-Man statue to be taken down over \u2018demonic\u2019 imagery, despite being faith-based art project\n\n\n\nPaige Schuppan is complaining about a Spiderman statue in front of the Lincoln Children\u2019s Zoo in Lincoln, NE. She says that it resembles devil horns and quote: \u201c\u201cYou understand that Devil worshiping is anti-Christian, and not a religion of its own. You have to be against the church in order to hold these evil beliefs.