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This week Merry is back and we talk about Quebec's hypocritical plan to remove religious symbols from government, the Pope blaming the devil, Mormon's blaming the LGBTQ community on Satan, the SDA church's unity through division and more.\n\n\n\nINTRO\n\nNamed one of 10 top atheist podcasts by Feedspot\nhttps://blog.feedspot.com/atheist_podcasts/\n\nAtheist Nomads app to be retired if you are using it for the show, please move on to a general podcast app such as Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Podcast Addict, etc.\n\nDustin\u2019 off the Degree - Scapegoats\n\nNEWS\n\nQuebec plans to ban religious symbols, except the cross at the National Assembly\nhttp://bit.ly/an273-quebec-symbols\nhttp://bit.ly/an273-quebec-assembly\n\nQuebec\u2019s incoming government has announced a new law they plan to enact that would prohibit civil servants from wearing religious symbols in the workplace. This will apply to judges, police officers, prosecutors, and teachers and means they will not be able to wear crucifixes, yammakahs, or hijabs. This does not mean that the giant crucifix above the speaker\u2019s podium at in the National Assembly chambers will be removed, since it\u2019s clearly historical, not religious.\n\nPope Francis\u2019 favorability declines has he blames the church\u2019s problems on the devil\nhttp://bit.ly/an273-pope-devil\nhttp://bit.ly/an273-pope-poll\nhttp://bit.ly/an273-pope-defrock\n\nPope Francis is trying to figure out how to respond to the ongoing crisis of people finding out about priests raping children. Last month he asked people to shut up about it, now this month he\u2019s blaming the divisions in the church on the devil and asking Catholics to pray to St Michael to protect them. Fortunately he has fired a cardinal and a few priests.\n\nMormon Leader blames LGBTQ advocacy on Satan\nhttp://bit.ly/an273-mormon\n\nDuring the Mormon church\u2019s General Conference earlier this month Dallin Oaks, first counselor in the First Presidency, said that:\n\nSatan \u201cseeks to confuse gender, to distort marriage, and to discourage childbearing, especially by parents who will raise children in truth.\u201d\n\n\u201cOur knowledge of God\u2019s revealed plan of salvation requires us to oppose many of the current social and legal pressures to retreat from traditional marriage or to make changes that confuse or alter gender or homogenize the differences between men and women.\u201d\n\nAdventist Church approves "Unity Document" outlining how to stop the ordination of women\nhttp://bit.ly/an273-sda-cuc\nhttp://bit.ly/an273-sda-nad\n\nXinjiang legalises 'reeducation' camps\nhttp://bit.ly/an273-china\n\nThe Xinjiang Autonomous Region in China has passed new legislation with the stated claim of fighting extremism. What it will do is allow for promoting religion, expanding halal beyond food, wearing a hijab or \u201cstrange\u201d beard to be grounds to send people to \u201cvocational skills and educational training centers\u201d. Basically, this is legislation to cover the already in place practice of sending Uighur Muslims to re-education camps that are already holding a reported one million people.\n\nWitch doctor tourism is booming in Kenya\nhttp://bit.ly/an273-kenya\n\nStudy finds nearly 800 dietary supplements that contain unapproved drug ingredients\nhttp://bit.ly/an273-supplements\n\nIPCC report warns rapid changes needed to stem catastrophic global warming\nhttp://bit.ly/an273-climate\n\nSUPPORTERS\n* New patron - Freethinker215\n* Donation from Randy\n\nThis episode is brought to you by:\n\n \tDanielle M\n \tDarryl G\n \tArthur K\n \tRachel B\n \tJimmy Ninetoes\n \tAl from Cestus Three\n \tKim B\n \tSoJo\n \tAlan M\n \tAlexandra T\n \tJohn A\n \tRob C\n \tHenry K\n \tLevi C\n \tSam E\n \tAdam G\n \tJanet Y\n \tThe Flying Skeptic\n \tDaniel J\n \tGeorge G\n \tFreethinker215\n\n\n\n\nYou can find us online at www.htotw.com, follow us on Twitter @AtheistNomads, like us on Facebook, email us at contact@htotw.com, and leave us a voice mail message at (541) 203-0666.\n\nTheme music is provided by Sturdy Fred.\n\n\n\nDOWNLOAD EPISODE