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b'This week we\'re joined by Jason Ward and talk about whether Jesus was historical, legendary, or mythical. In the news we have the Vatican sex abuse meeting, a Japanese church coming around on vaccines, YouTube demonetizing anti-vax videos, and more!\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nEmail us at contact@htotw.com or leave us a voice message at (541) 203-0666 or htotw.com/speakpipeSupport the show at htotw.com/donateSubscribe at htotw.com/subscribe\\n\\n\\n\\nDustin\\u2019 off the Degree - Is Jesus a Myth?\\n\\n\\n\\nTraditional Christian viewJesus Seminar - Search for the Historical JesusMythicist hypothesis\\n\\n\\n\\nHistorical, legendary, or mythical?\\n\\n\\n\\nNEWS\\n\\n\\n\\nPope Francis claims people accusing the church of wrongdoing are friends or family of the devil\\n\\n\\n\\nAhead of the Vatican\\u2019s long awaited meeting about how to stop priests getting caught raping children, the Pope claimed that people who are repeatedly accusing the church of wrongdoing are friends or family of the devil.\\n\\n\\n\\nVictim groups are disappointed with the 21 actions that have been proposed at the Vatican summit\\n\\n\\n\\nThe Pope opened the meeting by presenting 21 actions to try to fix the issues. The first action, really the most important of them all, is to write a guidebook on how to address accusations against priests and how to avoid the problems in the first case. While the rest aren\\u2019t as vague, according to victims groups, they do nothing and will take the issue back 20 years.\\n\\n\\n\\nPope Francis calls for \\u2018all-out battle\\u2019 against child sex abuse but offers no solutions\\n\\n\\n\\nThe Pope closed the meeting calling for an \\u201call-out battle\\u201d against child sex abuse and outlined broad goals, but no solutions. He did, of course, have to blame it on the devil, calling priests who abuse children \\u201ctools of Satan.\\u201d\\n\\n\\n\\nCalifornia bill would make clergy mandatory reporters. The Catholic Church is not pleased\\n\\n\\n\\nThe a new bill in the California Assembly would remove the exemptions clergy have from being mandatory reporters. The Catholic church views this as a direct attack on the church since they view the secrecy of the confessional to be among the most sacred things in the world.\\n\\n\\n\\nThe Houston Chronicle published a list of more than 200 Baptist leaders who have sexually abused members\\n\\n\\n\\nThe Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News have found 220 pastors, deacons, volunteers, and Sunday School teachers at Southern Baptist churches that have been convicted of sexually abusing church members over the last 20 years. This is not the 380 who had credible accusations leveled against them by more than 700 victims, this is not the more than 250 who have faced criminal charges, this is 220 people with power in the Southern Baptist Church who have been convicted in a court of law by a jury of their peers of using that power for sex with adults and children as young as 3.\\n\\n\\n\\nThe Trump Administration is going to push for homosexuality to be decriminalized around the world. Rick Wiles blames "the Jews"\\n\\n\\n\\nEven Trump is surprised by his administration\'s plan to decriminalize homosexuality around the globe\\n\\n\\n\\nA Japanese religious group has apologized for their role in the country\'s measles outbreak\\n\\n\\n\\nYouTube has demonetized anti-vax channels\\n\\n\\n\\nA crowd in Tehran stopped morality police vans and freed the women being detained for not sufficiently covering up\\n\\n\\n\\nThis episode is brought to you by:\\n\\n\\n\\nJimmy NinetoesDaniel MRebecca PPat Acks from the Humanists of IdahoDarryl GRachel BGeorge GKim BSoJoJenErik from WyomingThe Flying Skeptic\\n\\n\\n\\nAnd by our $1 patrons and those who want no reward.\\n\\n\\n\\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\\n\\n\\nTheme music is provided by Sturdy Fred.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nDOWNLOAD EPISODE'