ScathingAtheist 238: Boo-Dissed Edition

Published: Sept. 7, 2017, 11 a.m.

In this week\u2019s episode, Joel Osteen has a monstrous heart to go with his teeth, we learn that Susan Smith was really just trying some homeopathic dilution on her kids, and Noah will turn out to have been right about Buddhism. Again.\n\n\n

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Headlines:\nJoel O\u2019Steen defines douche baggery in hurricane response: http://religionnews.com/2017/08/30/joel-osteens-church-defends-itself-after-social-media-storm/ and http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/08/osteen-asks-50-minimum-donation-helping-hurricane-victims/\nKevin Swanson says Houston is being punished for not passing anti-trans bill: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/08/31/kevin-swanson-god-is-punishing-texas-for-not-passing-anti-trans-bathroom-bill/\nRick Wiles pins it on sexual perversion: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/08/30/rick-wiles-god-punished-houston-for-its-embrace-of-sexual-perversion/\nDaubenmire says it\u2019s about abortion and lesbian mayors: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/08/30/dave-daubenmire-god-was-punishing-houston-over-abortion-and-a-lesbian-mayor/\nTexas churches suing FEMA to get recovery money: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/09/05/texas-churches-are-suing-fema-for-excluding-them-in-disaster-relief-grants/\nSome Wackaloon: The Illuminati are using a special frequency to change people\u2019s DNA to make them hate Trump: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/mark-taylor-freemasons-and-illuminati-are-using-a-special-frequency-to-change-dna-and-make-people-hate-trump/\nCon artist and radio host tries to use voodoo to thwart investigation: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/08/31/radio-host-and-accused-ponzi-schemer-used-hoodoo-spell-to-thwart-probe-feds-say\nAtheists challenge program that allows prisoners to leave prison for church: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/09/02/atheists-say-program-letting-prisoners-leave-jail-to-go-to-church-is-illegal/

\n\n\nCDC: Homeopathic bracelet gave infant lead poisoning: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/09/02/a-homeopathic-bracelet-gave-an-infant-lead-poisoning-says-the-cdc/\n\n\n\n

This Week in Misogyny:\nHalf of men don\u2019t know where the vagina is: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/vagina-men-identify-faily-half-diagram-vagina-gynaecological-cancer-female-genitalia-a7921421.html\nChildren\u2019s publisher apologizes for puberty book that says breasts exist to make women look \u201cgrown up and attractive\u201d https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/aug/29/usborne-apologises-puberty-book-childrens-publisher