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  • 636: Pope Convictus Edition

    636: Pope Convictus Edition
    May 8 2025
    In this week’s episode, Christian bigots put themSELVES on a list for a change, Donald Trump gets down with the sithness, and Tom and Cecil will be here to explain how Eli’s spreadsheet got lost in the mail.
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    Headlines:
    Website for Christian Right MAGA-friendly businesses backfires as people use it for boycotts: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/publicsquare-trump-critics-boycott-businesses_n_680900d2e4b00850c6839b0b
    Turkish Cypriots protest over what they say is Turkey's introduction of Islam into education system: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/turkish-cypriots-protest-over-what-they-say-is-turkeys-introduction-of-islam-into-education-system/ar-AA1E6PVp
    White House press briefing welcomes influencer who thought the Moon disappeared one time: https://www.wonkette.com/p/white-house-press-briefing-welcomes
    New York May Weaken Its Oversight Over Religious Schools: https://archive.is/X7oIB#selection-507.0-511.112
    Trump posts AI image of himself as Pope: https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/04/world/trump-ai-image-pope-intl-hnk
    And as a f***-jedi with a sith lightsaber: https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/news/trump-may-4th-post-star-wars-lightsaber-b2744850.html
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  • 635: Papal Dilation Edition

    635: Papal Dilation Edition
    May 1 2025
    In this week’s episode, the Pope is laid to solemn multimillion dollar ceremony complete with commemorative coins, a federal court considers the merits of sincerely held acid tabs, and we’ll show the conclave a bold way forward. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click here: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ If you see a news story you think we might be interested in, you can send it here: scathingnews@gmail.com To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ Report instances of harassment or abuse connected to this show to the Creator Accountability Network here: https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/ --- Guest Links: To check out The Cycle: Confronting the Pain of Periods and PMDD (mentioned in the Farnsworth Quote), click here: https://www.amazon.com/Cycle-Confronting-Pain-Periods-PMDD/dp/1250882893 --- Headlines: All the weird shit they did at the pope’s funeral: https://religionnews.com/2025/04/26/at-pope-francis-funeral-a-call-to-heed-his-appeals-for-peace-and-mercy-for-the-vulnerable/ 84-year-old man injured after falling from cross during crucifixion reenactment: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/west-virginia-crucifixion-fall-easter-b2737017.html https://www.wsaz.com/2025/04/21/man-84-critically-injured-after-falling-cross-during-crucifixion-reenactment/#:~:text=WESTON%2C%20W.Va https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/vandalia-community-christian-church-marks-20-years-of-good-friday-outdoor-drama-in-horner-w/article_30d6cd8d-9ef0-46fb-8f04-b3d34ea19248.html York Minster hosts controversial metal concert as threatened protests fail to materialise: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/25/york-minster-hosts-controversial-metal-concert-as-threatened-protests-fail-to-materialise COVID dot gov is batshit on stilts: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-replaces-covid-websites/ One Million Moms is mad that an ad says "daaaaaamp": ​​https://onemillionmoms.com/current-campaigns/urge-damprid-to-cancel-its-inappropriate-ad/ t sold LSD on dark web and claims a religious exemption based on RFRA: https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/04/24/army-pilot-lsd-religion-kyle-riester/ --- This Week in Misogyny: Judge blocks worker protections for Catholic employers: https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/judge-blocks-worker-protections-abortion-fertility-care-catholic-120884316 Paula White-Cain reminds Christian women to submit to their husbands: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/paula-white-cain-wives-submit-husbands_n_680a6681e4b0d1cc4a5a80d8 Republican gubernatorial candidate proposes letting female immigrants stay if they marry incels: https://2paragraphs.com/2025/04/republican-governor-candidate-proposes-female-undocumented-immigrants-can-stay-if-they-marry-incels/
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  • 634: De-Pope-ulated Edition

    634: De-Pope-ulated Edition
    Apr 24 2025
    In this week’s episode, The pope was dying to meet JD Vance, Donald Trump celebrates the resurrection of the messiah with a "grind my gears" segment, and Noah tries to make Heath, Eli, and the listeners jealous for not going to AACon.
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    Headlines:
    Pope RELUCTANTLY meets with JD Vance on Easter even though the Pope HATES him: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/us/politics/pope-francis-meets-with-jd-vance.html
    AND IT FUCKING KILLED HIM TO DEATH: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/world/europe/pope-francis-dead.html
    https://www.nytimes.com/article/pope-francis-death-health-problems.html
    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/world/europe/next-pope-francis-candidates.html
    Oklahoma and Indiana hope to declare official statewide Christianity: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/oklahoma-republicans-pass-controversial and https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/indiana-resolution-declares-unified
    Hate pastor campaigned to stop lesbian from becoming school superintendent; he lost:
    https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/04/hate-pastor-campaigned-to-stop-lesbian-from-becoming-school-superintendent-he-lost/
    Trump uses Easter message to disparage enemies, declare he will make America more religious than ever before: https://religionnews.com/2025/04/21/we-should-be-shocked-by-trumps-easter-message/ and https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-vows-make-america-more-religious-ever-before-2061904
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  • 633: Narco Rubio Edition

    633: Narco Rubio Edition
    Apr 17 2025
    On this week's episode: The Trump administration starts their hunt for anti-Christian heffalumps ... A Christian pastor avoids the TSA sexuality trap by demanding a cavity search ... And Don Ford will be here to dig into the post-sassy-gay-Jesus portion of the Bible.
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    Headlines:
    See something, snitch something - State Department’s "anti-Christian bias" witch hunt begins:
    https://apnews.com/article/state-department-religion-doge-rubio-trump-christian-biden-4fdb73a0cbf5651789b1aced667c2aba
    ‘Thousands like us’ - couples to take UK government to court over humanist marriages: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/apr/11/thousands-like-us-couples-take-uk-government-to-court-over-humanist-marriages
    American Atheists file briefs in two SCOTUS cases about American education: https://www.atheists.org/2025/04/american-atheists-files-briefs-in-two-supreme-court-cases-to-defend-secular-public-education/
    Aiming to limit damages, Catholic hospital argues a fetus isn't the same as a person: https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/04/09/aiming-to-limit-damages-catholic-hospital-argues-a-fetus-isnt-the-same-as-a-person/
    James Lankford introduces a bill to gut the Johnson Amendment: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/sen-james-lankford-knows-the-irs
    Christian pastor prefers frisks from male airport security agents because scanners ‘turn you gay’:
    https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/04/11/andrew-isker-tsa-full-body-scanners/
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  • 632: Mere Cleared Edition

    632: Mere Cleared Edition
    Apr 10 2025
    In this week’s episode, Christians find the only thing harder to apologize for than God, a church in England fires up Sunday Morning Raw, and we’ll finally close the book on CS Lewis.
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    Headlines:
    Christian nationalists going crazy trying to justify Trump’s tariffs: https://www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch/tim-barton-attempts-make-biblical-case-trumps-tariffs and https://www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch/let-him-cook-glenn-beck-and-kevin-roberts-flack-trumps-tariff-policy and https://www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch/tony-perkins-suggests-wall-street-intentionally-tanking-stock-market-spite-trump
    Minnesota lawmaker's bill to "advance critical thinking" actually pushes Christian mythology: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/minnesota-lawmakers-bill-to-advance
    Catholic Church denounces online sale of Carlo Acutis relics: https://apnews.com/article/carlo-acutis-millennial-saint-relics-sale-italy-catholic-f5a65136f90673ed038cc2e61dd76368
    British tax loophole encourages pubs to be churches: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/23/ye-of-little-faith-the-tax-loophole-that-turns-old-pubs-into-places-of-worship
    A historic Black church took the Proud Boys to court and now it controls their trademark:
    https://apnews.com/article/black-church-lawsuit-proud-boys-trademark-75da1ea60ab17a324e0dedf7fe2b06c4
    England’s Wrestling Church seeks converts with baptisms and body slams: https://apnews.com/article/wrestling-church-shipley-england-gareth-thompson-987bdb744b34aab059349a97fa783184
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  • 631: Chasten the Dragon Edition

    631: Chasten the Dragon Edition
    Apr 3 2025
    In this week’s episode, Satan comes to Kansas, George Pell will get uncomfortably close to a child, one last time, and Marsh will tickle the dragon’s tale.
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    Headlines:
    OK superintendent sues FFRF for pointing out he’s breaking the law: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/oklahomas-ryan-walters-sues-atheists
    Black Mass at Kansas state capitol goes how you expected: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/chaos-at-the-kansas-capitol-satanists
    It's mold, not a miracle: The Catholic Church’s latest eucharistic blunder
    https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/its-mold-not-a-miracle-the-catholic
    Labour council tries to ban Christian street preachers
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/29/rushmoor-council-injunction-christian-street-preachers-ban/
    CIA found the Ark of the Covenant by using psychics, declassified files claim
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ark-covenant-located-cia-documents-psychic-b2723264.html
    Paula White using position in White House Faith Office to promote grift… other than just Christianity, I mean: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/paula-whites-pay-to-pray-scam-trumps
    Family attributes toddler’s recovery after near-drowning to Cardinal Pell’s intercession
    https://thecatholicherald.com/family-attributes-toddlers-survival-after-near-drowning-to-cardinal-pell/
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  • 630: Mercola Tapes Edition

    630: Mercola Tapes Edition
    Mar 27 2025
    In this week’s episode, Republicans solidify their position on HARM, Pete Hegseth teaches us about the butt dialing group chat section from The Art of War, and Jonathan Jarry will be here to convince you that Joseph Mercola actually is nuttier than you thought.
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    Learn more about the Mercola Tapes here: https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking-health-and-nutrition-pseudoscience/exclusive-videos-show-dr-joe-mercolas-dangerous-ideas-whipped-alleged-medium
    Find more of Jonathan Jarry’s work here: https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/articles-by-author/Jonathan%20Jarry%20M.Sc.
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    Headlines:
    Dems reintroduce “Do No Harm” Bill to remind us that Republicans insist on doing harm: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/democrats-re-introduce-the-do-no
    BC Court of Appeal says privacy law does not infringe religious freedom: https://www.bchumanist.ca/bcca_privacy_release
    White House is selling corporate sponsorships for the Easter Egg Roll: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/us/politics/trump-easter-egg-roll-sponsors.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
    Religious leaders lose shit over Satanic Black Mass: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/lawmakers-and-catholic-leaders-flip
    Columbus school district bans candy bribes used to lure kids to Bible classes: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/columbus-school-district-bans-candy
    Pete Hegseth sent secret war plans for attacking Houthis to journalist by accident:
    https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/
    https://www.newsweek.com/trump-secret-houthi-war-plans-goldberg-hegseth-2049762
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  • 629: John Musings Edition

    629: John Musings Edition
    Mar 20 2025
    In this week’s episode, Robert Morris LEAPS ahead of Philip in last name assholery, we learn from a SECRET Vatican document that the future is actually now, and we’ll finally get to the first book of the Bible named after a toilet.
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    Headlines:
    RFK Jr’s plan for bird flu (from the Diatribe): https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/health/kennedy-bird-flu.html
    Megachurch founder and Trump “spiritual advisor” Robert Morris indicted for child sex abuse: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/megachurch-founder-robert-morris
    Peter Popoff’s "Miracle Spring Water" scam costs religious TV network £150,000: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/peter-popoffs-miracle-spring-water
    Crazy Christian Post article about the conclusion of the DOJ investigation of the SBC: https://www.christianpost.com/news/doj-ends-investigation-of-sbc.html
    900-year-old Vatican doomsday prophecy resurfaces amid Pope Francis’ illness: https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/03/14/900-year-old-vatican-doomsday-prophecy-resurfaces-amid-pope-francis-illness
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophecy_of_the_Popes
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    This Week in Misogyny:
    Texas arrests midwife for providing abortions: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c74kr8vp4w0o
    Christian misogynists can’t get women to show up at their singles events: https://www.wonkette.com/p/ladies-now-is-your-chance-to-meet
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