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Friend of the show Tylean Polley returns with her husband Justin Tuijl to once again talk about her Atheist Christmas album and their new project of restoring an old church in the Scottish Highlands that was built in the 1840s. Please go donate a little to their Go Fund Me campaign to help them get a jump start on the repairs.


https://www.atheistchristmas.com/

https://www.gofundme.com/lochcarron-east-church-new-roof

https://www.lochcarronchurch.com/


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Category:Religion -- posted at: 10:00am EDT

We discuss the chaos at the US Mexico border this past weekend when teargas was shot across the border from the US side. Then we dig into the missionary who was killed when he purposefully traveled to a forbidden island

https://www.theroot.com/christian-colonizers-demand-justice-for-christian-who-a-1830641749

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/nosacredcows/2018/11/christian-group-backtracks-says-it-doesnt-want-native-tribe-brought-to-justice

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/11/25/children-screaming-and-coughing-mayhem-trump-border-patrol-fires-tear-gas-mexico

https://abc13.com/firefighters-uncover-game-room-inside-n-harris-co-church/4750246

 

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Category:Religion -- posted at: 10:00am EDT

This week we discuss CRISPR and some of the problems it is discovered to have. Two married women both carried the same baby in a new technique. Indonesia is on the verge of a measles epidemic if the Muslims there do not start getting vaccines. Finally, there is a new app for Hindu’s to purchase prayers through an app and we totally bastardize the concept.

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/a3qv7a/dna-damage-from-crispr-has-been-seriously-underestimated

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/indonesian-vaccine-fatwa-sends-measles-immunization-rates-plummeting

https://www.researchgate.net/blog/post/new-same-sex-reproduction-technique-successful-in-mice

https://jezebel.com/married-couple-carries-same-baby-in-landmark-fertility-1830070574

https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-peace-cross-supreme-court-20181103-story.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/11/apps-that-answer-your-prayers/570805

 

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Category:Religion -- posted at: 10:00am EDT

Jeff Sessions has finally been fired/asked to resign which will probably get the ball rolling on some more craziness. In the midst of that, we are dealing with wrapping up the midterm elections, and a deadly wildfire and another shooting in California.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/11/politics/california-wildfires-trump-tweets/index.html

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/07/jeff-sessions-fired-donald-trump-heres-what-we-know-now/1922566002/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna925981

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ny-metro-california-shootings-instagram-20181110-story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/religious-freedom-for-me-but-not-for-thee/2018/09/28/297fffb4-c340-11e8-8f06-009b39c3f6dd_story.html

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/11/666762890/after-nra-mocks-doctors-physicians-reply-this-is-our-lane

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/skbaer/mother-thousand-oaks-shooting-gun-control


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Category:Religion -- posted at: 10:00am EDT

It’s been a month since we have recorded and Amanda wants to explain what has been going on while we were gone. This is a much more personal episode for both of us in which we talk about our families and mental health. I know it’s not our usual show but it’s something we felt we needed to do.

I do make mention of some videos I edited for a listener dealing with voting that I am linking below as well in case people would like to listen.

PA Voter Complaint Line: https://youtu.be/fjH7Wb__n5o

Phila. District Attorney's Office: https://youtu.be/fSxClZ4c8Us

 

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Category:Religion -- posted at: 9:00am EDT

After a month long hiatus, we are back to have a quick discussion of the week that included the multiple pipe bombs sent in the mail, and the shootings that happened in Pittsburgh and Kentucky. We also give a shout out to our newest Patreon subscriber, Raj. Finally we have an in studio guest, Audrey the Dog. She was a good girl but got a little excited at times.

I do make mention of some videos I edited for a listener dealing with voting that I am linking below as well in case people would like to listen.

PA Voter Complaint Line: https://youtu.be/fjH7Wb__n5o

Phila. District Attorney's Office: https://youtu.be/fSxClZ4c8Us


https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/29/politics/pipe-bomb-suspect-cesar-sayoc-court/index.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/us/pittsburgh-shooting-not-guilty-plea.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/10/30/honoring-pittsburgh-synagogue-victims-mike-pence-appears-with-rabbi-who-preaches-jesus-is-messiah/?utm_term=.d89b1e8c31f4

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/29/us/kroger-shooting-hate-crime/index.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews_for_Jesus?fbclid=IwAR3lhBMxqHVdB_DjF2PGZgHD7UBUC-18FmN17OHQr_hkz9G7OLZLanEMWaA



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Category:Religion -- posted at: 10:00am EDT

Chad breaks down the day of the testimony of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Then we shift gears and talk about sexy Halloween costumes and then wrap up with a few women that have been killed in Iraq under some strange circumstances.

https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/3kek75/another-kavanaugh-accuser-is-taking-to-maryland-authorities

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/26/michael-avenatti-identifies-kavanaugh-accuser-as-julie-swetnick.html

http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/c1ddd610-007f-4716-a1db-b42b936307ad

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/campaign-groups-condemn-murder-basra-womens-rights-activist-1322723401

https://www.abc12.com/content/news/Westboro-Baptist-Church-protest-could-disrupt-Grand-Blanc-High-School-homecoming-494412241.html

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/yes-yandy-really-made-a-sexy-handmaids-tale-halloween-costume_us_5ba4f1afe4b0181540dc4c08?


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Category:Religion -- posted at: 10:00am EDT

The Catholic sexual scandals have made their way to Indianapolis. We also talk about how the Satanic Temple is cleaning up our local roads and the locals hate it. Finally, Amanda has more to add to past Catholic abuses.


http://deadstate.org/indiana-residents-panic-as-the-satanic-temple-cleans-up-trash-from-a-local-highway/

https://fox59.com/2018/08/29/priest-suspended-by-indianapolis-archdiocese-following-report-of-child-sex-abuse/

https://fox59.com/2018/09/05/second-archdiocese-of-indianapolis-priest-suspended-within-week-after-another-report-of-sexual-misconduct/

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/06/nyregion/catholic-sex-abuse.html

https://www.dw.com/en/german-catholic-priests-abused-thousands-of-children/a-45459734

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/christinekenneally/orphanage-death-catholic-abuse-nuns-st-josephs

http://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2018/09/12/catholic-league-asks-states-to-investigate-all-other-religions-in-priest-probe/


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Category:Religion -- posted at: 10:00am EDT

Pat Robertson prays away a hurricane (or so he thinks). A Mormon woman calls out her rapist in church. A Christian school bans Nike attire because if the new Kapernick ad. A Judge ruled against a Christian group that wanted their flag flown at City Hall. A construction worker fired for not going to a Bible Study Group. And it is finally no longer illegal to be gay in India.

 

http://deadstate.org/pat-robertson-thanks-god-for-protecting-his-tv-station-from-hurricane-florence/

http://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2018/09/06/after-colin-kaepernick-ad-christian-school-bans-nike-apparel-for-athletes/

https://www.facebook.com/TruthShines/videos/1957891257607324/

https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2018/09/10/after-minute-hearing-2/

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/08/judge-shut-frivolous-christian-flag-lawsuit-gave-plaintiffs-hell/

https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/28/politics/trump-evangelicals-midterms/index.html?

https://www.npr.org/2018/08/30/643341736/construction-worker-sues-company-says-he-was-fired-for-not-attending-bible-study?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/06/world/asia/india-gay-sex-377.html

 

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Category:Religion -- posted at: 10:00am EDT

Trumps Parade got canceled. The Anti LGBT Baker from Colorado is back in the news for a Transgender cake this time. Planet Fitness was sued over a trans-gendered person in a locker room. Voting about medicinal marijuana is apparently a religious freedom issue now? Finally, the LDS church/the Mormons don’t want to be called either of those terms anymore.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/17/us/politics/trump-military-parade.html

https://nypost.com/2018/08/15/baker-who-refused-gay-wedding-cake-sues-after-saying-no-to-transgender-order/

https://thinkprogress.org/michigan-court-anti-transgender-planet-fitness-ruling-11d48ac24db8/

https://thinkprogress.org/mormon-group-claims-medical-marijuana-ballot-violates-religious-freedom-masterpiece-cakeshop-1b5c5d5b675c/

https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/misogynistic-quote-above-hisd-middle-school-lockers-goes-viral/285-585244043

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-religion-mormon/do-not-call-us-mormons-or-lds-church-leaders-of-faith-ask-idUSKBN1L207C

 

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