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Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Be sure to check out the Being Reasonable podcast if you enjoy street epistemology! — Should pastors be blamed if their congregations are skeptical of the vaccine? (0:40) — A Christian hate-preacher doesn’t know what a pandemic is, but he insists there isn’t one right now. (12:35) — A Christian writer is furious that Hollywood embraces Elliot Page and not him. (17:45) — Conservative radio host Jesse Lee Peterson is angry that a lot of Republican women were elected to the House. (24:15) — Jerry Falwell, Jr. dropped his defamation lawsuit against Liberty University. (27:05) — Don’t send Bible balloons to North Korea. (30:35) — Michele Bachmann says her vote was stolen by Satan. (36:05) — The Falkirk Center says the existence of successful Black people means systemic racism is a hoax. (40:02) — Sen. Kelly Loeffler gave her salary to organizations that hurt Americans. (45:10) — A West Virginia teacher hosted a Homecoming dance by calling it a religious “vow renewal.” (53:50) — Ben Shapiro can’t handle Kristen Stewart‘s holiday rom-com movie Happiest Season. (57:50)
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