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Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.
— Come to our in-person meetup) in Chicago on August 28!
— The new president of the chaplains) at Harvard is an atheist. (4:07)
— A Mormon apostle chastised Brigham Young University) for not being sufficiently anti-gay. (10:49)
— A “Catholic” anti-vaxxer said he didn’t care) what Pope Francis said about the shots because “You have to be Catholic to be pope.” (20:42)
— When it comes to morality you can measure, atheists do better) on just about every mark. (28:00)
— There’s been a rise in the acceptance of evolution) in America. It’s still very low, though. (33:57)
— Christian mommy-shamer Lori Alexander says mothers should work from home or else their kids will have sex). Who wants to tell her…? (42:53)
— In Sydney, police fined churchgoers) and their church for violating COVID lockdown orders. (47:10)
— Most atheists believe in intelligent life) on other planets. (51:24)
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