Cognitive Dissonance

Thank you to Dr. Abby Hafer and Karen Garst for joining us this week. Their links are below. Stories from the Week Priest Who Was Arrested Twice for Child Sex Crimes Says Teen Boy "Seduced" Him – Friendly Atheist Trouble for 'Oru Adaar Love': Two Hyderabad residents move SC, say winking is blasphemy in Islam | The Indian Express Christian Host: Evangelicals Back Trump Because His Oval Office is Scandal-Free – Friendly Atheist Biblical prophecy claims the Rapture is coming April 23, numerologist says | Fox News Harry Jackson Says Black Lives Matter Can Never Achieve True Justice Because There Are 'A Few Lesbians' In Leadership Positions | Right Wing Watch Arizona House Passes Bill Requiring Women Seeking Abortions To Say Why | HuffPost Karen Garst https://faithlessfeminist.com/ https://twitter.com/karen_garst Abby Hafer https://americanhumanist.org/what-we-do/speakers-bureau/abby-hafer/

Stories from the week After Getting Booted From YouTube, Rick Wiles Warns That Leftists Will Soon Start Executing Christians | Right Wing Watch https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/04/01/internet-pastor-dont-masturbate-because-its-gay-sex/ Right Wing Pastor: I Squished An Ant And Then I Raised It From The Dead And Then It Looked At Me [VIDEO] - Joe.My.God. Alex Jones: 'Globalists' Use Cell Phones To Commit 'Silent, Invisible Holocaust' | Right Wing Watch EPA's Pruitt Hears From Bible Study Leader That 'Radical Environmentalism' Is A 'False Religion' | Right Wing Watch Republican governors try to avoid holding special elections - Voting for state legislatures https://youtu.be/zkUqbkN8cPg

Thank you to Johann Hari for joining us this week. You can find out more about Johann's work at: https://thelostconnections.com/ Twitter: @johannhari101 Stories From The Week Fake photo of Parkland student ripping up Constitution goes viral | TheHill Republican governors try to avoid holding special elections - Voting for state legislatures At Long Last, Flat Earth Rocketeer Finally Manages to Blast Himself Into Sky at God Knows What Speed Wayne Allyn Root: Chicago & Baltimore Are 'Third-World Hellholes' Because 'They Don't Practice Capitalism' | Right Wing Watch Atlanta mom crashes car trying to prove to her kids that God is real PUB MERCURY MISTRESS http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x11ok

Check out Tiny Thinkers and MJ Mouton's books at http://tinythinkersbooks.com/ Stories from the week John Oliver's Gay-Bunny Book Is Outselling the Mike Pence Book It's Trolling | Vanity Fair Abortion rates go down when countries make it legal: report 2-year-old girl dies after parents treat her pneumonia with prayers and anointing oil instead of medicine Stephen Hawking: No, Pope Francis did not convert the atheist before his death - The Washington Post Televangelist Lance Wallnau Compares Students Protesting For Gun Control With 'The Brownshirt Hitler Youth' – Nova Magazine Head of Christian College: When You See LGBTQ, "Replace Those Letters With ISIS" – Friendly Atheist Chief rabbi calls black people 'monkeys' | The Times of Israel Jim Bakker: God-Haters Are Working To Remove All The Crosses From Arlington National Cemetery | Right Wing Watch Woman Dies Due to Gwyneth Paltrow-Endorsed Bee Sting Acupuncture Treatment – Friendly Atheist Nickelback Shreds - Photograph

Stories from the week Trump floats the idea of creating a 'Space Force' to fight wars in space Jesus Christianity jailed for Pride Cymru bomb threat - BBC News Catholic Church opposes Georgia law extending time for sex victims to sue | Boston 25 News Pat Holliday: Hillary Clinton 'Is The Head Of Witchcraft In The World' | Right Wing Watch Rick Wiles Suggests Hillary Clinton Was Behind Recent Poisoning Of Russian Spy | Right Wing Watch Right-Wing Pastor Says Removal Of Confederate Monuments Is 'Spiritual Preparation' For The Coming Of The Antichrist | Right Wing Watch Tomi Lahren: Liberals Want To Impeach Trump Because He's 'Too Good' At Being President | Right Wing Watch From Natalie From Aaron From Shane Dreams Dreamer @_enfantterrible: "i had a dream were I was being chased by some menace that I believe to be military police. at some point I they caught up to me and tackled me to the ground and held me down. one of them took out a knife and started carving a word on the back of my neck. it was the word happiness" Tom: This is an Alex Jones rape fantasy --- Dreamer @awesomecanada: "Alright, so I had a doozy of a dream last night. After scoring some weed at my old HS, that wasn't really my old HS, I was walking home in the snow when the night sky was filled with spinning UFOs, all alight and humming melodically. Some celestial beings transported down... And we went sledding down hill. One of the beings, in female human form, got badly injured from sliding into a tree. We took her to my old church basement, where a preteen dance party was underway, where she changed into her true form. A 2-headed octopus creature. Then I woke." Tom: This dream is about your mother. You want to fuck your mother. You need help. --- Dreamer David: I once dreamt about two bread sticks after eating bread sticks and two bread sticks is 11 so I pretty much predicted September 11....... sorry I would have warned you guys but it happened in 2010. Tom: This is also am Alex Jones rape fantasy Who Is Alex Jones? | Super Deluxe Super Cuts

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Stories from the week Alex Jones Accused of Sexual Harassment, Bullying at InfoWars - The Daily Beast Former Infowars employees claim Alex Jones harassed them | Daily Mail Online Prophets Gather At Trump's Washington Hotel To Unleash Angel Armies On His Deep State Enemies | Right Wing Watch Former Third-Level Illuminati Witch Predicts The End Times Will Begin In 2032, Once President Pence Leaves Office | Right Wing Watch Holocaust Denier Will Be GOP Nominee In Congress Race – The Forward Paul Begley: Obama Is Leading An Illuminati Plot To Assassinate Trump | Right Wing Watch It's not okay how clueless Donald Trump is about climate change | Dana Nuccitelli | Environment | The Guardian Far-Right Radio Host Claims Barack Obama Is Forming A Private Army To Assassinate Government Leaders | Right Wing Watch How God Intervened To Stop Hillary Clinton And Satan From Killing 90 Percent Of Humanity | Right Wing Watch Wall In a can - YouTube Which Mammals Don't Get Arthritis (and why) - YouTube TUNAK TUNAK TUN METAL | Bonde do Metaleiro & Bloodywood - YouTube Christian Blasphemy Suspect in Pakistan Jumps from Building 'Pro-lifers' who'd execute women & popes who hate 'fake news' Married Youth Pastor Sexually Abused 14-Year-Old Girl (and His Church Hid It) – Friendly Atheist

Stories from the week White christians are so mad that black christians don't vote for people that actively welcome white nationalists. I have no idea why ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Gloria Copeland: No Need For Flu Shots Because 'Jesus Himself Gave Us The Flu Shot' | Right Wing Watch Sessions Has Installed "Religious Freedom" Monitors at U.S. Attorneys' Offices – Friendly Atheist "Traditional marriage" lawmaker resigns after allegedly hiring prostitute Alex Jones: Transgender Rights Activism Is Really About Cyborgs | Right Wing Watch Pakistan court convicts 31 over campus lynching of student falsly accused of blasphemy 11 Hildale city employees resign, at least one because of religious beliefs | KSL.com Kevin Swanson Blames Larry Nassar Sexual Assault Scandal On The Fact That Gymnastics 'Involves A Fair Amount Of Immodesty' | Right Wing Watch

Seth Andrews joins Tom & Cecil to ruminate on the maniacal vocal stylings of the inimitable Alex Jones. If you haven't yet take a listen to Part 1 with Seth Andrews Thanks to all our Patrons for supporting us to 400 episodes. Cheers to 400 more! You f*cking rock. Stories from the Week Jerusalem expert slams Pence for treating his city like an 'end-of-days Biblical theme park' Mike Pence gas-lights gay people: I never supported conversion therapy Alex Jones: God Will Destroy 'Demon Spawn' CNN Reporter Brian Stelter | Right Wing Watch UK's First Guide Horse? Stoneman Douglas Victims' Fund Images from the Week Check out the images on dissonancepod.com Make sure you follow Seth Andrews • Seth Andrews TWITCH • The Thinking Atheist PODCAST • Seth Andrews PATREON • Seth Andrews TWITTER • The Thinking Atheist TWITTER • The Thinking Atheist FACEBOOK • Seth Andrews WESBITE • The Thinking Atheist YOUTUBE • Seth Andrews Wikipedia <- read it NOW!

In this episode Seth Andrews joins Tom & Cecil to discuss important ethical and sociopolitical stories that make the news... Ok fine they giggle about religious wackadoos that do stupid things and then they make dicks jokes. You know what you signed up for! Stories from the Week Televangelist thanks followers, Jesus for buying him private jet - NY Daily News Fake 'God Helmet' can elicit extraordinary experiences -- especially among 'spiritual' people Tony Perkins: Trump Gets 'a Mulligan' on Life, Stormy Daniels - POLITICO Magazine 'He's not President Perfect': Watch Evangelist Franklin Graham blow off Trump affair with adult star Stormy Daniels Former RNC Chair Michael Steele: Trump's Evangelical Backers Need To 'Shut The Hell Up' California pastor used church to 'satisfy his fetish' for explicit photos — and his wife helped: lawsuit Make sure you follow Seth Andrews • The Thinking Atheist PODCAST • Seth Andrews PATREON • Seth Andrews TWITTER • The Thinking Atheist TWITTER • The Thinking Atheist FACEBOOK • Seth Andrews WESBITE • The Thinking Atheist YOUTUBE • Seth Andrews Wikipedia <- read it NOW!