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Rapture on September 23?
 http://www.disclose.tv/news/bible_prophecy_predicts_the_rapture_on_september_23_2017/140276

Jewish lesbian dismissed from volunteering at Texas church
 http://www.newsweek.com/hate-crime-lgbt-community-texas-666451

Pope admits Vatican has a 2000 case sex abuse backlog
 http://globalnews.ca/news/3449723/vatican-sex-abuse-case-backlog-pope-francis/

Bipartisan Senate bill to block trans service member ban
 http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/350919-mccain-backs-bill-to-block-transgender-troops-ban

Israeli High Court has thrown out ultra-Orthodox service exemption
 http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.811973

Possible ethnic cleansing in Myanmar
 http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/11/550114414/ethnic-cleansing-now-unfolding-under-a-nobel-peace-prize-winner-u-n-says

NASA killed Cassini to protect Saturn’s moons
 http://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4287818

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Ken Ham blames human sin for hurricanes. Maybe he should read the insurance policies since they’re considered “Acts of God”.
 http://www.joemygod.com/2017/09/06/creationist-ken-ham-not-gods-fault-hes-forced-murder-people-hurricanes-fault/

Trump thinks churches should be able to get FEMA finds.
 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-storm-harvey-churches-trump/trump-says-churches-should-get-fema-funds-for-hurricane-relief-idUSKCN1BK01A

Rush Limbaugh was still claiming that Irma is a liberal hoax while preparing to evacuate.
 https://thinkprogress.org/limbaugh-to-evacuate-south-florida-after-claiming-irma-was-a-hoax-cb3fb5fb35b8/

Medical vaccine exemptions in California have gone up so vaccination rates haven’t risen as much as expected.
 https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/5/16252306/california-sb277-public-belief-exemptions-medical-exemptions-vaccination

DOJ has sided with baker in discrimination case headed to SCOTUS.
 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/in-major-supreme-court-case-justice-dept-sides-with-baker-who-refused-to-make-wedding-cake-for-gay-couple/2017/09/07/fb84f116-93f0-11e7-89fa-bb822a46da5b_story.html

An Evangelical pastor in Mexico has married a 12 year old girl because God ordered him to.
 http://www.latintimes.com/evangelical-pastor-marries-12-year-old-gods-orders-423382

Turkish man sentenced to almost 4 years after kicking a woman in the face for wearing shorts.
 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/man-jailed-kick-woman-bus-wearing-shorts-attack-istanbul-turkey-abdullah-cakiroglu-a7936016.html

A Chinese autonomous county has removed hundreds of loudspeakers from mosques, meaning no more middle of the night calls to prayer.
 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4820322/China-removes-loudspeakers-hundreds-mosques.html

The largest survey in religious identity has been released and the unaffiliated are still on the rise.
 https://www.prri.org/research/american-religious-landscape-christian-religiously-unaffiliated/

Boise has been working with the Interfaith Sanctuary to put homeless people to work in the city’s parks.
 http://www.ktvb.com/mobile/article/news/local/boise-parks

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Osteen now thinks the hurricane was part of God’s plan to show that people can handle stuff and then asks for collection plate donations from evacuees https://www.mediaite.com/online/joel-osteen-says-hurricanes-are-gods-way-of-showing-you-can-handle-it-take-it-as-a-compliment/

Texas has now accepted help from Quebec, claims it was a misunderstanding and they still want prayers
 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/texas-welcomes-prayers-and-hurricane-relief-from-quebecers-1.4273452

Trump responded to Abbot’s request and declared a day of prayer for victims of Hurricane Harvey
 https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/09/01/president-donald-j-trump-proclaims-september-3-2017-national-day-prayer

Trump has announced the end of DACA
 http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-expected-announce-daca-decision-today/story?id=49611829

Jim Bakker threatens that Christians will rise and start another Civil War if Trump is impeached
 http://www.nova-magazine.net/jim-bakker-if-president-trump-is-impeached-christians-will-rise-from-the-shadows-to-start-another-civil-war-video/

Jewish prisoners can now have truly kosher meals in Idaho prisons
 https://m.boiseweekly.com/boise/jewish-prisoners-win-truly-kosher-meal-plan-at-idaho-prison/Content?oid=6413254

The new Lord Mayor of Belfast skipped having someone pray at her inaugural dinner and now people are pissed
 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/row-after-belfasts-atheist-mayor-skips-prayers-before-dinner-at-installation-36096373.html

53% of Britons now report having no religion
 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/british-people-atheist-no-religion-uk-christianity-islam-sikism-judaism-jewish-muslims-a7928896.html

A new study suggests that low fat diets decreases life expectancy
 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/body/people-who-follow-low-fat-diets-have-higher-mortality-rates-study-says/

Britain’s non-religious at historical numbers
 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/04/britain-has-non-believers-ever-church-england-christians-make/

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State Department Science Envoy resigned
 http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/23/politics/science-envoy-impeach-resignation-letter/index.html

Joe Kennedy lost his appeal
 http://komonews.com/news/local/appeals-court-turns-down-praying-bremerton-coach

Clark County passes inclusive invocation guidelines
 http://www.columbian.com/news/2017/aug/22/clark-county-council-oks-new-invocation-guidelines/

Rabbis refuse to take part in Trump conference call
 http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/347687-rabbis-refuse-to-hold-annual-call-with-trump-over-charlottesville

NASA predicts 15 days of darkness in November
 http://reflectionofmind.org/nasa-confirms-earth-will-experience-15-days-darkness-november-2017/

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In this week’s episode we are joined by Mikey Pullman and talk about the news and the Chick Tract he got from a US Army Lt Col. Check out his blog post about it.

NEWS

Trump doubles down on both sides, blames the “alt-left”
 http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pol-alt-left-20170816-story.html

Jeffress: “Not a racist bone in his body”
 http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/robert-jeffress-defends-trump-there-is-not-a-racist-bone-in-his-body/

Fischer: “Between the left and the left”
 http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/bryan-fischer-violence-in-charlottesville-was-a-clash-between-the-left-and-the-left/

Yiannopoulos: “It’s a product of the left”
 http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/milo-responds-to-charlottesville-violence-by-blaming-left-for-growth-of-kkk/

Graham: “Satan is behind it all”
 http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/08/14/evangelist-franklin-graham-what-happened-in-charlottesville-is-satans-fault/

D’Souza: Removing Confederate statues is acting like ISIS
 http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/dinesh-dsouza-removing-confederate-monuments-shows-a-despotic-mindset-like-isis-fascists/

Trump’s business counsels have quit on him
 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/16/business/trumps-council-ceos.html

Idaho Politicians respond to Charlottesville
 https://www.boiseweekly.com/boise/boise-responds-to-violence-in-charlottesville-va/Content?oid=6228839

Baltimore has removed Confederate statues
 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/16/us/baltimore-confederate-statues.html

A neo-Nazi music festival is being planned for Boise. The venue has not been announced, I’m hoping it’s because they can’t find one.
 http://www.soundrenaissance.net/news/neo-nazi-music-festival-happening-boise-id/

White Supremacists are often not happy with genetic ancestry tests
 https://www.statnews.com/2017/08/16/white-nationalists-genetic-ancestry-test/

Bachman is headed to the UN
 http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/michele-bachmann-is-heading-a-right-wing-mission-to-the-un-in-preparation-for-the-end-times/

Four Thousand faith leaders have asked congress to protect the Johnson Amendment
 http://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/more-than-4000-faith-leaders-send-a-message-to-congress

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NEWS

Charlottesville
 http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/346353-biden-criticizes-trumps-many-sides-remarks-there-is-only-one
http://abcnews.go.com/US/violent-clashes-car-ramming-charlottesville/story?id=49187074

Texas megachurch pastor Robert Jeffress, one of Trump’s advisors said, “In the case of North Korea, God has given Trump authority to take out Kim Jong Un.”
 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/08/08/god-has-given-trump-authority-to-take-out-kim-jong-un-evangelical-adviser-says/?utm_term=.05d304c7e795

Trump has threatened “fire and fury”, but that might not be strong enough
 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2017/aug/08/trump-threatens-north-korea-with-fire-and-fury-video
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-escalates-rhetoric-on-threat-from-north-korea/2017/08/10/ff49e018-7ded-11e7-83c7-5bd5460f0d7e_story.html

North Korea plans to launch for intermediate range ballistic missiles to the waters around Guam
 http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/13/asia/north-korea-guam-trump/index.html

Eclipse is a sign of the apocalypse
 http://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/article166475397.html

Robertson thinks Fox host couldn’t have sent dick pics
 http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/pat-robertson-foxs-eric-bolling-cant-be-guilty-of-sexual-harassment-because-hes-a-dedicated-catholic/

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Senior EPA career official resigned in protest
 https://thinkprogress.org/epa-southerland-resignation-letter-ca62895b0c47/

The new USDA chief scientist is not a scientist
 http://gizmodo.com/trumps-pick-for-usda-chief-scientist-isnt-a-scientist-1797485411

Coast Guard Commandant will not break faith with transgender service members
 http://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/08/01/commandant-i-will-not-break-faith-transgender-coast-guardsmen.html

Senate committee passed bill to cut off aid to Palestinians
 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-palestinians-idUSKBN1AJ34R

Democrats have joined in on a bill to prohibit boycotting Israel
 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/democrats-join-republicans-in-bill-criminalizing-speech_us_5978bc17e4b0c6616f7ce6d9?section=us_religion

American Muslims are now more accepting of the LGBT community than Evangelical Christians.
 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/american-muslims-are-now-more-accepting-of-homosexuality-than-white-evangelicals_us_597f3d8de4b02a4ebb76ea3d

Malaysian authorities investigating atheist group looking for Muslim apostates
 http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/deputy-minister-probe-underway-on-muslims-joining-atheist-club

Top Mormon lobbyist picked to run legislative office
 http://www.cachevalleydaily.com/news/article_b6586370-77f3-11e7-b8b9-939a7281a475.html

Ken Ham want’s to reclaim the rainbow
 http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/ken-ham-calls-on-christians-to-reclaim-rainbow-from-anti-god-lgbtq-movement/

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In this week’s episode of the Atheist Nomads we have an interview of Lauren Ell of the Republican Atheist in the second half where she tells us about her organization and we discuss whether conservative politics are compatible with humanism. In the first half we are joined by Gary Mitchel and talk about the latest news, including some of Trump’s BS.

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Trump’s transgender service member ban
 http://thehill.com/policy/defense/344290-mattis-appalled-by-trump-tweets-announcing-transgender-military-ban-report

Police Chiefs come out against Texas bathroom bill
 https://www.texastribune.org/2017/07/25/law-enforcement-comes-out-against-texas-bathroom-bill/

Trump’s new judicial appointee believes that the Bible comes first
 http://deadstate.org/trumps-federal-judge-nominee-thinks-the-bible-takes-precedence-over-the-constitution/

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On this week’s episode of the Atheist Nomads we are joined by University of Idaho senior education major Alicia Williams, Dustin’s niece. We talk about the God of the Gaps and all the latest news.

DUSTIN’ OFF THE DEGREE – The God of the Gaps

NEWS

Ark Encounter sold for $10 and lost the $18 million tax rebate
 http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/07/17/creationists-have-sold-ark-encounter-to-themselves-for-10-to-avoid-taxes/
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/07/21/kentucky-officials-have-ended-the-18-million-tax-rebate-deal-with-ark-encounter/

King County to require warning signs in religious pregnancy centers
 http://www.kiro7.com/news/local/king-county-could-require-warning-signs-outside-faith-based-pregnancy-centers/566383096

Alabama conservatives call 12 year old rape victim a murderer
 http://www.mediaite.com/online/alabama-conservatives-bully-12-year-old-rape-victim-to-not-have-abortion/

Idaho Congressional Candidate is anti-abortion, anti-vax, and anti-fluoride
 http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/idaho-gop-congressional-candidate-michael-snyder-is-an-anti-vaccination-anti-fluoride-true-believer/

Chinese Communist Party has banned religion for members
 http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/07/19/chinas-government-bans-religion-says-members-must-be-firm-marxist-atheists/

Turkey’s new school curriculum replaces evolution with jihad
 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/turkey-school-curriculum-teach-jihad-concept-drop-evolution-science-muslim-islam-a7848176.html

Minnesota town drops free speech zone to keep Satanist monument out
 http://www.swnewsmedia.com/shakopee_valley_news/news/belle-plaine-eliminates-free-speech-zone/article_683eda20-babf-5b14-8b36-87bab1f25e56.html

Israeli Christian stabs daughter for dating a Muslim
 http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/18/middleeast/christian-girl-relationship-death-trnd/index.html

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DUSTIN’ OFF THE DEGREE – 10 Years Religion Free

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Malta has approved same sex marriage! The one no vote was because of religion.
 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/malta-gay-marriage-same-sex-vote-passes-approval-a7838121.html

Pastors laid their hands on Trump and prayed for him in the Oval Office this week.
 http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/07/12/trumps-oval-office-prayer-points-to-more-power-for-preachers/

Amendment to protect the Johnson amendment failed in committee
 https://www.atheists.org/2017/07/statement-wasserman-schultz-johnson-amendment/

Nazi symbols we’re drawn in front of a Middle Eastern restaurant in Boise.
 http://www.ktvb.com/mb/news/crime/police-looking-for-man-who-drew-nazi-symbols-outside-boise-business/456537255

An 18 year old bride committed suicide because her 40 year old husband didn’t believe her virginity test results.
 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/teenage-bride-virginity-test-kill-herself-suicide-arranged-marriage-40-days-later-chorbogh-a7839601.html

A Cardinal blames pedophile priests on women and feminism.
 http://www.neonnettle.com/news/2359-catholic-church-women-are-to-blame-for-pedophile-priests?utm_content=buffer1f324

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