In this week’s episode, you’ll get the chance to buy that roasting you’ve been jonesing for, we'll give you some highlights from the best skeptical conference in the business, and we’ll learn that Jesus could’ve bought Twitter, too, if he’d wanted to.

507: QED-Brief Edition

A weekly look at religion and the stupidity that breeds it. Hosts Noah Lugeons, Heath Enwright, and Eli Bosnick delve into theistic attempts to intrude on the secular world in an unflinching expose on just how juvenile the whole god thing is.

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In this week’s episode, God forgot to tell the pope we don’t use THAT word any more, a Florida priest takes a crime out of bite, and Anna will be here to get stuck in your head all day again.

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Headlines:

Pope repeatedly used a slur while referring to gay men: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/pope-used-vulgar-italian-word-refer-lgbt-people-italian-newspapers-report-2024-05-27/

Ted Cruz sponsors pro-IVF bill (for bad reason) but Family Research Council says porn is evil:

https://www.joemygod.com/2024/05/hate-group-ivf-should-be-banned-because-using-porn-to-jerk-off-to-obtain-sperm-is-bad-for-your-marriage/

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/20/ted-cruz-texas-ivf/

Italian teenage computer wizard set to become the first saint of the Millennial generation: https://apnews.com/article/pope-vatican-saint-millennial-acutis-tech-whiz-66b1f9e6ad80626377ef43dd1b51622b

Carbon dating shows that supposed tunics of St. Peter and St. John are just old laundry: https://religionnews.com/2024/05/24/new-study-of-the-tunics-of-saints-peter-and-john-distinguish-legend-from-reality/

Catholic group sues Biden administration for denying permit for Memorial Day mass: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/catholic-group-sues-biden-administration-for-denying-permit-for-memorial-day-mass-way-out-of-line/ar-BB1mSbbt

Central Florida priest bites woman after denying her communion: https://www.wftv.com/news/local/central-florida-priest-bites-woman-after-denying-her-communion-police-say/SIVFXFMRBZBBDAEYC4DIZUS4AE/

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This Week in Misogyny:

Harrison Butker is an asshole: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/harrison-butker-commencement-speech-abortion-pride-month-biden-diabolic-lies-told-women/


589: Behind Closed Doors Edition

In this week’s episode, science discovers a commencement speech can be WORSE than boring, Donald Trump finds a way to sell bibles to Christian people badly, and we’ll thaw out Don Ford once again.

588: Kicker Vicar Edition

In this week’s episode, Father McHale commits a real boner, a German church tries to party like it's 1989 (Taylor's version), and we’ll marvel once more at how bad the world’s most popular apologetics book is.

587: Graham Cracker Edition

In this week’s episode, we’ll dust off the headlines too HOT for cable tv, Jesus Christ the son of god continues a very long refractory period, and Tom and Cecil will be here because more than three hosts worth of people need to be insulted.

586: SBC Ya Later Edition

In this week’s episode, English Sikhs establish a court without all those pesky laws to get in the way, GOP lawmakers in Oklahoma wanna punch disabled kids to save capitalism, and Eli will tell you what to buy your mom for Mother’s Day if she sucks.

507: QED-Brief Edition

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