The Secular Perspective

We start with reviews of a couple of documentaries that we recommend. We then get into an increase in exocisms, Ark encounter ticket sales numbers and Mike Pences doctor resigns. My favorite headline ever is “Oklahoma Pastor Busted Running a White Supremacist Prostitution Ring”

https://www.ranker.com/list/joyce-mckinney-manacled-mormon/amandasedlakhevener

http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/state-issues/384124-appeals-court-indiana-abortion-law-signed-by-mike-pence

http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2018/04/20/exorcisms-demand-catholic-priest

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/12/oklahoma-pastor-busted-running-white-supremacist-prostitution-ring/

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2018/04/21/ark-encounters-latest-attendance-numbers-are-ken-hams-nightmare/

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/04/politics/jennifer-pena-doctor-resigns/index.html

https://theslot.jezebel.com/focus-on-the-family-steamrolled-the-irs-into-declaring-1825352946

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A Pastor has come out of the Atheist closet, Trumps signs junk on the National Day of Prayer, and David Silverman gets caught up in sexual assault and financial issues. We end on the Alfie Evans story as it has played out in the UK.

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2018/04/05/an-unnamed-pastor-who-told-cnn-he-was-secretly-atheist-has-now-come-out-publicly/

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2018/04/18/nj-supreme-court-says-taxpayer-money-cannot-be-used-to-fund-church-renovations/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/05/03/faith-based-initiatives-trump-signs-order-national-day-prayer/577171002/

https://www.southbendtribune.com/news/business/walkerton-pizzeria-once-at-center-of-national-controversy-has-now/article_83b23989-40ef-554f-b4ab-d4657cf0a150.html

https://www.buzzfeed.com/peteraldhous/david-silverman-atheist-fired-sexual-misconduct?utm_term=.dxx8MDO3z#.kejVv72pB

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/alfie-evans-doctor-intensive-care-life-support-parents-nhs-a8321226.html

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43893709

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Amanda has a book report to give that ties in to a previous story about Warren Jeffs. A new law has been put into place in Utah that creates harsher penalties for abuse if you are a polygamist. We also mention an ex-priest with a ton of child porn and torture pictures. And why weren't vaccines mentioned in the Bible?

http://criticschronicle.com/ex-priest-alleged-possessing-2000-child-rapetorture-images-videos-two-cases-child-abuse/

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2018/04/03/judge-atheists-lawsuit-to-keep-his-im-god-license-plate-in-ky-can-proceed/

http://deadstate.org/anti-vaxxer-warrior-mom-if-vaccines-are-so-great-why-arent-they-mentioned-in-the-bible/

https://www.themaven.net/beingliberal/room/utha-polygamists-at-legal-risk-under-new-law-signed-by-gov-gary-herbert-U78QqhdplkCex3bgbk2kxg/

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April 14, 2018 Columbus, Indiana holds it's first Pride festival and we were there. We also discuss Far Cry 5's doomsday cult and Ken Ham is having a hard time finding employees for the Ark Encounter.

https://www.indystar.com/story/entertainment/2018/04/12/reactions-mike-pences-hometown-preps-first-gay-pride-festival/486970002/

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2018/04/03/christian-woman-used-taser-to-wake-up-her-teen-son-for-church-on-easter/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_Cry_5

http://deadstate.org/christian-activist-god-will-curse-the-children-and-grandchildren-of-people-who-opposed-trump/

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2018/04/10/ken-ham-cant-find-enough-creationist-employees-so-hes-loosening-restrictions/

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/david-barton-wonders-why-church-goers-have-to-pay-taxes-if-there-is-a-separation-of-church-and-state/

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In this episode we discuss a study that finds that people that fake being religious tend to be more depressed. There is also a man in Ohio that decided to just avoid all news once he found out Trump was elected as president. Finally we talk about Mike Pence's plans for the White House.

http://instinctmagazine.com/post/vatican-received-1200-page-dossier-outing-hypocritical-gay-priests

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/10/style/the-man-who-knew-too-little.html

https://www.thedailybeast.com/does-faking-religion-lead-to-depression

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/11/us/politics/white-evangelical-women-trump.html?smid=fb-share

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/01/gods-plan-for-mike-pence/546569/

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Katy Perry tricked a kid into kissing her and we have opinions. Plus more conversation about hypocritical Evangelicals and the Stormy Daniels scandal, and a Bible teaching teacher has an affair with a student.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/14/obituaries/stephen-hawking-dead.html

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2018/03/14/after-smear-campaign-atheist-loses-special-election-for-tennessee-state-senate/

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/13/politics/rex-tillerson-secretary-of-state/index.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/04/the-last-temptation/554066/

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/katy-perry-nun-convent-death-catherine-roze-holzman_us_5aa01c94e4b0d4f5b66cc6b8

http://people.com/music/american-idol-contest-slams-katy-perry-unwanted-kiss/

https://heavy.com/news/2018/03/stephanie-pruett-weaver-teacher-alabama-photos-facebook/

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/week-god-31018?cid=sm_fb_maddow

https://www.politicalorphans.com/the-article-removed-from-forbes-why-white-evangelicalism-is-so-cruel/

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In this episode we discuss Alcoholics Anonymous and a court case in Ohio dealing with an atheist forced to go. We also hit on the church ceremony where a bunch of people blessed their AR-15's and a book about a Mormon girl that went from a survivalist style childhood to multiple colleges.

https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/blessing-the-ar-15-idUSRTX4ZCOJ

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/01/589808670/ar-15s-are-biblical-rod-of-iron-at-pennsylvania-church

https://www.npr.org/2018/02/20/587244230/memoirist-retraces-her-journey-from-survivalist-childhood-to-cambridge-ph-d?

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/04/the-irrationality-of-alcoholics-anonymous/386255/?utm_source=fbb

https://www.courthousenews.com/atheist-fights-court-ordered-alcoholics-anonymous-treatment/

https://jezebel.com/vatican-womens-magazine-denounces-exploitation-of-nuns-1823426294?

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In this episode we discuss the sad case of a woman in Michigan that killed herself and her family because of the shunning she was receiving after leaving the Jehovah's Witnesses. We also hit on Kim Davis' book, and the Florida teacher with a white supremacist podcast.

https://www.thelocal.es/20180207/man-who-photoshopped-his-own-face-on-chris-statue

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/florida-teacher-linked-to-white-supremacist-podcast-removed-from-the-classroom_us_5a9c78e7e4b089ec353b7572?

http://www.joemygod.com/2018/02/26/kentucky-four-times-married-christian-adulteress-kim-davis-releases-book-sanctity-jesus-marriage/

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2018/03/conservative-christians-kill-bill-banning-child-marriage-kentucky/

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2018/02/20/ex-jehovahs-witness-kills-family-then-herself-possibly-due-to-church-shunning/

http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/keego-harbor-mom-who-killed-family-and-self-remembered-as-quirky-happy

https://www.npr.org/2017/02/19/510585965/poor-education-leads-to-lost-dreams-and-low-income-for-many-jehovahs-witnesses

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So while Amanda was away, she happened to go past this little town in Michigan. She had no idea how close she was to being burned as a witch! We also wrap up a Satanic Church story from a couple years ago, talk about the Popes take on some child abuse in the church, and when doctors turn people away because of religious beliefs.

http://deadstate.org/satanic-temple-argues-that-missouris-extreme-abortion-laws-violate-their-religious-freedomfbrefreshforce/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/01/when-the-religious-doctor-refuses-to-treat-you/551231/?utm_source=atlfb https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/senate/203 http://www.statesman.com/news/crime--law/texas-judge-interrupts-jury-says-god-told-him-defendant-not-guilty/ZRdGbT7xPu7lc6kMMPeWKL/ http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42745170 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/09/christians-only-town-bay-view-michigan Twitter: @SecularPodcast @TSPChad Email: [email protected] Facebook: facebook.com/thesecularperspective Tumblr: http://thesecularperspective.tumblr.com/ Episode Index Website: TheSecularPerspective.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/thesecularperspective TeePublic: http://tee.pub/lic/dq5I2_9pamk Theme Music Provided By: http://www.jewelbeat.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPu9jawLiiCqWmnGNYC9ivA

Chad and Amanda have a wide range of topics which includes a guy that murdered his wife because he wasn't allowed to get divorced. We also discuss the Mike Pence and Adam Rippon squabble and white nationalism in the Orthodox community.

https://www.npr.org/2018/01/24/580193284/amid-metoo-evangelicals-grapple-with-misconduct-in-churchtoo https://www.yahoo.com/newsroom/vibes/president-trump/report-trump-ordered-pentagon-plan-military-parade-washington-5klkmwx https://thinkprogress.org/mike-pence-fake-news-ex-gay-therapy-2a56f05ec5ee/ https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/winter-olympics/openly-gay-figure-skater-adam-rippon-declined-chance-to-speak-with-vice-president-pence/ar-BBINIk1 http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/369183-nevada-dems-unveil-2018-campaign-mascot-mitch-mcturtle http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2018/01/26/church-elder-allegedly-killed-his-wife-because-his-religion-wont-allow-divorce/ https://forward.com/opinion/393514/white-nationalism-is-spreading-in-the-orthodox-community/?utm_content=daily_Newsletter_MainList_Title_Position Twitter: @SecularPodcast @TSPChad Email: [email protected] Facebook: facebook.com/thesecularperspective Tumblr: http://thesecularperspective.tumblr.com/ Episode Index Website: TheSecularPerspective.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/thesecularperspective TeePublic: http://tee.pub/lic/dq5I2_9pamk Theme Music Provided By: http://www.jewelbeat.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPu9jawLiiCqWmnGNYC9ivA