Episode #8
Topics: Natural disasters & religiosity, Glen Beck, Partners in Non-Believers giving aid, The end times
Download Episode 8 here
Recorded 24/03/2011
Stat Ó the Week
“Church is free entertainment—music, socialising, a bit of story telling, and a meal in the bargain if you’re lucky (or Baptist). When mom and dad are both working, a night at the movies might seem grand. When dad loses his job, church may be the most affordable way to get out of the house.”
http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2010/07/religion
Should / Are Atheists Skeptics discussion…
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Partners in Non-Believers Giving Aid
Atheist Alliance International
Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain
Freedom From Religion Foundation
James Randi Educational Foundation
Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers
The British Humanist Association
The International Humanist and Ethical Union
The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science
We would love to add more organizations to the list – contact rec@RichardDawkins.net
VISIT: http://givingaid.richarddawkins.net/
Retard
Glen Beck
(Newser) – Japan’s massive earthquake was probably a message from God, and Glenn Beck says the big guy’s clearly not very happy. So what’s the message? It’s not entirely clear, but what we’re doing is all wrong, and we should be following the Ten Commandments, not like “radical” Islamists, Beck counsels. “We can’t see the connections here,” he said. “I’m not saying God is causing earthquakes—well, I’m not not saying that either!”
“What God does is God’s business,” Beck explained on his program. “But I’ll tell you this: There’s a message being sent. And that is, ‘Hey you know that stuff we’re doing? Not really working out real well. Maybe we should stop doing some of it.’ I’m just saying.” The solution? “The answer is, buckle up!” Beck says. “Because it’s going to be a bumpy ride.”
http://www.newser.com/story/114149/glenn-beck-quake-was-message-from-god.html
Semantic
End Times
Crazy Talk
“Wave will hit 8am them crazy white boys gonna try to go surfing,” he first tweeted on Friday morning. Later in the afternoon, he said, “Look this is very serious people I had to evacuate all my hoe’s from LA,Hawaii and Japan. I had to do it. Lol.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/14/50-cents-japanese-earthquake_n_835280.html
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