The Non-prophets

ON THIS SHOW:Presidential alert system test todayFormer nominee (withdrawn) for Army Secretary Mark Green - "Government-assisted healthcare is an 'injustice' because it hampers church-affiliated providers from converting people to christianity."Maureen Mullarkey in The Federalist "Pedophilia is not the main problem with catholic priests, homosexuality is"Trump administration changing policy to require same-sex partners of members of permanent missions (embassies/UN/etc) must be married in order to qualify for visas.Ireland blasphemy lawsUS credibility, potentially drastic changes every 4 yearsRed Hat Report: Investigating members of college of cardinals to name those credibly accused in scandal, abuse, or cover-ups and to research who has responded strongly against corruptionDenis: "Why are there still catholics?!"Pope Francis: "Culture of death" surrounding child sexual abuse and cover-upsBoston Globe expose of abuse, Spotlight(movie)"Women" for KavanaughJosh Bernstein: "Christine Blasey Ford was a sexual pr

The Atheist Community of Austin is organized as a nonprofit educational corporation to develop & support the atheist community, to provide opportunities for socializing & friendship, to promote secular viewpoints, to encourage positive atheist culture, to defend the first amendment principle of government-religion separation, to oppose discrimination against atheists & to work with other organizations in pursuit of common goals. We define atheism as the lack of belief in gods. This definition also encompasses what most people call agnosticism.ON THIS SHOW:NEWS: Vaccinations/autism spectrumNEWS: DASD (public school district) has been renting space to Celebration Church, which is anti-LGBT. Reconsidering rental policy.NEWS: (From Patheos article) OK paper apologizes for printing bible verse with "devil" replacing "god".The bible at HogwartsSuperman and the Non-Prophets discussion groupBat Cruise (Austin's imperial fuck-ton of bats)"Under god" in the Pledge of Allegiance(Megan takes it on the chin)Te

The Atheist Community of Austin is organized as a nonprofit educational corporation to develop & support the atheist community, to provide opportunities for socializing & friendship, to promote secular viewpoints, to encourage positive atheist culture, to defend the first amendment principle of government-religion separation, to oppose discrimination against atheists & to work with other organizations in pursuit of common goals. We define atheism as the lack of belief in gods. This definition also encompasses what most people call agnosticism. ON THIS SHOW:McCain funeral / Political climateColin Kaepernick face of Nike - redneck outrageDenis Question: Do christians believe in a natural world? If everything is designed, a contraption/gadget, then it is not natural. (Right?)Matt: The only thing we know is the natural world, or at least that is the term we use to describe everything we know.Jamie: I like candy.Free will in Westworld, Rick & Morty, The Good Place, Reefer Madness, The MusicalJordan

Guest host: Christy Powell (co-host of Atheist Sexuality)Single-EntendreGender Studies, DSM4Kinsey Scale, Freud, cocaine, dicks[MAIL] In Scotland, humanist marriage ceremonies outpace religious ceremonies[NEWS] Study estimates 300 predator priest in the catholic church[SHIT] Pat Robertson response to "Drag Queen Story Hour": God is a stickler for fashion, men and women should not wear the same clothes, and as always, it will cause hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, and long lines at the bathroom when you have to go really bad. 

Listener Mail: Where is Russell (Glasser)?Religious Liberty Space Task Force, Johnson AmendmentSatanic Temple allies of atheists = "Weird uncle you wish wouldn't show up, but they always bring the best booze" (~Matt D)"Christian-style" (prayer) invocation (end-run around Supreme Court ruling)Privileges given to churches that are not given to other non-profit organizationsDoes Westboro Baptist Church like Trump? (No. "His sex life puts the entire nation in peril")Mail: Atheists and the rising "Nones"What determines if someone is a "real" christian?What books does Matt recommend to learn philosophy?Could start with David Hume (epistomology)Focus on a particular topic and dive deep on thatCardinal resigns amid a sex scandal. (Was not simply moved to a different location to hide.)First cardinal in history to step down from the College of Cardinals due to sex scandal.Pope Francis and the kid whose dad was an atheist (Is my dad in hell?)Australian court rules that clergy are legally required to report confessions o

[News]No records kept of child abuse in Kingdom HallAlex Jones predicted 2nd US Civil WarWalsh (Minister?) complaining about Ariana Grande video/song.  Donut licking [Mail]Atheist student at Grand Canyon University - Demonstrate by example that atheists can be good people [Shit]Trump spiritual advisor says Jesus was an immigrant, but not an "illegal" immigrant. Says facility for child immigrants is "phenomenal".Pope Francis praises Lisbon guidelines that allow communions to divorce and remarry.From InfoWars - Deep State Trump assassins will use internet kill-switch for cover-up.From Walt - Thoughts and opinions of younger generation of atheists. Not Patheos (blog hosting website, not atheist news channel)Sandra Little Brown running for Jefferson County commisioner in Alabama has blessing of Jesus Christ, his followers, angels, etc. Part of god's plan.Brandon Flowers, lead singer of The Killers, is actually a mormon."Stolen generations" of Australian aborigines.Anti-Defamation League - increased anti-semitic p

James (Jamie) Boone, ObjectivelyDan, Denis Loubet. YouTube now censoring hate speech and reverses strike against Atheist Youtuber for comments of an interviewee. Should the government 'humanely' execute gays? Secular Student Alliance (SSA) Conference in Columbus Ohio. Street epistemology. Listener mail. Changes on Non-Prophets. UK outlawing gay conversion therapy. Is gay conversion ethical? Homosexuality is an addiction? Why is this still happening? Does Jamie like torture? Buff gay guys. Jayden Smith's Twitter. Pre-show commercials for a Christian University; lets take their faith money. Patreon. Teach people context to teach robots context. Post-Adpocalypse. Indianapolis church condemns government's current immigration policy. Is it ok for Atheists to agree with religious people on specific views/topics? Is any good done by a church which is funded by irrational belief actually still good? Denis can't find a metric tape measure. Flying Spaghetti Monster visits DC on National Pasta Day. National Atheist Day

Launching show Patreon. Dennis is physically ready to go. Kids are being torn from their parents at the border and Trump white house totes ok with it. Republican Jesus. Humans in cages. Racism in a fascist government. Getting Fucked by YouTube. Children are rapists...? All immigrant are MS-13 gang of "Animals". Godwin’s Law. Are we disorganized? Listener mail. Most Atheists revert to religion, says study. Lee Strobel, real Atheist? We have Atheist family. Richard Dawkins. Every day Atheist things. Atheism is unattractive...? Truth in evidence. Flashback to shock of god. #GrindOnJamie. FFRF court victory - Suing Greg Abbott. Ken Hamm can't loosens requirements to be an employees. Ark Encounter taxes. ACA buys the Ark Encounter #SinkTheArk. Prophetess can't stop a volcano. Disney is taking over. Self-immolation for god. God likes Gin & Tonic. God is worst lawyer ever - Stuffed animals loses legal battle. New religion - Narwhal bock chain #BlockChainJesus and #CyptoProphet. NY Times reports on theocracy. Vig

The Non-Prophets is a live internet radio show airing on the first and third Wednesday of every month, starting at 7:30 PM Central (01:30-03:00 UTC).

The Non-Prophets is a live internet radio show airing on the first and third Wednesday of every month, starting at 7:30 PM Central (01:30-03:00 UTC).

Show start: 7:30:01 (PM)32 welcome and Eric intro35 have you heard the God news?    37 Hemant Mehta -EJ43 Russel reads the mail    EJ talks college45 news 2    47 if they can do it we can too50 equivocation fallacy52 EJ takes Eric to task over Jelly58 how do you feel about beards?00 we get mail05 EJ wont let it go regarding approximation "fuck you! you pedantic asshole."08/09 EJ is not getting defensive about their age. You're getting defensive!15 root beer in square cup*15 THE HILL REPORTED OKLAHOMA LGBT ADOPTION BILL24 email Simon and the horrible Australian email    28 EJ empathize vs sympathize with deconversion experience    32 coming out vs coming out -- gay vs atheist    36 Eric Murphy wants to live in this group hug37 finding your people. being in a group of other atheists.41 environment that you came from how hosts feel about the non existence of a god. Russel is bored with the nonexistence.*43 SHIT INTERNET APOLOGISTS SAY    how long will i be allowed to be a christian?00 Eric: thank you and readout

Flat-Earther launches self in rocket, Conspiracy theorists, Self vs soul,"Scientism"[Sh!t Internet Apologists Say!!]"Will America's grade schools become transgender mills?"Have all the gay sex you want! (Even if that amount is zero.)Being trans[gender] is f*cking hard! It's not something anybody does to be cool or trendy.[Reader Mail]Would you rather have religious people with staunchly rigid beliefs or with extremely flexible, liberal beliefs?Pope hugging a boy from a Catholic family whose father was an atheist who asked if his father was in heaven. 

Jeff-less show, Denis has a new tablet computer, Jamie was in OKC at the American Atheists National Convention this weekend, Street epistemology, rnHugh Laurie at AA Natl Convention, So many mass shootings in spite of so many people praying (because Satan), Christian fundamentalist dialect, Bill banning abortion with no exceptions, [Email] Anesthesia & lethal injection, [Shit Internet Apologists Say], Daniel King (King Ministries) wrote article about attending the AA Natl Convention:* Sam Harris book convinced the son of a congregation member to leave the church * If only there were pro-christian books in the world * Atheist convention is a lot like church * Atheists are all "I just want to have sex!" * Atheists are responsible for mass shootings because god. * Hung out with Aron Rarn* Russell: "All Christians want to do is sin and be forgiven." [Email] James: Easter water?, Pope said hell does not exist. Or maybe he didn't. Easter was on April Fool's Day

Guest Ciera Ramirez. Stephen Hawking dies at 76. The hosts reflect on his life. The Kelly twins have different gene expressions. Ciera was asked to be a Nun, when she is actually a none. Austin bomber done blew himself up. He was home-schooled. Fuck al Queda! Chick Tracks memory lane. 89 year old nun dies in court while fighting Katy Perry's purchase of nunnery. Katy Perry kiss on American Idol assault? Moving toward a post-religion Europe. Czech Republic 91% unaffiliated. If mass shootings are being cause by God's absence from school than why does godless Europe have so few? Shit Mike Pence Sssaaaaaaaays! Amazon reviews of Charlotte Pence's Marlon Bundo book. Bunny marriage equality!

Voicemail?rn* FFRF - "Johnson amendment under attack from religious right" (Prevents 501(c)(3) non-profits endorsing/opposing political candidates)rn* Atheist Experience and Talk Heathen at American Atheists convention (Oklahoma City, OK on Easter weekend)rn* Bayview, MI - Only practicing Christians can buy houses or inherit them. Require letter from their minister verifying their active participation in the church. Christian-only clause was introduced together with a white-only clause.rn* [Listener Mail] School shootings because "god taken out of schools"rn* Florida - "In god we trust" on display in all schoolrn* National holiday in honor of Billy Graham. (Note: Billy Graham still dead.)rn* [Listener Mail] Hypocrisy re-revisited: Pointing out when religious people do not follow the edicts of their holy book counters the argument that they get their morals from their religionrn* Florida state senator: "Thoughts and prayers are the only thing that will stop mass shootings"rn* [Listener Mail] Flat-Earth correct

Jamie sitting in for Russell * [News]- Billy Graham died - Florida "In God We Trust" in every school * [Listener mail] On religious hypocrisy: - "People accused of hypocrisy are being accused of not being christian enough" - "If religion did not claim moral superiority over humanism, then religious hypocrisy would not matter" - Pleading hypocrisy in self defense - "Your examples [of hypocrisy] had too many confounding variables" - Not all hypocrisy! (...is bad) * [News] Mike Huckabee: Billy Graham's death is "fake news" because he's "more alive than ever in heaven" * [Listener mail] On religious hypocrisy (contd.) - "Some hypocrisy may be beneficial... but still dishonest" - "Beastie Boys hypocrisy" vs. "Ted Haggard hypocrisy" - The troubling part of hypocrisy is the lie * [Shit Internet Apologists Say] New Shit Button!- "No false gods in hinduism" (Source: Op Ed in Bangalore Mirror) (repeat) - "It is not a woman's consent that matters. It is god's." (Source: Biblical Gender Roles . com (don't go there! blech

* Atheism statistics - atheism is going up, esp. among teens (double the increase of adults), Christianity waningrn* Christians are the biggest hypocrites/jerksrn* Ignoring/forgetting the history of arguments about religion, esp. refutationsrn* Pope story - when is Pope Francis going to take a strong stance against sexual abuse of minors within church and the perpetratorsrn* Believer arguments that atheists are atheists because they "hate god"rn* Motherfuckers running the religion are the guys making money off of it!rn* SIAS:rn - Christianity Today: "Teens are twice as likely to identify as atheists OR LGBT!"rn - Christian Post: "More fun and less biblical study in church is making "frail Christians" who cannot "lead atheists to Jesus"rn - Research project: "The most successful youth outreach programs are the ones that focus on intercessory prayer"rn* If someone wins the James Randi challenge and other evidence of paranormal powers, should we treat that person as a god? Does that person "deserve" worship?rn*

Movies: "Downsizing", "Coco", & "Jumanji" * Hemant Mehta on a 10 Commandments statue at a Texas mall.* Daniel Staats, spokesman for Georgia Secretary of State accused of sexual assault and practicing counseling without a license * Star Trek transporter, what is the "self"? * You should play the game "Soma" SHIT Internet Apologists Say! * Bangalore Mirror (Indian newspaper): "There are no false gods in Hinduism" * Ganesh statue brought into a Christian church and pastor forced to resign * Monotheist v monotheist v polytheism conflicts * Satanist provocateurs (esp. of Christians) * Nehruvian secularism (the idea of India above all religions) * "Things beginning to exist. Is that a thing that things actually do?"

* Cow vigilantes in India, Hindus murdering Muslims for eating cow meat * War on Christmas? Shut up and do what you want. * Okay for Atheists to participate in religious pageants/plays? * Spotlight (movie). Cardinal Bernard Law died this week. * Flat-Earthers: Show us your map! * Banned words at the CDC? Actually just a suggested list of words to avoid when communicating with republicans on climate change * "[Jeff's] arguments are dumb!" * Uploading consciousness to a computer. The perils and philosophical implications of the Star Trek transporter * Shit Internet Apologist Say - (Roy Moore apologist) Something about liberal Christians? - Rationalizations by religious people to support immoral political candidates(according to the morality of their own religion). - "What-ifs" are not proof * Revisit "praying to win" as cheating.

Listener mail: Does hating faith healers make me a bad person? Roy Moore: Project Veritas (James O'Keefe) failed attempt to dupe Washington Post with fake Roy Moore accusation, Church sign "They falsely accused Jesus! Vote Roy Moore". Listener mail: Fine tuning argument, Sexual harassment: Al Franken, Louis CK, Mozart, Abusive & "Ablist" terminology: Changes to ACA rules of conduct in online fan forums, Patton Oswalt, YouTube comments Ravi Zacharias (christian apologist radio host): Sexting allegations Republican tax bill: religious clauses -"unborn child can be claimed on taxes"(?) clause, churches in politics Listener mail: Surviving child abuse(?), Chance(Hugh Laurie) Punching Nazis: pros & cons, Vietnam War, disco! Being a moderate atheist does not make you a bad person? Is praying for your team to win a form of cheating? Gambling? War? Stock market?