Ep. 258 - Sticking God In Tennessee's Constitution by Friendly Atheist Podcast published on 2019-02-22T23:18:07Z Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — A California law would force Catholic priests to report child sex abuse. (0:41) — Washington legislators want to remove faith-healing homicide exemptions from the law. (6:47) — A Colorado billboard welcomes women seeking abortions. (11:30) — A Tennessee legislator wants to change the Constitution to include a useless line about God. (21:10) — A Wyoming lawmaker supports the death penalty since that’s how Jesus was killed. (25:52) — Who’s to blame for the Flat Earth movement? YouTube. (27:50) — Should a former teen ISIS member be allowed to re-enter society when she becomes an adult, if she doesn’t have any remorse? (32:50) — Move over, Christian bakers. You’ve got company in the tax department. (41:55) — The Church of Norway is apologizing for its stance on abortion. (45:42) — Pope Francis said critics of the Catholic Church were “friends of the Devil.” (48:52) — Catholic cardinals blamed the “homosexual agenda” for the sex abuse scandal. (50:30) — Michigan’s attorney general is going after the Catholic Church and its sex abuse cover-up. (52:16) — A Christian Right leader went on a rant about witches in Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez‘s district. (56:05) — What the Southern Baptist sex scandals teach us about the Catholic Church sex scandals. (1:00:40) — An 11-year-old was arrested after he didn’t say the Pledge. Kind of. (1:04:15) — What is going on with Jussie Smollett? (1:07:10) Comment by Lorna Those studies have happened numerously and show no difference for control groups/experimental groups. Here's what's interesting though (contradicting your claim here): in studies where people KNEW they were being prayed for, they actually fared WORSE than those who weren't told prayers were coming their way - possibly because they assumed they must be in REALLY bad shape if it were deemed prayers were in necessary to help them. Now, I know I read this but can't think where off the top of my head - possibly The God Delusion (R. Dawkins). 2019-02-23T14:30:20Z Comment by Lorna I meant JH parents who refuse them for their children. Hope so! 2019-02-23T13:36:30Z Comment by Lorna Would this extend to JH's who refuse blood transfusions? 2019-02-23T13:35:01Z
