Ep. 400 - A Cash Prize Still Doesn't Prove the Afterlife Exists

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our new Discord server! — Conservatives are furious over a Twix ad that isn't by Twix and isn't an ad. (7:20) — A hate-preacher insisted that boys who grow up in a church like his will "100%" grow up to be straight. (18:47) — There was a $1.8 million essay contest for anyone with evidence of the afterlife. The money will be handed out, but the evidence? Still doesn't exist. (25:07) — Should Republicans pander to gay voters? (36:24) — A Virginia school board wants to get rid of all "sexually explicit" books‚Ķ and burn them. (46:49) — A Christian "segregation academy" held an anti-LGBTQ seminar for parents. (53:39) — A North Carolina restaurant turned a one-star "Satanic" review into a keepsake T-shirt. (59:41) — Pastor Greg Locke really wants to get subpoenaed. (1:01:40) — An anti-LGBTQ pastor was nominated to the Anchorage Equal Rights Commission‚Ķ until public pressure caused him to step away. (1:07:32) — The Biden administration is undoing a rule allowing taxpayer-funded groups to discriminate on the basis of religion. (1:11:12) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.