Ep. 440 - The Attack on Salman Rushdie

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 Discord server! — The attack on Salman Rushdie is an attack on free expression. (1:38) (Note: Read this for more background on Rushdie and why The Satanic Verses is controversial.) — An evangelical pastor demonized "wokeism" after making up his own definition of the word. (14:52) — The Fargo School Board in North Dakota nixed the Pledge of Allegiance at meetings‚Ķ then reversed course after threats. (22:28) — A Missouri pastor apologized after a sermon clip of him demanding a luxury watch from his congregation went viral. (32:09) — A Texas school district banned the Bible. Oops. (39:25) — The Department of Justice is investigating the Southern Baptist Convention. (48:52) — Evangelist Beth Moore's crush on Jesus infuriated Southern Baptist men. (54:30) — Atheists won a settlement against Arkansas State Sen. Jason Rapert. (1:02:20) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.