Ep. 451 - The IRS Isn't Investigating Churches

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! — Greg Locke's Halloween bonfire to destroy "witchcraft" artifacts, Catholic symbols, and other things he deems evil got a heavy dose of rain. (3:50) — The IRS isn't doing a damn thing to enforce the Johnson Amendment and stop churches from endorsing political candidates from the pulpit. (15:00) — If the IRS doesn't care, should more Democratic preachers use the pulpit to promote their candidates? That's what Rev. Jamal H. Bryant did. (He's not a hero, though.) (36:30) — Yolanda Flowers, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Alabama, made a surprise appearance this week at Creationist Kent Hovind's Dinosaur Adventure Land. (47:12) — While New Mexico GOP gubernatorial candidate Mark Ronchetti insists he's not an anti-abortion extremist, a prominent pastor is telling a very different story. (56:40) — Four members of the Jehovah's Witnesses, all in Pennsylvania, were charged with sexually abusing a total of 19 kids. (1:07:36) — Brazil defeated Jair Bolsonaro and his evangelical Christian base. (1:09:29) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.