How Religion Warps Politics, Parenting, and the Way We Think (BWAH - EP2)

 This Breakfast with a Heathen episode covers a range of questions from faith and politics to parenting and personal belief. We start with how religion was never out of U.S. politics—Trump only made it obvious—and look at what happens when faith becomes a tool for control rather than reflection.We talk about the idea that atheists “believe in nothing,” the emotional damage of teaching children about hell, and the isolation that often follows when you stop believing. There’s a discussion about finding hope without faith, why you don’t need all the answers to live meaningfully, and how religion has traumatized people who once trusted it.Lighter moments include alternative swear words, the ethics of infant baptism, and how to respond when someone says “God is science.” We also look at the claim that most Nobel Prize winners believed in God, and why historical context changes that picture.It’s reason over rhetoric, curiosity over creed, and coffee over communion.Visit us at www.Atheistville.com  for more content from Mike Smithgall and the Atheistville team 📺 Subscribe on YouTube: youtube.com/@atheistville 💬 Want to be a guest or submit a question? Drop us a note at CONTACTCheck us out at: https://atheistville.buzzsprout.com  🔥 New episodes weekly from Atheistville — Mike Drop with Mike Smithgall, Ask an Atheist, and The Unholy Roundtable, Breakfast With a Heathen © 2025-2026 Atheistville Media