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Evolution wins at the “Miss USA” pageant. Patrick Semple, former Church of Ireland (Anglican) clergyman explains why he is now an atheist, and why he was known as “the rector who wouldn’t pray for rain.”
Guests: Joe (Ojo) Taylor, Grammy Award winning Christian songwriter turned agnostic and Philip Appleman, Poet, Author (New book: Perfidious Proverbs)
The show will also celebrate Tony-nominated “The Book of Mormon” songbook. Victor Stenger says the universe was not designed for us.
Did you know there are atheists and agnostics in the pulpit? Freethought Radio will announce the new Clergy Project, promoted by Dawkins, Dennett, Barker and a contingent of former ministers who are now atheists, to help nonbelieving clergy leave the pulpit. We’ll interview “Chris,” a nontheist “in the closet” who is a senior pastor at a Southern evangelical church. Also featured: Too much religion in Minnesota politics, and a sneak preview of “Book of Mormon” music.
Damon Fowler talks about how things got ugly in his small Louisiana town and school when he courageously protested illegal graduation prayers last week. Oklahoma native and atheist Rhonda Dorle, local coordinator for FFRF’s Tulsa “Out of the Closet” billboard campaign, talks about that exciting and positive new campaign.
Find out why Stephen Hawking and FFRF think the afterlife is a fairy tale. We talk with a brave high school student, Harrison Hopkins, who wants to stop graduation prayers. Our other guest is Janet Heimlich, author of Breaking Their Will, which looks at religious abuse and mistreatment of children.
Tune in – LAST SHOW before the rapture! Benjamin Burchall, a former minister, talks about his experiences and Black Non-Believers of Atlanta, and filmmaker Vic Losick talks about the making of “In God We Teach,” a new documentary about Matt LaClair’s expose of religion in the classroom in Kearney, N.J.
If congress can make no law respecting the establishment of religion, then why has the US congress set a side the first Thursday in May as the National Day of Prayer. Ayanna Watson discusses bridging the gap between atheism and the black community.
FFRF’s cool, new interactive web application, its “Out of the Closet Freethinkers” virtual billboard campaign, will be announced. Prof. Paul Bender, who argued Arizona Christian Tuition Organization v. Winn before the U.S. Supreme Court, will discuss why the Supreme Court erred earlier this month in denying standing to Arizona taxpayers to challenge indirect voucher subsidy benefiting religious schools.
