Cognitive Dissonance

Kansas pastor calls on U.S. government to kill LGBT people CHILD ABUSE: TODDLER SINGS ‘AIN’T NO HOMOS GONNA MAKE IT TO HEAVEN’ IN CHURCH Judge in ruling on blood for Jehovah's Witness cancer girl ‘Ten Commandments’ Judge Roy Moore: Secularism leads to Sharia law Splendora family finds image of Jesus in their bathroom Family counters flesh-eating bacteria with faith Indian skeptic faces 3 year prison sentence for explaining dripping crucifix Oklahoma Rape Victim Denied Emergency Contraceptives. Doctor Cites Religious Objection As Reason http://skepchick.org/2012/06/why-i-wont-be-at-tam-this-year/ A bad week for the nutritional supplements industry Serpent-handling pastor profiled earlier in Washington Post dies from rattlesnake bite Clips: Audio taken from specific news items in links above, Jesus Camp, Blue Suade, I am Woman - Helen Reddy, Quack PSA, A Few Good Men. Visit our Website at http://dissonancepod.com for all the links.

Pastor Charles Worley's Anti-Gay Rant Goes Viral, Says Homosexuals Should "Die Out" Anderson Cooper Does Not Take Pity on Woman Who Tries to Defend Gay-Bashing Pastor Obama spending binge never happened Tortured Afghan teen on attackers: 'The same should be done to them' Official: 122 girls, 3 teachers poisoned at Afghan school Rep. Walter Jones likens church tax rule to Communism A Year After the Non-Apocalypse: Where Are They Now? One Million Moms targets DC, Marvel over gay storylines "Unorthodox" priest still practising after sexually abusing woman Beginning clip: Pastor Charles Worley Clips: Anderson Cooper, Obama Audiobook, Allahu Akbar, Michelle Bachmann, Ellen vs. 1M Moms, Jesus Camp + Blue Suade Visit our Website at http://dissonancepod.com for all the links.

Female Genital Mutilation might be illegal, but it still takes place in the UK Four Iranian men sentenced to death by hanging for sodomy JC Penney Features Same-Sex Couple in May Catalogue Church sues woman for $500,000 after negative Google review Faith healers’ found not guilty on second degree murder charges How Prayer Ended the Drought in Texas and Stopped the BP Oil Spill Paul Cameron suggests Obama is gay, demands gays be imprisoned before they rape kids Cops: Pastor Hid Cameras In Church Bathroom Beginning clip: Christopher Hitchens Clips: Jesus Camp, Allahu Akbar, Ellen vs 1,000,000 Moms, Three Stooges, Right Wing Watch on Prayer in Texas, The Simpsons A Few Good Men. Visit our Website at http://dissonancepod.com for all the links.

Thanks to Matt Dillahunty from the Atheist Experience [Non-Prophets, Godless Bitches] for joining us. A challenge to atheists part 2 The “Biggest Mistake” America Ever Made Was Letting Women Vote North Carolina passes same-sex marriage ban, CNN projects Travesty in Tennessee: Death by faith healing gets a misdemeanor Family Battle Offers Look Inside Lavish TV Ministry Is the tide turning against the killing of 'cursed' infants in Ethiopia? Archbishop Antonio Mennini, Pope's Representative, Calls For Christians, Jews, Muslims To Unite Against Gay Marriage Ultra-Orthodox Shun Their Own for Reporting Child Sexual Abuse Beginning clip: Atheist Experience Clips: Michelle Bachmann, Reverend Jesse Lee Peterson, Jesus Camp, Grocery Money Evangelist, Jesus Camp / Blue Suede Visit our Website at http://dissonancepod.com for all the links.

Thanks to Jake from The Imaginary Friends Show Podcast. You can check out his show here, and his book here. Video: Amendment 1 pastor gives parents 'special dispensation' to use violence against LGBT kids!!! Cardinal Brady will not resign over 'abuse failure' For Catholics, a Door to Absolution Is Reopened http://harmlessmovie.com/ Religious blogs have a higher malware risk than porn, study finds Tennessee Passes Abstinence-Based “Gateway Sexual Activity” Bill Religious Beliefs Killed Boy, Kept Parents From Seeking Care Report: Fifteen Percent Of Earth’s Population Believes the World Is Coming To An End In Their Lifetime and Ten Percent Believe The Time Is Now Jesus lives: altar wine prevents goat sacrifice Check out all the links at our website: http://dissonancepod.com

Ron Brown defends anti-gay stance Adel Imam, Arab Comedian, Sentenced To Jail For Offending Islam Jurassic lark? Expedition to seek living dinosaurs in Africa Christian women urge Congress to block Protection of Women Act Phil Bryant, Mississippi Governor: Democrats' 'One Mission In Life Is To Abort Children' Detroit church holds 'blessing of the purses' for those struggling with debt Woman sues after arm amputated following holistic procedure Swiss woman dies after attempting to live on sunlight; Woman gave up food and water on spiritual journey West Palm man claiming to be 'prophet' charged with wrecking Stuart store, vehicles Beginning clip: Students Walk Out On Dan Savage Criticizing The Bible Clips: Nebraska Fight Song, Allahu Akbar, Jurassic Park Theme, The Simpsons, Quackery PSA, Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves, A Few Good Men Visit our Website at http://dissonancepod.com for all the links.

Afghan schoolgirls poisoned in anti-education attack Man made woman read Bible at gunpoint Vatican: American nuns need reform Vatican defends excommunication for raped nine-year-old girl's abortion Sri Lankan held for "witchcraft" in Saudi Arabia Brandi and Russel Bellew, Parents, Lose Children After Son Dies Due To 'Faith Healing' Family Flees 'Haunted House,' Sues Landlord Woman arrested for child abuse thought her baby was possessed Nugent threatens death if Obama wins in November Christian counsellor's attempt to cure gay man was 'malpractice' Dangers of Chinese Medicine Brought to Light by DNA Studies Clips: Intro: Bill Connolly on Most Haunted, Pulp Fiction, Jesus Camp, Jesus Camp + Blue Suede, Harry Potter, Ghostbusters, Ted Nugent, The Simpsons, A Few Good Men, Magnum PI Theme Visit our Website at http://dissonancepod.com for all the links.

Woman Says She Used Telepathy After Plunge Off Forest Highway Hackers Take Over National Organization For Marriage’s Twitter Account Wisconsin State Senator Says Women Are Paid Less Because ‘Money Is More Important For Men’ None of the three candidates told by God to run for President survive Republican primary Rick Santorum Drops Out: GOP Presidential Candidate Suspends 2012 Campaign (VIDEO) Mississippi has highest teen pregnancy rate: CDC; Rates higher in the South and Southwest, lower in Northeast and Upper Midwest The ‘Medium’ Is Not the Messenger Herbal 'remedy' may trigger widespread kidney failure Fox News host tweets birther murder fantasy This Picture of a Muslim Woman Holding a Bra Is Not Offensive Brazilian cult members accused of cannibalistic ritual Clips: Clip 1 - Ghostbusters, NCIS Hacked, Rick Santorum Concession with Kevin MacLeod’s “A Turn for the Worse.” from Incompetech.com, Long Island Medium on TLC, Quackery PSA, Obama at Press Dinner on Trump and Birth Certificate, Allahu Akbar, A Few Good Men. Visit our Website at http://dissonancepod.com for all the links.

At Christian Conference, Boys Must Use the Escalators M&M Murder: Veronica Cirella Killed Her Allergic Daughter With Peanut Chocolates, Cops Say CORONA: Pastor, two others arraigned in abuse of boy, 13 Arizona bill would declare pregnancy 2 weeks before conception $30,000 Watch Vanishes Up Church Leader’s Sleeve Officials: 3 killed as human sacrifices in Mexico Tevlin: DeLaSalle kids have a few words with archdiocese at marriage talk Priest in 'indecent images' row at primary school in Pomeroy Trump warns Fox News viewers: Autism caused by vaccines Teen Girl Exorcism Squad: Three Arizona Girls Claim to Cast Out Demons Check out Michael’s Project (@godlessatheist) http://www.indiegogo.com/godisincredible www.wreckamovie.com/godisincredible2 Visit our Website at http://dissonancepod.com for all the links.

Atheist Symbol Rejected By Capital One, But Jesus Is Preapproved Atheists sue Pennsylvania for declaring 2012 'Year of the Bible' House gives preliminary OK to bill that supporters say preserves religious freedom, but opponents say allows discrimination Rick Santorum Calls Obama a Nig New York City Department of Education Bans References To Dinosaurs To Avoid Insulting Creationists Hapless MPs defend faith healers Nottingham Imam jailed for sex attack on two boys Church fakes teens' kidnapping using real gun Apocalypse 2012: France's Bugarach Peak Draws Believers Who Await Alien Rescuers Visit our Website at http://dissonancepod.com for all the links.

Thanks again to Dumbass from Dumbass Guide to Knowledge and Invisible Sky Monster Child porn found on Montana priest’s Nintendo DS Cape Town faith healing event ends in one death and 16 injuries Italy: Man kills 'possessed wife,' spends day with body Gingrich Calls Obama a Christian Who Behaves Like a Muslim More See "Too Much" Religious Talk by Politicians Women Continue To Fill Rick Perry's Facebook Wall With Mock Questions Cameron: Secular Humanists are Imposing Their Faith on Everybody Jury returns guilty verdicts in ‘Holy Ghost’ rape trial Geraldo Rivera: Hoodie responsible for Trayvon Martin's death Private jets, 13 mansions and a $100,000 mobile home just for the dogs: Televangelists 'defrauded tens of million of dollars from Christian network' Clips: Ancient Aliens - History Channel, Billy Madison, Jesus Camp, Newt Gingrich, The Simpson’s, Rick Perry, Jesus Camp - Blue Suede, Lou Reed - The Gun, Some asshole televangelist. Editors note: We may have inadvertently called Trayvon Martin Travon Williams in this show - It is Cecil’s fault, he watches too much NFL. Visit our Website at http://dissonancepod.com for all the links.

16-year-old girl killed herself after being forced to marry her rapist Abortion foes to say exorcism prayers at clinic 'We Have No Choice': One Woman's Ordeal with Texas' New Sonogram Law Church Puts Legal Pressure on Abuse Victims’ Group Iowa high school assembly stirs protest In his heart, Rick Santorum knows that Dutch people are forcibly euthanized Santorum: Obama DOJ favors 'pornographers over children' Wyoming Native American tribe gets rare permit to kill bald eagles Heaven scent: Pope orders eau de cologne that he alone may wear http://pomee.tumblr.com/post/18899601760/kony-2012-causing-more-harm-than-good http://tumblr.thedailywh.at/post/18909727859/on-kony-2012-i-honestly-wanted-to-stay-as-far http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpuB11d0Gog Clips: allahu akbar, Jesus Camp, The Simpson's,Louis CK learns about the Catholic Church, Jesus Camp Ft. Blue Suede, Notorious B.I.G. Big Poppa. We were on the Conspiracy Skeptic show. Visit our Website at http://dissonancepod.com for all the links.

Thanks to Hemant Mehta - The Friendly Atheist Christian Pastor Knows Exactly Why Those Tornadoes Devastated Indiana Rush Limbaugh wrong about 'inhuman' LRA, says victim Iraqi teens stoned to death for wearing 'emo' clothes ‘Honor killings’ require tougher laws, say Iraqi women Baby Dies From Herpes After Controversial Circumcision Ritual, Report Says Legislature passes bill to let schools drop sex education Visit our Website at http://dissonancepod.com for all the links.

Notes for week 2/27/12 Thanks to Karl from The Conspiracy Skeptic Death by denial: The campaigners who continue to deny HIV causes Aids India polio-free, declares WHO Grand Ayatollah or Grand Old Party? Santorum Says Separation of Church and State Isn’t Absolute The Most Inoffensive Atheist Bus Ad Ever… Rejected! Rush Limbaugh blasted for ‘slut’ comment Man pleads guilty to witchcraft charge Clips: Washington State Senate on Gay Marriage, Polio Announcement, Santorum, Fox news on Atheists, The Office, A Few Good Men Visit our Website at http://dissonancepod.com for all the links.

Thanks to our Guest this time, Mike Hall from Skeptics with a K. TWiC #5: Sally Morgan and other frauds Child Drowns In Church Baptismal Pool In Indianapolis Indiana lawmaker urges state Republicans to oppose resolution honoring 'radicalized' Girl Scouts Kids turned away from church Time to bar Saudi Arabia from Olympic competition In Georgia, a School Board President Faces Opposition Simply Because He Won’t Reveal His Religious Preference CNN Contributor Dana Loesch Defends Virginia ‘State-Sponsored Rape’ Bill As No Different Than Consensual Sex Afghan anger over Quran burning an emblem of nation’s culture war Clips: Ricky Gervais, Jesus camp, Bill O'Reilly, Saudi Arabian National Anthem, The Simpsons. Visit our Website at http://dissonancepod.com for all the links.

Notes for week 2/20/12 Ten Years After Decriminalization, Drug Abuse Down by Half in Portugal Trouble in paradise: Maldives and Islamic extremism Help Saudi writer escape death! Israelis Facing a Seismic Rift Over Role of Women Australia's 'child labour camp' Scientology showdown reveals claims of torture, abuse of dissenting members Mormons baptise parents of Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal Four Arrested After Exorcism Goes Bad Religious Music in High School Choir Forces Student to Quit Singing House Democrats walk out over all-male panel on contraception Santorum Tax Returns Draw Critics Of His Low Charitable Giving Evangelist arrested for having sex with a pregnant sheep Clips: Simpsons “mob”, allahu akbar, Tom Cruise on Scientology, Onward Xtian Soldiers, I am Woman -Helen Reddy, Rick Santorum, A Few Good Men, “Hammock Fight” Kevin McLeod - incompetech.com Visit our Website at http://dissonancepod.com for all the links.

Notes for week 2/13/12 Poll confirms strong sense of faith in S.C. ,Air Force unit removes 'God' from logo; lawmakers warn of 'dangerous precedent'; Shaul Spitzer, Hasidic Man Admits Burning Neighbor In New York Religious Dispute; Google and Disney are Not Getting Better! ;Miracle Soap claims lead to £25,000 fine for religious TV channel ; Second 'sunken UFO' claim doesn't really hold water; The raw milk controversy: Where “natural” means “may contain harmful bacteria” ; Madonna’s NFL Satanic Ritual disguised in the Half Time Show. Thomas and the bible podcast, youtube channel, facebook. (thomasandthebible.com) Clips: Jesus camp, The Simpsons, Ghostbusters, Madonna ` “Like a Prayer” Visit our Website at http://dissonancepod.com for all the links.

Notes for week 2/6/12 TENNESSEE RESTAURANT THROWS OUT ANTI-GAY LAWMAKER Pastor complains that Starbucks is "turning against God" and following Satan Muslims Declare Jihad on Dogs in Europe One Million Moms to JC Penney: fire Ellen, she's gay Santorum To Gay Man: You Don’t Deserve ‘Privilege’ Of Marriage Because Gay Unions Don’t ‘Benefit Society’ Alabama Republican Senator: Low teacher pay mandated by God Indiana Senate passes bill putting religion in science class It’s A Bird, It’s A Plane, It’s ‘Bible Man’: Alabama School Board Makes Super-Bad Decision Toddlers subjected to palm-reading assessments in China Quebec woman 'cooked to death': report Romney: 'I'm not concerned about the very poor' Bath Christian group's 'God can heal' adverts banned 'Obedient Wives Club' Irks Some Muslims In Malaysia Clips: The Simpsons, Pulp Fiction, Ellen Degeneres stand up, Rick Santorum, Bibleman, Jesus Camp and Blue Suede “Hooked on a Feeling”, A Few Good Men, Kevin MacLeod - "At Rest" Incompetech.com.Angry Atheisthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaPKt3c8S-w&feature=youtu.be http://www.ghostshop.com/ Visit our Website at http://dissonancepod.com for all the links.

We have a guest, Reap from Reapsow Radio and The Angry Atheist.PURITY BEAR SEZ: KEEP IT IN YOUR PANTS, Pope warns of ‘radical secularism’, Atheist Temple: Nonbelievers To Get Place Of 'Worship' In UK, Rick Santorum: Left uses college for "indoctrination", Rick Santorum On Opposition To Abortion In Cases Of Rape: 'Make The Best Out Of A Bad Situation', Santorum Promises To Outlaw Gay Civil Marriage Because It Does Not Reflect ‘God’s Will For Us’, Oklahoma GOP Introduces Bill That Attacks Evolution And Climate Change, Nigeria's "witch children" find refuge at center, Tennessee Rep. Says It’s ‘Virtually Impossible’ To Contract AIDS Through Heterosexual Sex, North Carolina GOP Lawmaker Calls For Bringing Back Public Hangings, Starting With Abortion Providers, Yes, the Romneys Converted Mitt’s Dead Atheist Father-in-Law to Mormonism Clips used: Rick Santorum - Meet the Press, Book of Mormon at Tony Awards, Jesus Camp, “Just Nasty” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Visit our Website at http://dissonancepod.com for all the links.

Notes for week 1/ 21/ 12 U.K. Men On Trial For 'Death Penalty' Leaflets Suggesting Gay People Should Be Punished, Saudi boy faces death after killing man who raped him, Atheist faces jail after Facebook remark, The Sins of Eve: Baptist preacher thinks women should suffer during childbirth because God planned it that way, Secular humanists flunk 2011 Congress, Princess Diana's Ghost? (VIDEO, PHOTO) Footage Taken In A Scotland Church, Virginia lawmaker: Children with disabilities are God’s punishment to women who previously had abortions., Tenn. GOP Rep. stands by threat to ‘stomp a mudhole’ in transgender people, Dad killed daughter in brutal axe murder, Student-organised talk on Sharia law at the University of London cancelled following threats of violence, Afghan boy suicide bombers tell how they are brainwashed into believing they will survive, Purity Bear Link Visit our Website at http://dissonancepod.com for all the links.

Notes for week 1/ 16/ 12 Former Worldwide Church of God preacher says Jesus Christ is returning on May 27, 2012 and that today marks the end of time and beginning of "half time", White House Denies CIA Teleported Obama to Mars, In Jerusalem, women are voiceless at a decidedly womanly event, My Guantánamo Nightmare, Generous Governor Pardons Men Who Murdered Their Wives, Christian Extremists Rewrite The Constitution, And You’re Not In It, Survey: U.S. Protestant pastors reject evolution, split on Earth's age, Spanish bishop legitimates rape, Mitt Romney: Questions About Wall Street, Income Inequality Are Driven By 'Envy', Indiana Republicans Introduce Bill To Allow ‘The Lord’s Prayer’ To Be Required By Schools, Police Investigating Woman for Violating Adultery Law, German priest admits 280 counts of sexual abuse, Christian anti-abortion group says aborted fetuses are used in food taste-enhancement tests Visit our website: http://dissonancepod.com for all the stories and links.

Notes for week 1/ 07/ 12 Santorum’s wife’s abortion was different, you see, Santorum wants to impose 'Judeo-Christian Sharia', Santorum: No One Has Ever Died Because They Didn’t Have Health Care, Santorum Joins Bachmann, Pledges to Ban Porn, Same-Sex Marriages, Surging Santorum Would Annul All Same-Sex Marriages, Santorum singles out Blacks for entitlement reform, Gingrich defends food stamp comment, And God Said to Pat Robertson…, North Carolina Public School That Offered Bibles to Kids Refuses to Accept Pagan Books, Federal Government Wastes $666,000 To Study the Effectiveness of Praying Away AIDS, Obama Signs Defense Authorization Bill, 15-Year-Old Boy Murdered For “Being a Witch” , ACLU Demands W. Virginia County Stop Funding Annual ‘Jesus Fest’ Event, NEWT SAYS THERE’S INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE, CITING HIS EXPERTISE AS ‘AN AMATEUR PALEONTOLOGIST’ Visit our website: http://dissonancepod.com for all the stories and links.

Hugo Chávez hints at US cancer plot, Archbishop of Chicago under fire for comparing Gay Pride parade to Ku Klux Klan , 31 years for 31$ worth of weed, Utra-Orthodox bounty, Gingrich’s Commission On Religious Freedom Caters To NOM/Catholics’ Self-Victimization, Gingrich Puts a Price on His Family Values : He sheltered his $4-million book bonanza from his struggling, non-trophy ex-wife, Gingrich Floats Sarah Palin As Possible Vice President Pick, Psychic Predictions for 2012, Why Dr. Oz will not save pharmacy practice, Celebrities and Science 2011, Mars visitors Basiago and Stillings confirm Barack Obama traveled to Mars. Visit our website: http://dissonancepod.com for all the stories and links.

Psychic Fails: 2011 Failed and Forgotten Predictions, The $37.6 Million Dollar Fine HE Doesn’t Want You To Know About, 2012 Presidential Candidate Scorecard, Pope Benedict Peace Message Calls For Wealth Redistribution, Vatican Declares Boy's Recovery A 'Miracle', Dad who botched circumcision loses court appeal, Baby’s death shocks parents, EXPERIENCE HOW PROFESSIONAL BIGFOOT TRACKERS OPERATE IN WEEKEND EXPEDITIONS Clips: Kevin Trudeau, Ghost Busters, Jesus Camp, A Few Good Men.Michelle Bachmann. Review of our show: http://www.atheistunderworld.com/2011/12/22/cognitive-dissonance/ Visit our site: http://dissonancepod.com for all the stories and links

Visit Our Website for the show notes: http://dissonancepod.com Contest: Want two free plane tickets to the Reason Rally? Social Media Contest: Ten Point Vision of a Secular America. Christopher Hitchens' 'God Is Not Great' Trends on Twitter, Christians Threaten Violence, Police shave mohawks off punks at Indonesia concert, Saudi Woman Beheaded for 'Witchcraft', The nightmarish SOPA hearings, American public to Congress: Get out. All of you, Rival Campaigns Seize On Romney’s $10,000 Bet, Gingrich: I’ll ‘ignore’ any Supreme Court ruling I disagree with, Biology test omits creation theory, complains Kentucky educator, Anti-Gay Alabama GOPer Secretly Donated Sperm To Lesbian Couples In New Zealand, Jorge Santini, Mayor Of San Juan, Baffles Public With Astoundingly Strange Christmas Photo. Email stories: AFA Spokesman Bryan Fischer Says People Who ‘Disliked’ Rick Perry’s Anti-Gay Ad Approve Of Bestiality, Bradley Manning's gender identity comes up in testimony.

Visit Our Website for the show notes: http://dissonancepod.com Rick Perry's "Strong Ad" Michele Bachmann On Glenn Beck Calls 8 Year Old Boy's Act "Shameless", One Million Moms, N Korea furious at South's Christmas lights plan, Noam Chomsky's "9/11", Atheists Who Go to Church: Doing It for the Children, Followup -Afghan Rapist, Mercy for the drunk Muslim girl gang who attacked woman, Islamic cleric bans women from touching bananas, cucumbers for sexual resemblance, Police: Suspect in Christian pamphlet hit-and-run turns self in, We were interviewed by Patrick Redmond, Skeptics in the Pub Birmingham, it came out last week. Clips: Bachmann talking about gays from Daily Show, The Simpsons, We wish You a Merry Christmas - by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), President Bush speech after 9/11, Atheists are Parasites - Fox News, Three Stooges, Blood of Jesus - Jesus Camp.

This weeks news items: 6 Dead From HIV from Holy Water Cure, Kentucky Church Bans Interracial Marriage, Bachmann on US Embassy in Iran, VIDEO Bachmann on Gay Marriage, Indefinite Detention for Americans, Therapist and Satanic Cults, Yoga and Harry Potter are Evil, Gingrich and Child Labor, Patrick Redmond - Skeptics on the Pub Birmingham blog and Podcast. Clips used: James Randi on God, Gingrich on American Exceptionalism, Bugs Bunny Hypnosis, Three Stooges, Bachman on Jehova and Gays, Gingrich on CNN, Ghostbusters. Visit our site for the links to the stories: http://dissonancepod.com

Obama leaves god out of Thanksgiving address, Sweat lodge sentencing, 12 years for being raped - or marry your attacker, blinded woman asks for mercy for her assailant, Australia tax breaks if you vaccinate, Pepper spray is delicious, occupy shooter, groping ghost. Birmingham Skeptics in the Pub Clips used: Jesus camp / Blue Swede hooked on a feeling mashup, Princess Bride, Quackery PSA, Bill O'Reilly and Megan Kelly, Michelle Malkin on Fox and Friends, Ghostbusters. Visit our site for the links to the stories: http://dissonancepod.com

Atheist < Rapist “Honor” killings 1 “Honor” killings 2 Airforce offers classes in crazy Who Would Jesus Vote For? In god we trust, Georgia Pope kissing ads Aliens and the Vatican Sean’s 10 point plan. Sean’s book: Attack of the Theocrats! How the Religious Right Harms Us All- —and What We Can Do About It Reviews: Shocking! Will keep you on the edge of your seat! Sean Faircloth is doing such important work. There’s not a doubt in my mind that if he was (suddenly, inexplicably) zapped back in time to meet Thomas Jefferson, that the Founding Father would clap him on the shoulder and say ‘Thanks.’” –Adam Savage, MythBusters co-host and executive producer. “Faircloth paints a sobering picture, but fortunately, as anyone who has heard his speeches knows, he also has an inspiring and invigorating vision to offer. . . . Readers will finish the book exercised, energized, and eager to join Faircloth in a bold rediscovery of the secular dream of the European Enlightenment and America’s enlightened Fathers.” – Richard Dawkins, from the foreword to Attack of the Theocrats! “I’ve devoted the last twenty years of my professional life to pointing out unscientific assertions that harm or swindle innocent people. It becomes particularly insidious when unsound reasoning is used to justify and apply unjust laws. This book describes this very real problem in American today, then offers a bold plan to do something about it.” –James Randi, Founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation “What does the erosion of America’s noble separation of church and state the basis of the first secular government in the world have to do with your everyday life? In this lively and historically grounded survey of the way we live now, the author explains why the thirty-year-old assault on church-state separation affects all of us from children who are not getting a world-class education in science because of fundamentalist interference with the teaching of biology to soldiers subjected to evangelical proselytizing on military bases. Nothing could be more timely than this reminder that the founders left God out of the Constitution to provide citizens of every faith and no faith the freedom to act on their consciences. We ignore this historic liberty, the gift of America’s founding generation, at our peril.” –Susan Jacoby, Author of Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism and The Age of American Unreason “Faircloth makes a compelling case for people everywhere to steadily reestablish Thomas Jefferson’s fundamental idea and keep religions out of politics. Read this, and you’ll become a Constitution thumper.” –Bill Nye the Science Guy

This week: Irish President is an Atheist, Skeptoid on 10 worst websites, Chuck Norris on Vaccines, Chicken Pox and Lollypops, Personhood Amendment, Net Neutraliy, Herman Cain on China and groping, Rick Perry's 3 favorite things, Protester shot with rubber bullets, Gay Nurse preached to, Transgender burned alive, Burn an evolution book petition. Clips used: Irish National Athem, Quackery PSA, Walker Texas Ranger, Anderson Cooper 360, Ted Stevens, Rick Perry get's played off by Keyboard Cat, Cspan on OWS, The Simpsons, Bachmann on homosexuality, Huckabee on Evolution, Shows: Skeptics with a K Irreligiosophy

Bankrupt Church wnat's food for pastor's sick wife, Faith healing kills again, Climate denyer changes mind, Bullying law passed in MI, Funny petition 1, Funny petition 2, Can't give you tea party story - it has been taken down, Reafirming In god We Trust, More damage to protesters at Occupy Oakland, Obama stimulus rebuked then taken, Rumpology. Clips: Richard Feynman on nutrition and knowledge, Christian asks people for their grocery money, Jesus Camp, Thing a Week 5 – Baby Got Back -Jonathan Coulton, Senate TV Michigan. Visit our site for the links to the stories: http://dissonancepod.com

Christian parents beat child to death - again, counter Westboro baptist church protest win, medical myths of huff po, rhino goes extinct, white house responds to online petition, candy and halloween myths, jesusween, occupy oakland, Wall street isn’t winning it’s cheating, gay nurses make kids gay, welfare boardgame.

Clips: Orson Wells on Cold Reading, Herman Cain on WSJ, Sarah Palin on Fox News, Herman Cain and Uzbekistan on Think Progress, Anonymous, A Few Good Men. Stories: Rapture again, Rick Santorum and Abe Lincoln, Dan Savage wants Herman Cain to suck his dick, Herman Cain said Jesus was killed by a Liberal Court, Herman Cain 999, Michelle Bachmann doesn't know where Libya is, Herman Cain and Uzbekistan, Anonymous takes down child porn on Darknet, Tea party suggests business owners don't hire to spite Obama, Woman Beaten with frozen armadillo.

Praying 24 hours a day, Bill 358 hates women, New date for the rapture, Bishop indicted, Rick Perry is being persecuted for his faith, Herb Cain, 999 Plan, Bachmann wants to go back to Reagan Era taxes, Gay Male Cheerleader, Human Sacrifice for wealth, ultra orthodox vs. orthodox, Fake Raki, 99% and Occupy Wall Street, Glen Beck thinks protesters are going to kill people, Indisputable proof of Yeti, Emails. Clips: BBC debate, Jesus Camp, Blue Suede - Hooked on a Feeling, Fox News interview with Sarah Palin, Simpsons, It's Magic - Pilot, Quackery PSA, Bachmann on Taxes, Glenn Beck, A Few Good Men.

This Episode covers the week of Oct 3rd - 10th, 2011. Steve Jobs followed natural medine, Creationsts caught on camera, Occupy Wall St, Bill O'Reilly says people who need jobs should just get them, Herman Cain is delusional, Conservative infighting, Conservapedia: Border Patrol, Invisible man rapes girl. Clips used: The Nightline Face-Off: Does God Have a Future?, Creationism propaganda for children caught on camera, CSPN, Entertainment Tonight, WSJ.com Keep Conservatives United, A Few Good Men.

This is a very acerbic look at the failed political career of Sarah Palin. In celebration of her refusal to run for office in 2012 we have pasted together some of our favorite past news items that focus on her. These recordings are from our other show - Everyone's a Critic.

News items for the week of 9/26 - 10/3 B-Shoc gives a Christian prayer rally in South Carolina, Neutrino could go faster than light, Faith healing parents let son die, American secularism on the rise, Refusing to Kill Daughter, Pakistani Family Defies Tradition, 11,000 kids in California enter the school system without being vaccinated, Skeptic book reccomendations, Obama's class warfare, Huge support for the "Buffet Rule," Elizabeth Warren kils it, Santorum asks google for help, Whale found 800m on shore. Clips: "The Moon, the Tides and why Neil DeGrasse Tyson is Colbert's God," The Science Network. Ali G on Science, Jesus Camp, Fox News, In the Stone - Earth, Wind and Fire, Anderson Cooper 360, A Few Good Men. Drew's link: http://www.bjupress.com/about/look-inside-science-4.php

Miracle babies aren't much of a miracle. Pat Robertson advocates divorce of Alzheimers patients. Criminals in Alabama can go to church instead of jail. Bad call by an atheist. Pledge of Allegiance petition to take Under God out. Bill O'reilly threatens to quit. President Obama will make guns illegal. Rick Perry and the crazy people who work for him. Syrian girl mutilated. Troy Davis is executed. Ann Coulter is a jackass. Audience boo's a gay soldier. A teen contributor to "It Gets Better" kills himself. Excommunicated gay Mormon kills himself. Clips Used: Patton Oswalt, 700 club, Jail or Church, Fox News, The Simpsons, Entertainment Tonight, Lou Reed, Jesus Camp and Blue Suade Hooked on a Feeling, News World.

This Podcast is for the Week of September 12 through September 19, 2011. Stroies this time: The number 13. UFO’s: General’s, Pilots and Government Officials go on the record. Rick Perry and Michelle Bachmann are fatalistic. Bachmann and the HPV vaccine. Rick Perry and the death penalty. Ron Paul talks about motivations for 9/11. Tea Party debates and healthcare. Paul Ryan wants to increase payroll taxes. Christians against Porn. Little People pornstar and Gordon Ramsey lookalike dies. Clips: David Cross on Terrorism, Jesus Camp, Onion News Network - Supreme Court Rules Death Penalty Is 'Totally Badass', CNN Tea Party Debate, A Few Good Men.

This podcast is for the week of 9/5/2011 to 9/11/2011. News Items for this Week: Three homosexuals murdered in Iran for being Gay. In Uganda, AIDS patients pray for a cure instead of taking medicine. A statue of the Virgin Mary is credited with preventing a home from burning in the Texas wildfires. The jobless are encouraged to take their resume to church and put it on the altar to help them get a job. Rick Perry has a pray for rain weekend backfire, emphasis on FIRE. Perry cuts budgets for protecting against wildfires. Bachmann wants to get rid of the Department of Education, citing the constitution. Ron Paul wants to eliminate all funding for Planned Parenthood. New photos of the moon landing from the Lunar Orbiter. Clergy not admitted to 9/11 ceremony. Rick Perry cites Galileo when asked about climate change. Clips used: Intro clip: Steve Hughes: the "straightness" of gay men, and the "gayness" of straight men. Segment clips: Jesus Camp, “Bohemian Rhapsody” – Queen, “What Ever Happened to Mary,” Chumbawamba, Apollo 11 recording.

What do atheists do in a crisis; National Atheist Registry; Bachmann on hurricanes and earthquakes; Texas budget crisis; gay republicans; Gitmo; Terrorism costs a lot; how to argue; vaccines and hatred; dawkins teaches evolution to the very small; magic.

The Evangelicals Engaged In Spiritual Warfare Vaccine Cleared Again as Autism Culprit Deliberate ignorance GOP: No tax hikes -- except for the poor Attention Governor Perry: Evolution is a fact Michele Bachmann Takes Issue With 'Radical Environmentalists,' Signals Stance On Minimum Wage Nuclear Explosions hit vast USZ military tunnel network

North Korea's Kim Jong-il in rare Russia visit Rick Perry: Illegal Immigrants Who Serve In The Military Deserve Citizenship Girl Spanked to Death - Ungodly discipline Court: Teacher can't be sued over anti-Christian remarks Perry To Boy: Evolution 'A Theory' With 'Gaps'; Equates It To Creationism Seven ways Rick Perry wants to change the Constitution Rick Perry's College Transcript: A Lot Of Cs And Ds Sarah Palin's Husband Admits on Video That His Wife Quit Being Governor So She Could Make More Money US troops may stay in Afghanistan until 2024

Horror Stories From Tough-Love Teen Homes ‘Family Guy’ Creator Part of ‘Cosmos’ Update E.T. Researchers Say 'Cowboys & Aliens' Distorts Truth About Aliens In Wild West Nothing 'mindless' about rioters United States loses prized AAA credit rating from S&P Stop Coddling the Super-Rich False messiah What I Learned in Two Years at the Tea Party A Christian Plot for Domination? Rachel Maddow Outs MSMs Downplay of Rick Perry’s Extremist Supporters

Norway massacre exposes incendiary immigration issue An un-American response to the Oslo attack Amid Bachmann controversy, many Christians cool to conversion therapy for gays Bachmann Predicted The World Would End In 2006: ‘We Are In The Last Days’ Austrian Man Wins Right To Wear Pasta Strainer In License Photo Sorry, O’Reilly: Anders Breivik Is A Christian 9/11 Settlement Doesn't Fully Address Cancer Issues NSW rabbis brawl over child abuse Sex abuse led to 26 suicides says policeman Loving Christians respond to atheists Rick Perry Asked Why More Kids Are Getting Pregnant in Texas Climate Change and Cloud Cover – the new report Glenn Beck Flip-Flops By Promoting And Criticizing Youth Political Camps

First Study of Its Kind Shows Benefits of Providing Medical Insurance to Poor Stem cells restore eyesight to North Carolina woman, blind for 20 years due to an allergic reaction to chicken pox. She refuses to call it a "miracle", giving credit to science and medicine. The cowardice and intolerance of slapping a Darwin fish on your car bumper. Richard Wiseman's book Paranormality considered too sceptical for the US market Bachmann’s Parable For The Poor: Have Faith In God And You Won’t Need Welfare Some info on Michele Bachmann's "Re-Closeting" Clinic and the values conveyed by Jewish and Christian scripture BREAKING: Bachmann pledges to ban pornography Mitt Romney refuses to sign anti-gay marriage pledge by conservative Christian group Rapture ribbing may have led to shooting at Eugene workplace

Harrisburg Hoping God Can Help Balance the Books In U.S., 22% Are Hesitant to Support a Mormon in 2012 Atheists sue over bus ads on God-free lifestyle Senator Dan Coats Demands NBC Explain Its 'Under God' Omission From Pledge Of Allegiance Scientists hit back amid fresh death threats State Of The Ocean: 'Shocking' Report Warns Of Mass Extinction From Current Rate Of Marine Distress Strychnine for your child's cold - courtesy of your friendly homeopath The wrong John Wayne Leader of May 21 doomsday movement suffers stroke Anthony Weiner Resigns: Congressman Announces Resignation At Press Conference Federal judge’s refusal to overturn Prop 8 judge’s ruling appealed

Tracy Morgan is an idiot The Sissy Experiment Bush tax cuts fail Depak Chopra video game Faith healing parents charged with neglect Peter Popoff scams people War on drugs is an epic fail Mass graves reported by psychic Guy kills two people and writes a check to get out of jail time.

Harold Camping's rapture garbage ruined some lives Priest Sex-Abuse Case Hits Church of Pope's Adviser Measles cases at a 15 year high Minnesota GOP invites moron to give House prayer SC prisoners refused all books but the Bible Michele Bachmann challenged Germany abandons nuke power

News Items This Week: Musician gets sentenced for child porn. Idaho hates rape victims Theologian defends genocide Faith in atheism Creationism = evolution Church supports gay rights Unvaccinated students are sickening. Kyle can't delete his comments from people's memory.