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Show Notes
In this week’s episode, JD Vance has a theory dumber than his face, he worries about Hinduism and reincarnation as a couch, and Tom and Cecil will be here to do some bad for good.
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Guest Links:
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Headlines:
Our Vice President thinks UFOs could be fallen angels: https://www.christianpost.com/news/jd-vance-marjorie-taylor-greene-suggest-aliens-could-be-angels.html
Calls to suicide OK hotline decline sharply after Ryan Walters resigns as education head: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/calls-to-hotline-decline-sharply-after-christian-conservative-resigns-as-education-head/
Texas Supreme Court says faith-based bigotry by judges doesn't violate ethics rules: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/texas-supreme-court-says-faith-based
Floridians realize that funding religious schools also means Muslims: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/florida-republicans-are-furious-that
Church puts Auschwitz gate on their Halloween parade float: https://nypost.com/2025/11/01/us-news/pa-church-apologizes-for-halloween-float-featuring-phrase-from-auschwitz-gates-profoundly-offensive/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/715414578632190/permalink/3110025155837775/
JD Vance says he hopes his wife Usha embraces Christianity:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/us/politics/usha-jd-vance-christianity-religion-hindu.html
https://substack.com/home/post/p-177493075
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Guest Links:
Hear more from Tom and Cecil on Cognitive Dissonance: https://www.dissonancepod.com/
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Headlines:
Our Vice President thinks UFOs could be fallen angels: https://www.christianpost.com/news/jd-vance-marjorie-taylor-greene-suggest-aliens-could-be-angels.html
Calls to suicide OK hotline decline sharply after Ryan Walters resigns as education head: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/calls-to-hotline-decline-sharply-after-christian-conservative-resigns-as-education-head/
Texas Supreme Court says faith-based bigotry by judges doesn't violate ethics rules: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/texas-supreme-court-says-faith-based
Floridians realize that funding religious schools also means Muslims: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/florida-republicans-are-furious-that
Church puts Auschwitz gate on their Halloween parade float: https://nypost.com/2025/11/01/us-news/pa-church-apologizes-for-halloween-float-featuring-phrase-from-auschwitz-gates-profoundly-offensive/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/715414578632190/permalink/3110025155837775/
JD Vance says he hopes his wife Usha embraces Christianity:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/us/politics/usha-jd-vance-christianity-religion-hindu.html
https://substack.com/home/post/p-177493075