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The Scathing Atheist

The Scathing Atheist

By: Puzzle in a Thunderstorm LLC
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A weekly look at religion and the stupidity that breeds it. Hosts Noah Lugeons, Heath Enwright, and Eli Bosnick delve into theistic attempts to intrude on the secular world in an unflinching expose on just how juvenile the whole god thing is.

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  • 666: Full Blown Devil Edition

    666: Full Blown Devil Edition
    Dec 11 2025
    In this week’s episode, the Maine Supreme Court considers the right to hide under your kid’s bed dressed like Satan, Joe Rogan thinks the ultimate AI god is gonna want his brain uploaded to the server, and we’ll warn you about the dangers of fantasy role playing adventures.
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    To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist
    To buy our book, click here: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/
    If you see a news story you think we might be interested in, you can send it here: scathingnews@gmail.com
    To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat
    To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies
    To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/
    To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/
    Report instances of harassment or abuse connected to this show to the Creator Accountability Network here: https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/
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    Guest Links:
    Check out Sacrifusion (of Farnsworth Quoting fame) on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sacrifusion.bsky.social
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    Headlines:
    Maine Supreme Court to decide if religious rights allow you to psychologically torture your kids: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/will-the-maine-supreme-court-allow
    Majority of pastors now using AI to prepare sermons amid rapid embrace of technology: https://www.christianpost.com/news/majority-of-pastors-using-ai-to-prepare-sermons-study.html
    Mike Lindell is running for Minnesota governor: https://www.axios.com/2025/12/04/trump-mike-lindell-minnesota-ceo-governor-mypillow
    BC Humanists helped end anti-abortion billboards in Kelowna: https://www.bchumanist.ca/we_helped_end_anti_abortion_billboards_in_kelowna
    Joe Rogan says Jesus could come back as a robot:
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15350107/Joe-Rogan-predicts-spark-Second-Coming-Jesus.html
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    The God Awful Mini: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5CgSLC7smM
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • 665: Serious Vulgarities Only Edition

    665: Serious Vulgarities Only Edition
    Dec 4 2025
    Now with 33% more vulgarity!
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    In this week’s episode, running our hospitals through a group of bigot virgins will yield less than stellar results, Quebec does obnoxious honky stuff in both their French accent and their politics, and Lydia and Thomas Smith will be here to hook us up with some West Coast vulgarity.
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    To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist
    To buy our book, click here: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/
    If you see a news story you think we might be interested in, you can send it here: scathingnews@gmail.com
    To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat
    To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies
    To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/
    To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/
    Report instances of harassment or abuse connected to this show to the Creator Accountability Network here: https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/
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    Guest Links:
    Hear more from Thomas and Lydia on Where There’s Woke and Gavel Gavel
    If you wanna check out Kranot’s stuff (as mentioned in the Farnsworth Quote, here are a couple links he sent me (some of the stuff is NSFW)
    https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xfbrxb7ssemijmxadqfkqidd/post/3m5cxpij5js2g
    Learn more about BAHACon here: https://bahacon.com/
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    Headlines:
    US Catholic Bishops codify rules against gender affirming surgery: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/us-catholic-bishops-double-down-on
    Vatican warns against the rising danger of polyamory:
    https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/25/world/vatican-warning-rise-polyamory-monogamy-intl
    She turned in a bible sermon instead of an essay and failed; now conservatives say she’s the victim: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/she-turned-in-a-bible-sermon-instead
    Pastor fixes spirits by farting on your face: https://boingboing.net/2025/11/27/farting-pastor-fixes-spirits-by-breaking-wind.html?fk_bb
    https://www.timesnownews.com/the-buzz/article/south-african-pastor-farts-on-peoples-faces-to-heal-them/739636
    New secularism bill to ban prayer in schools, restrict offering of religion-based meals: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/bill-21-expansion-quebec-9.6990951
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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • Out of Office Notice

    Out of Office Notice
    Nov 27 2025
    Hey folks, just a reminder that we're taking the week off for American Thanksgiving, but we'll be back next week even more blasphemous than before. Happy Holidays.
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    Less than 1 minute
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