Want to be Happy? Avoid Evangelical Football and… The Non-Prophets 21.14
The Non-Prophets, Episode 21.14 airing Sunday, April 3rd 2022 featuring Secular Rarity, Genevieve, Kelley Laughlin, and Mateo el Ateo What is this? Another first time conductor for The Non-Prophets? Secular Rarity’s check has cleared and so we gave him a new seat on the show. Everyone give him a round of applause in the comments section! He is joined by Genvieve who works closely with friend of the show Dave Warnock. There is also a return of Kelley Laughlin who is starting to be a mainstay of The Non-Prophets. Rounding out the panel is Teo el Ateo who we can ALWAYS count on to fill in. Our first segment goes for the GOOOAAAAAALLLL of Evangelicals in Football in Brazil. For the few points in the world that might be confused, that is Soccer. Sports rituals can be an individual thing, but what happens when an institution is taken over by a god. Should religion be infused in football, or is football a religion? Up next we follow a Saudi blogger Raif Badawi who was imprisoned for 10 years due to ‘insulting Islam’. Could you imagine it? What would happen if the rest of the world adopted that ide… (MORAL POLICE OPEN UP!!) We then study a new poll where Americans say that they are cool with Jesus. His followers… well not so much. Could this be a turning point in ideas and politics? (flips the page) Oh… oh no… Well maybe next generation or two. Lastly, What is the happiest place on Earth? Is it Disney? Well a survey came out about what are the happiest nations on this planet. Where does America fall in? Who comes out on top? Spoiler, the happier you are, the least likely you believe in religious teaching. Well that about wraps it for this week. Go down to those comments and let Secular Rarity just what you think of his first time. [03:30] Segment 1: Evangelical Football Evangelicalism & Brazil: The religious movement that spread through a national team BBC.com By Marcus Alves, March 22, 2022 http://tiny.cc/goooooaaaallll [25:30] Segment 2: Saudi blogger Raif Badawi Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, imprisoned for ‘insulting Islam’, freed after 10 years The Guardian, March 22, 2022 http://tiny.cc/freefrominsult [47:37] Segment 3:Hypocritical, Judgemental and Self-righteous oh my! New study offers Christian leaders both good and bad news Americans think highly of Jesus, but they reject his followers The Knoxville News Sentinel, By Terry Mattingly, March 24, 2022 http://tiny.cc/jesusokfollowersbad [1:07:08] Segment 4: The Happiness Report The happiest nations on Earth are strongly secular Only Sky, By Phil Zuckerman, March 20, 2022 http://tiny.cc/wehappysecular Don't like ads? Consider becoming a patron for commercial-free episodes: http://tiny.cc/patreonnp We welcome your comments on the thread for this show. ► http://tiny.cc/fbnp ► Contact us with questions or news stories at: [email protected] ------- WHAT IS THE NON-PROPHETS? The Non-Prophets is a live internet radio show airing at 3:00pm Central time and focuses on current events and commentary from an atheist perspective. The Atheist Community of Austin is organized as a nonprofit educational corporation to develop and support the atheist community, to provide opportunities for socializing and friendship, to promote secular viewpoints, to encourage positive atheist culture, to defend the first amendment principle of state-church separation, to oppose discrimination against atheists and to work with other organizations in pursuit of common goals. We define atheism as the lack of belief in gods. This definition also encompasses what most people call agnosticism. VISIT THE ACA'S OFFICIAL WEB SITES ► http://www.atheist-community.org (The Atheist Community of Austin) ► http://www.atheist-experience.com (The Atheist Experience TV Show) NOTES TheNonProphets is the official channel of The Non Prophets. "The Non Prophets" is a trademark of the ACA. Copyright © 2022 Atheist Community of Austin. All rights reserved.
