Humanists Take on the World

On this week’s episode of the Atheist Nomads we are joined by University of Idaho senior education major Alicia Williams, Dustin’s niece. We talk about the God of the Gaps and all the latest news. DUSTIN’ OFF THE DEGREE – The God of the Gaps NEWS Ark Encounter sold for $10 and lost the $18 million tax rebate   http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/07/17/creationists-have-sold-ark-encou...

Local comic Merry Cole is back DUSTIN’ OFF THE DEGREE – 10 Years Religion Free NEWS Malta has approved same sex marriage! The one no vote was because of religion.   http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/malta-gay-marriage-same-sex-vote-passes-approval-a7838121.html Pastors laid their hands on Trump and prayed for him in the Oval Office this week.   http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyath...

In this week’s episode we are joined by local comedian Mikey Pullman you can find him on Twitter @MikeyPullman. Battle for the Net   http://battleforthenet.com/july12 DUSTIN’ OFF THE DEGREE – Worldview and Cognitive Dissonance NEWS Native American tribes are suing because grizzly bear hunts violates their religious freedom   http://www.ktvb.com/mb/news/local/regional/native-americans-say-grizzly-b...

NEWS Germany just legalized same sex marriage!   http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/40441712 A Republican blocked Texas’s bathroom bill   http://www.newnownext.com/joe-straus-suicide-texas-bathroom-bill/07/2017/ Missouri’s new abortion bill is bad, but not as bad as initially reported   http://www.newsweek.com/missouri-abortion-sb-5-crisis-pregnancy-centers-630165 Drug fuelled gay orgy at cardinal’s Ro...

DUSTIN’ OFF THE DEGREE – Adventist Church Governance NEWS SCOTUS is allowing part of the travel ban to go into effect   http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/26/politics/travel-ban-supreme-court/index.html SCOTUS upholds gay parent’s birth certificate rights   https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/06/26/supreme-court-hear-challenge-same-sex-parents-birth-certificate/102427194/ SCOTUS sides with c...

DUSTIN’ OFF THE DEGREE – Polarization NEWS Noah the Gladiator fights a T-Rex wearing a party hat   http://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/new-creationist-book-features-gladiator-match-between-noah-and-a-tyrannosaurus-rex/ Side bit: Ken Ham vigorously denies the Ark is sinking – not literally – monetarily.   http://religionnews.com/2017/06/19/ken-ham-disputes-reports-the-ark-encounter-is-sinking/ Woman ar...

DUSTIN’ OFF THE DEGREE – Ministry or Business NEWS UPDATE – San Antonio Mayor Ivy Taylor lost reelection   http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/06/11/san-antonio-mayor-who-blamed-generational-poverty-on-atheism-loses-runoff-election/ UPDATE – Texas passed bill requiring cremation or burial of abortion remains   http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/06/10/texas-will-now-req...

Manchester Arena Bombing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Manchester_Arena_bombing London Attack   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_2017_London_attack Notre Dame Attack   http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/06/parisians-told-avoid-notre-dame-amid-reports-explosion/ Theresa May calls for internet regulation   http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-internet-regulated-londo...

NEWS A juror has been dismissed because a “higher power” told him the defendant was not guilty   http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/05/17/juror-dismissed-from-corruption-trial-after-saying-god-told-him-suspect-is-not-guilty/ A Missouri school superintendent basically gave a sermon for his public high school graduation address   http://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/a-mo-superin...

Episode 1 was released May 23, 2012 Dustin was on this week’s Scenic City Skeptics   https://www.spreaker.com/user/chattanoogaskeptic/scs021-you-can-call-me-faithless-live-wi Randy via email Jonathan via voicemail NEWS For the first time more Americans believe that the Bible is a book of fables than that it is the literal word of God   http://www.gallup.com/poll/210704/record-few-americans-believe...

Live recording of Episode 200 coming on May 20 https://htotw.com/200 Secular Saturday – Chattanooga, TN, July 22, 2017   http://www.secularsaturday.com DUSTING OFF THE DEGREE – The Rapture NEWS Pence said that Christianity is the most persecuted religion   https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/pence-the-christian-faith-is-under-siege/2017/05/11/bd9d6dd6-3650-11e7-ab03-aa29f656f13e_video.ht...

Live recording of Episode 200 coming on May 20 DUSTING OFF THE DEGREE – The Standard Model of the Second Coming NEWS The SDA Church may be facing a ban on Russia   http://fox-news24.com/moscow-court-considers-a-ban-on-adventist-church-as-over-12-million-sign-petition/ Jakarta’s governor sentenced to two years for blasphemy   http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/39853280 Texas has a proposed bill to allow...

Live recording of Episode 200 coming on May 20 at 3:00 PM MDT DUSTING OFF THE DEGREE – The Name of God NEWS Trump will be signing a new religious freedom executive order on Thursday   http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/02/donald-trump-religious-liberty-executive-order-237888 No Federal Money to Fight Weed   https://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/congress-denies-jeff-sessions-money-to-fight-marijuana/...

Live recording of Episode 200 coming on May 20 at 3:00 PM MDT NEWS An AZ rep’s secular invocation was followed up by a prayer   http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/04/19/an-az-state-rep-gave-a-godless-invocation-so-her-colleague-said-a-christian-prayer-to-correct-her/ San Antonio mayor blames homelessness on broken godless people   http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/04...

Live recording of Episode 200 coming on May 20 DUSTING OFF THE DEGREE – Jehovah’s Kingdom NEWS Alex Jones’s lawyer says his persona is all an act… Alex Jones says IT’S NOT AN ACT! IT’S NOT AN ACT!   http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/alex-jones-lawyer-its-all-an-act/ http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/alex-jones-i-am-not-fake-i-am-completely-real-and-everybody-knows-it/ A bill in North Carolina th...

Live recording of Episode 200 coming on May 20 DUSTING OFF THE DEGREE – Family NEWS Palm Sunday bombing   http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/09/middleeast/egypt-church-explosion/index.html Trans women in Thailand forced to attend annual military conscription   http://www.sbs.com.au/topics/sexuality/agenda/article/2017/04/10/trans-women-thailand-forced-attend-annual-military-conscription Bachmann: Halal Fo...

Now on iHeartRadio Live recording of Episode 200 coming on May 20 DUSTING OFF THE DEGREE – The Enemy of My Enemy or Love the Believer not the Belief St Petersburg train attack   http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-blast-metro-investigation-idUSKBN1770ZT Pat Buchanon thinks Putin is making Russia great again   http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/pat-buchanan-godly-vladimir-putin-will-fight-self...

Live recording of Episode 200 coming on May 20 DUSTING OFF THE DEGREE – What’s a Revelation Seminar NEWS Update on the Westminster Attack   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalid_Masood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Westminster_attack The SDA Church is still struggling with interracial marriage   https://record.adventistchurch.com/2017/03/17/cross-cultural-marriage/ Concealed handgun option for...

Terror attack in London   http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/parliament-shooting-latest-news-man-shot-explosions-heard-westminster-london-a7643686.html [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Westminster_attack][1] Erdogan warns that Europeans will not be safe   http://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-referendum-europe-idUSKBN16T13E Brussels mayor says all of his city’s mosques are extremi...

Live show for Episode 200 – May 20 DUSTING OFF THE DEGREE – Embarrassed by Religious Experiences NEWS White Evangelicals think Christians are the most discriminated religion in the US   http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/03/10/white-evangelicals-are-the-only-people-who-think-white-evangelicals-have-it-rough/ Muslim HS student banned from basketball   https://thinkprogress.org/high-s...

DUSTING OFF THE DEGREE – The Mormon Millennium   http://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Jesus_Christ#Jesus_Christ:_Second_Coming_of_Jesus_Christ https://www.lds.org/topics/millennium http://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Millennium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Coming_(LDS_Church)#The_Millennium NEWS Pennsylvania pastor charged with failure to report   http://www.clickondetroit.com/inside-edition/pastor-of-fa...

We are joined by Merry Cole, an ex-Mormon and a local comic that we saw at the Atheist Comedy Experience in Boise. DUSTING OFF THE DEGREE – The Mormon Last Days   http://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Last_Days NEWS Canadian parents have received life in prison for starving their son for religious reasons   https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/02/24/parents-found-guilty-of-first-degree-murder-in-death-...

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DUSTIN’ OFF THE DEGREE – The Adventist Millennium Iranian chess master removed from national team because she didn’t wear a headscarf   https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/02/21/teenage-iranian-chess-master-banned-from-national-team-for-refusing-to-wear-a-headscarf/?utm_term=.b188aefce19c A West Virginia bill would make the Bible the official state book   http://www.patheos.com/...

DUSTIN’ OFF THE DEGREE – The Time of Trouble – SDA Style New Tennessee bill would label children conceived via artificial insemination to be illegitimate   http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/tennessee-bill-aims-repeal-current-statute-article-1.2970540 Idaho House Education Committee rejected climate curriculum   https://www.idahoednews.org/news/statehouse-roundup-2-9-17-house-committee-rejec...