The Non-prophets

The Non-Prophets 22.31.1 2023-08-02 featuring Cynthia Cynthia McDonald, Infidel 64, Timothy Bethel and Teo El ATeo New Florida standards teach students that some Black people benefited from slavery because it taught useful skills, NBC News, By Antonio Planas, June 20, 2023https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-florida-standards-teach-black-people-benefited-slavery-taught-usef-rcna95418A new Florida standard teaches students that some black people benefited from slavery because it taught useful skills. The stop woke act requires Florida teachers to promote the view that black people benefited from slavery because they could learn skills that they could use in life in order for them to actually earn a living.We could speculate all day about why they do this, but the most obvious reason seems to be they don't like the idea of dealing with the oppression of minorities, women, LGBTQ people anytime they're faced with one of these groups being oppressed.They have to try to soften it and make statements about how

The Non-Prophets 22.30.4 2023-07-26 featuring Kelley Laughlin, Malley O’Sirus, Chris and Scott DickieComputer-generated prayer? How AI is changing faith., The Christian Science Monitor, By Ingrid Ahlgren, July 18, 2023 https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2023/0718/Computer-generated-prayer-How-AI-is-changing-faith?icid=rss

The Non-Prophets 22.30.3 2023-07-26 featuring Kelley Laughlin, Malley O’Sirus, Chris and Scott DickieJudge: West Virginia can’t require incarcerated atheist to participate in religious programming, AP News, By Leah Willingham, July 20, 2023 https://apnews.com/article/west-virginia-atheist-corrections-prison-andrew-miller-a431dcba19dea53fec098d23755bc594

The Non-Prophets 22.30.2 2023-07-26 featuring Kelley Laughlin, Malley O’Sirus, Chris and Scott DickieFlorida Teen Takes School to Court for Religious Persecution, Medium.com/Backyard-Theology, By Dan Foster, July 17, 2023 https://medium.com/backyard-theology/florida-teen-takes-school-to-court-for-religious-persecution-b282b45355

The Non-Prophets 22.30.1 2023-07-26 featuring Kelley Laughlin, Malley O’Sirus, Chris and Scott DickieTexas atheists sue Fort Worth for rejecting ads for event opposing Christian Nationalism, Friendly Atheist, By Hemant Mehta, July 18, 2023 https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/texas-atheists-sue-fort-worth-for

The Non-Prophets, Episode 22.29 1-4 featuring Cynthia McDonald, Aaron Jensen and Teo el AteoFor too many Christians, the lines between dominionism, nationalism and fascism are blurred Religion News Service, By Karen Swallow Prior, July 11, 2023 https://religionnews.com/2023/07/11/for-too-many-christians-the-lines-between-dominionism-nationalism-and-fascism-are-blurred/

The Non-Prophets, Episode 22.29.2 featuring Cynthia McDonald, Aaron Jensen and Teo el AteoHow The End Of Affirmative Action Reroutes The Talent PipelineForbes, By Corinne Lestch, July 9, 2023, https://www.forbes.com/sites/corinnelestch/2023/07/09/how-the-end-of-affirmative-action-reroutes-the-talent-pipeline/?sh=518ad1495886 Clarence Thomas Wins Long Game Against Affirmative Action Bloomberg Law, By Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, June 29, 2023,https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4073736-thomas-in-rare-occurrence-reads-affirmative-action-opinion-from-bench/ Supreme Court Decision https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/20-1199_hgdj.pdf “In the decades since, I have repeatedly stated that Grutter was wrongly decided and should be overruled. Today, and despite a lengthy interregnum, the Constitution prevails,” - Justice Clarence Thomas.Recently the Supreme Court decided that affirmative action is no longer constitutional because it ruled that it violates the 14th Amendment which states that there sh

The Non-Prophets, Episode 22.29.1 featuring Cynthia McDonald, Aaron Jensen and Teo el AteoLet's not tie it to skin color': Oklahoma superintendent says racism not to blame for infamous Tulsa massacre Raw Story, By Matthew Chapman, July 7, 2023, https://www.rawstory.com/oklahoma-superintendent/ State Supt. Ryan Walters defends comments on Tulsa Race Massacre, claims words taken out of contextFox 25 News, by David Chasanov, July 7, 2023 https://okcfox.com/news/local/state-superintendent-ryan-walters-oklahoma-department-of-education-tulsa-race-massacre-critical-theory-crt-classroom-class-hannibal-johnson-raymond-doswell-greenwood-rising-black-wall-street-history-center-racist-evil-terrible-color-skin-controversy "Let’s not tie it to the skin color and say that the skin color determined that," - Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters.For those not aware, far-right Oklahoma State Superintendent Walters was talking about the Tulsa race massacre in an area called Black Wall Street. This was a self-sustaining com

The Non-Prophets, Episode 22.28.4 featuring Kelley Laughlin, Kara Griffin, Helen Greene and Teo el AteoIn notable stand, Israel’s ambassador to US says ‘trans rights are human rights’, Jewish Telegraph Agency, By Ron Kampeas, June 30, 2023 https://www.jta.org/2023/06/30/politics/in-notable-stand-israels-ambassador-to-us-

The Non-Prophets, Episode 22.28.3 featuring Kelley Laughlin, Kara Griffin, Helen Greene and Teo el AteoNorth Carolina megachurch exits Southern Baptist Convention after expulsions over women pastors, AP News, By Peter Smith, June 30, 2023 https://apnews.com/article/north-carolina-megachurch-leaves-southern-baptist-convention-f21a86e67c713765b9ace02f609e24c0 A North Carolina mega-church called Elevation Church, exited the Southern Baptist Convention after the expulsion of other churches over them having woman pastors.The Southern Baptist Convention has seen consistent membership declines for the past two decades. You would think that they would realize that they're doing something wrong, look around at the churches who are accepting female ministers, and realize this is one of the things that we're doing wrong and we need to change. But fear not, it doesn't seem like it registered in their heads at all.With a history of taking the worst possible position on social issues and then digging in based on cherry-pic

The Non-Prophets, Episode 22.28.2 featuring Kelley Laughlin, Kara Griffin, Helen Greene and Teo el AteoPope Francis asks Church to identify 21st-century martyrs slain ‘only because they are Christians’, AP News, By Frances D’emilio, July 5, 2023 https://apnews.com/article/vatican-pope-francis-martyrs-saints-fe125ca264867e14770cd407f5c4be18?utm_source=RecoReel&utm_medium=articlePage&utm_id=Taboola Pope Francis has set up a special commission tasked with identifying those he calls the new Martyrs of the 21st century. Christians who have been slain in some cases simply for attending to mass or for helping the poor. It's sad that people died for such reasons but making their death a thing to celebrate is sick.At the pope’s direction, the commission’s members will research cases of non-Catholic Christian martyrs, too. Why stop at capitalizing on your own martyrs when you can monetize someone else’s dead too?In what is a rather cynical effort, he made an announcement during an audience with the Coptic Ortho

The Non-Prophets, Episode 22.28.1 featuring Kelley Laughlin, Kara Griffin, Helen Greene and Teo el AteoThe Supreme Court rules for a designer who doesn’t want to make wedding websites for gay couples, AP News, By Jessica Gresko, June 30, 2023 https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-gay-rights-website-designer-aa529361bc939c837ec2ece216b296d5 Question abound, how did such a contrived scenario get to the U.S. Supreme Court in the first place? It seems only for the purpose of allowing it to rule that you don't have to make a website for a gay couple when no one had even asked for one.Lori Smith does not even build websites yet. She said she wants to do so but her Christian faith would keep her from creating websites celebrating same-sex marriages.Things got heated up when concerns about Lori Smith’s claims of supposed clients proved fruitful. One person doesn’t seem to exist, and another claims to have been happily married already for well over ten years.Many predicted that this outcome based on the makeup of t

The Non-Prophets, Episode 22.27.4 featuring Secular Rarity, Helen Greene, Phoebe Rose and Kelley LaughlinCatholic Democrats issue new ‘statement of principles’ defending abortion rightsReligion News, By Jack Jenkins, June 24, 2023, https://religionnews.com/2023/06/24/catholic-democrats-issue-new-statement-of-principles-defending-abortion-rights/ This next story is about a group of Catholic Democrats in the U.S House of Representatives who unveiled a new statement of principles last week reaffirming their support for abortion rights and expanding on a similar letter that they had sent back two years ago.They referenced a poll from the public religion Research Institute that shows 61 of Hispanic Catholics 62 percent of white Catholics and 71 percent of Catholics of color all say abortion should be legal in all or most cases.While it is good to see anyone facing the right direction, you have to be concerned about people who admit to basing their life on guidelines from an organization that has condoned child abu

The Non-Prophets, Episode 22.27.3featuring Secular Rarity,Helen Greene, Phoebe Rose and Kelley LaughlinWill evangelicals be fooled by the ‘He Gets Us’ campaign?We are talking about an article coming to us from only sky and it's about a current marketing campaign, With billboards and TV commercials that all promote this idea that “Jesus gets us”.To the tune of a mind-boggling one billion dollars, they want to convey the message that Jesus was a super cool guy who knows how you feel. Jesus knows what it's like to not be very wealthy, to be a refugee, he just gets us.But how can those who spend a billion dollars on such a frivolous fluff campaign think this is a good way to spend their money?If they're going to preach kindness and changing the world for the better they should actually start doing it instead of making more commercials about how Jesus is your buddy.As illustrated in this episode, the number of children that could have been fed with one billion dollars would have done a lot of good in the world. Pe

The Non-Prophets, Episode 22.27.2featuring Secular Rarity,Helen Greene, Phoebe Rose and Kelley LaughlinFederal judge rips into Florida’s ban on gender-affirming care for kidsPolitico News, By Gary Fineout, https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/06/florida-gender-affirming-care-ruling-00100387 In this episode, we will cover the decision made by U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle to block Florida from enforcing a law pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and his allies that would ban minors from receiving “puberty blockers” and other gender-affirming care.In his decision, the Judge said, “Nothing could have motivated this remarkable intrusion into parental prerogatives other than opposition to transgender status itself,” Hinkle also added that “the statute and the rules were an exercise in politics, not good medicine. This is a politically fraught area. There has long been, and still is, substantial bigotry directed at transgender individuals. Common experience confirms this, as does a Florida legislator’s remarkable refer

The Non-Prophets, Episode 22.27.1 featuring Secular Rarity,Helen Greene, Phoebe Rose and Kelley LaughlinSupreme Court Rules Against School That Made Girls Wear Skirts Because They're 'Fragile Vessels'Jezebel.com, By Caitlin Cruz, June 26, 2023 https://jezebel.com/supreme-court-rules-against-school-that-made-girls-wear-1850576537After being ruled against in Federal court, the Leland Charter school in North Carolina appealed all the way to the Supreme Count, where justices declined to hear the appeal without comment.At stake was their policy of requiring girls to wear skirts due to them being “weaker vessels”. They argued that girls should be required to wear skirts because they must be handled “more gently than boys", even during physical education and recess.Founder Baker Michael, invoked the Columbine shooting in an email when asked as to why the girls couldn’t wear pants. He said this as a way to “preserve chivalry and respect among young women and men in this school of choice.”The appeal being denied was o

VP Conservative Protects Abortion Rights?The Non-Prophets, Episode 22.26 featuring Cynthia McDonald, Infidel 64, Teo el Ateo and Scott DickieMike Pence May Have Inadvertently Protected Abortion Rights in Indiana, Rolling Stone, By Tessa Stuart, June 12, 2023 https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/mike-pence-protected-indiana-abortion-rights-1234769550/

Thanks Be to PrejudiceThe Non-Prophets, Episode 22.26 featuring Cynthia McDonald, Infidel 64, Teo el Ateo and Scott DickieBishops begin process that could ban gender-affirming care in Catholic hospitals, Religious News Service, By Jack Jenkins, June 16, 2023 https://religionnews.com/2023/06/16/bishops-begin-process-that-could-ban-gender-affirming-care-in-catholic-hospitals/

God is good cuz’ I’m the NY Mayor! The Non-Prophets, Episode 22.26 featuring Cynthia McDonald, Infidel 64, Teo el Ateo and Scott DickieMayor Adams says God told him he’d lead NYC, asked him to publicly proclaim faithNY Post, By Bernadette Hogan, June 19, 2023 https://nypost.com/2023/06/19/mayor-adams-says-god-told-him-hed-lead-nyc-asked-him-to-publicly-proclaim-faith/?utm_campaign=iphone_nyp&utm_source=pasteboard_app

The Non-Prophets 22.26.1 2023-06-28 with Cynthia McDonald, Infidel 64, Teo el Ateo and Scott DickieThe ABC’s of Moms for Liberty Summit Speakers: Authoritarianism, Bigotry, Censorship (Disinformation, Extremism…)Right Wing Watch, By Peter Montgomery, June 15, 2023 https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/the-abcs-of-moms-for-liberty-summit-speakers/