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  • FFRF Associate Counsel Liz Cavell and Staff Attorney Chris Line talk with the "Friendly Atheist" Hemant Mehta about recent state/church separation news. Hemant Mehta is a well known author and journalist who writes and reports about atheism, religion and politics.
    Learn more about the Freedom From Religion Foundation at ffrf.org.
    Follow Hemant Mehta's work at www.friendlyatheist.com/

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  • @leoaguinaldo65
    @leoaguinaldo65 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

    One proud The Friendly Atheist subscriber here.

  • @melodys.portlandoregon556
    @melodys.portlandoregon556 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    Thankful for FFRF and for "The Friendly Atheist" Hemant Mehta. Our non-religious voice, the NONE's, need to be recognized.

  • @leoaguinaldo65
    @leoaguinaldo65 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

    Religion pulls everything back to the Dark Ages.

  • @dogearflopper7011
    @dogearflopper7011 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Hemant my precious news goober

  • @weston.weston
    @weston.weston 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    I enjoy Chris and Liz!

  • @ProgressOnly
    @ProgressOnly 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Yay Hemant!

  • @DDinTN
    @DDinTN 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Prayer: The most effective method to demonstrate the ineffectiveness of prayer.

    • @doneestoner9945
      @doneestoner9945 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Nothing fails like prayer.

  • @louisanow
    @louisanow 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Conservative “unity” usually means “here's your invitation to capitulate to conservative demands”. It's a veiled threat, not well-intentioned bridge building.

  • @Left_hand_clapping
    @Left_hand_clapping 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I appreciate the work that Hemant does and I am a paid supporter of his podcast. He truly is the friendly atheist. Keep up the good work FFRF.

  • @flerkk
    @flerkk 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    I watch the Friendly Atheist Podcast Every Day. Thanks ❤🙏❤️

  • @catmeldo
    @catmeldo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Love Hemant!! Love FFRF!!! Great interview

  • @Spock_Rogers
    @Spock_Rogers 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Great show! Great guest! 👍🖖

    • @Spock_Rogers
      @Spock_Rogers 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thank you for letting me know that May 4th is the National day of Reason. I will be sure to annoy my friends.

  • @galenwilliams9839
    @galenwilliams9839 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Even if every single resident of London, KY shared his particular version of faith it would still be unconstitutional for the mayor to be promoting it as part of his official duties.

  • @Vegan_Ape_2018
    @Vegan_Ape_2018 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I've been following Hemant since 2011. He really is fantastic.

    • @doneestoner9945
      @doneestoner9945 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Did you see him on Jeopardy ?

    • @Vegan_Ape_2018
      @Vegan_Ape_2018 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@doneestoner9945 I saw clips, not the whole episode.

  • @ironsausage808
    @ironsausage808 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Perhaps next year TST can show up at these little prayer breakfasts. Every one is invited right?

  • @irishhi8333
    @irishhi8333 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Think they ever include Hindu, Jewish, Wiccan, Muslim or Buddhist prayer?

  • @neilforbes416
    @neilforbes416 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    38:20 *FAITH HAS NO IMPORTANCE!*

    • @user-uz5mv3ql8d
      @user-uz5mv3ql8d 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If I knew for sure I was going to live after I croak, I mite care. Anyone who says they know what happens to you after you die, is either lieing or is a fool, or both.

    • @neilforbes416
      @neilforbes416 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@user-uz5mv3ql8d Might, not mite. mite can be a tiny insect. Might means either strength or possibility of something. To "lie" or to be caught "lying". Lie is either to rest on a bed, or tell an untruth. Lying is the act of resting on a bed or telling an untruth. I needed to clarify things as your spelling is at primary school level.

    • @J_LorraineK
      @J_LorraineK 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@neilforbes416 pedantic much?

    • @J_LorraineK
      @J_LorraineK 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Faith is the most insidious form of dishonesty, in my humble opinion.

    • @user-uz5mv3ql8d
      @user-uz5mv3ql8d 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@neilforbes416 I!m moving on up>>>>

  • @MrCanis4
    @MrCanis4 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    The US. They ‘think’ they are the greatest country on this planet and yet cling to a 2000 year old world view.
    So contradictory.

    • @J_LorraineK
      @J_LorraineK 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Please remember there are still a lot of us who are not Christians, much less Nationalists. Some of us have more than half a brain, and good morals, both.

  • @cynthiasloan3867
    @cynthiasloan3867 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    thank you

  • @sparXKuijper
    @sparXKuijper 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    4:25 🤔 mmm , I don't believe in hyperbuoyant magical zombies. 😇

  • @scottmatthews1039
    @scottmatthews1039 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Show me a theocracy that has not gone predictably, and ridiculously wrong…

  • @jacobhholt
    @jacobhholt 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Olive Garden, when we say "when" to the amount of Parmesan on you're salad, we say "when" for Christianity in America life even if they don't think so.

  • @user-wp4ju4hp5w
    @user-wp4ju4hp5w หลายเดือนก่อน

    Mehta must be a common name like Smith or Jones?

  • @mr.d.8121
    @mr.d.8121 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Prayer.. sitting alone or in group thinking about others, especially children = CREEPY OR WHAT!

  • @user-tb1gf6kn4w
    @user-tb1gf6kn4w 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Another door-to-door shoe salesman by any other name.

  • @elainejohnson6955
    @elainejohnson6955 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The Bible and the Constitution are totally contradictory. It takes a whole lot of cognitive dissonance to believe in both.

    • @littlebitofhope1489
      @littlebitofhope1489 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      TREATY OF TRIPOLI by JOHN ADAMS 1796
      Art. 11. As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion...
      A 2018 Supreme Court Ruling re-affirmed this statement, from The Treaty of Tripoli.
      The Supreme Court released an opinion on May 14, 2018 in Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Assn., 584 U. S. (2018), Justice Thomas in his concurring opinion wrote:
      "The Treaty of Tripoli was passed by the Senate and signed into law by President John Adams. As such, it is a "legislated text" which must be read "textually". The lower courts in this case read a hypothetical legislative intention into the text by dismissing Article 11 as "a mere formality". The language itself makes a clear direct statement that our government is not based on the Christian religion and any attempt by a government official to represent our government as Christian contradicts the text and the historical understanding of our founders.”

    • @istvansipos9940
      @istvansipos9940 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      in their defense, the bible contradics reality, too. 1 more contradiction is not an issue for the brainwa... I mean, for the religi0us.

    • @littlebitofhope1489
      @littlebitofhope1489 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@istvansipos9940 😆

    • @user-uz5mv3ql8d
      @user-uz5mv3ql8d 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Religious law makers work in delirious ways!

  • @chamicels
    @chamicels หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Grace Church Maryland Heights MO...has weekly videos on politics...It drives me nuts that they support political candidates. Its a HUGE church. Makes me sick.

  • @user-uz5mv3ql8d
    @user-uz5mv3ql8d 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One hand clapping is better than two hand!s praying.

    • @MissOne
      @MissOne 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      😂

  • @JohnComeOnMan
    @JohnComeOnMan 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Oh yeah, forgot about this dude.

  • @revwillyg6450
    @revwillyg6450 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Yeesh that woman in red was creepy!

  • @CMVMic
    @CMVMic หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is Hemant sick? He used to look so much healthier. I could be wrong.

  • @timothygolden3113
    @timothygolden3113 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Make the 28th Amendment law (in 2024):
    Extreme Vetting for All Candidates and Appointees:
    GPA of A (‘C’ students Need Not Apply) + IQ of 130 + POLYGRAPH + ETHICS + Money Management + Be pro-girl power +