Atheist Nomads Episode 35 – Apologizing for Apologetics with Rachael Slick

Summary: INTRO * Light the Night National | Dustin * FBB FEEDBACK * Sean from Canada * Stephen from Canada SUPPORTERS Platinum Sponsor – US$10.00 per month * Robert Ray, Humanists of the North Puget Sound * Virginia Dawn * Russ from the Kitsap Atheists & Agnostics * Renee Davis-Pelt Gold Sponsor – US$5.00 per month * Vernware THIS DAY IN HISTORY – September 26th * 1945 – First American soldier killed in Vietnam * 1888 – Great American author T.S. Elliot is born * 1960 – Nixon sweats a river during a debate * 1969 – It’s all about Marsha Marsha Marsha! as the Brady Bunch premiers * 2008 – Screen legend Paul Newman dies SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY * Magnitude 7.7 Earthquake creates new island in Pakistan * Cygnus delayed * CDC reports on antibiotic resistant infections * Australia nixes the science minister post * Russian Academy of Science loses independance POLITICS AND RELIGION * Faith healing parents charged in daughter’s death * Sexuality is apparently magnetic… * Court rules that for-profit corporation is not a religious person * Pope wants the Catholic Church to take it’s focus off social issues… * …Yet still excommunicates gay and woman affirming priest… * …meanwhile another priest caught with a boy’s pants down INTERVIEW – Rachael Slick Rachael Slick is the daughter of Christian apologist and CARM Founder Matt Slick and wrote about her experiences growing up on Friendly Atheist. If you read up on TAG you can find it here. You can find us online at www.atheistnomads.com, follow us on Twitter @AtheistNomads, like us on Facebook, email us at contact@atheistnomads.com, and leave us a voice mail message at (541) 203-0666. Theme music is provided by Sturdy Fred.