Ep. 502 - The Christian Nationalism of Speaker Mike Johnson

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Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Hemant launched a Kickstarter to go through the Book of Revelation on YouTube. Please consider supporting him here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/friendlyatheist/everything-wrong-with-revelation-in-the-bible

— New House Speaker Mike Johnson is a fervent Christian Nationalist. (1:31) 

— A Republican helped sink Rep. Tom Emmer's Speaker bid, saying he needed to "get right with Jesus." (29:10)

— Rep. Maxwell Frost called out "racist, violent, and dangerous" Christian Nationalism. (38:30)

— Donald Trump said he’ll block immigrants who "don’t like our religion" from entering the U.S. (43:52)

— Preacher Mark Burns, who lied about his military service, plans to open the "Burns Christian Military Academy." (51:28)

— Oklahoma’s Attorney General Gentner Drummond filed a lawsuit to block a taxpayer-funded Catholic charter school. (58:30)

— GOP congressman Burgess Owens falsely claimed the Bible was "banned from all of us" in 1963. (1:05:37)

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