370: Socially Distant Edition

In this week’s episode, Christians will prove they can ALWAYS outcrazy a public panic, Donald Trump tells us to be prayer the ides of March, and we’ll meet a cult that was hiding in their homes before it was cool. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: http://www.amazon.com/Diatribes-Godless-Misanthrope-Scathing-Presents-ebook/dp/B00J53FZFI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396141562&sr=8-1 To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out out half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To hear more from our intrepid audio engineer Morgan Clarke, click here: https://www.morganclarkemusic.com/ --- Headlines: Corona-Tacular: Mark Taylor says its a distraction so trump can purge the deep state https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/03/13/mark-taylor-trump-is-using-coronavirus-as-a-distraction-to-purge-the-deep-state/ Jerry Falwell, Jr. Falsely Claims Coronavirus May Be a North Korean Bioweapon https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/03/13/jerry-falwell-jr-falsely-claims-coronavirus-may-be-a-north-korean-bioweapon Pastor: Coronavirus is Satan’s Way of Killing Old People So Socialism Can Thrive https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/03/13/pastor-coronavirus-is-satans-way-of-killing-old-people-so-socialism-can-thrive/ Isreli Rabbi says its gay pride parades https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/03/09/orthodox-israeli-rabbi-claims-coronavirus-is-gods-revenge-for-gay-pride-parades/ Gay people  https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/03/07/right-wing-pastor-god-sent-us-coronavirus-because-of-homosexuality/ Church of cyprus says god would never let corona spread via communion https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/03/12/church-of-cyprus-god-would-never-let-coronavirus-spread-via-communion/ Archbishop: Holy water can’t spread coronavirus: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/03/15/archbishop-drinking-holy-water-is-fine-since-christ-does-not-spread-germs/ DC Catholic leader defends communion by downplaying the importance of health: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/03/10/catholic-leader-if-we-cancel-mass-due-to-coronavirus-weve-lost-our-courage/ Pastor: Churches That Close Due to Coronavirus Are Run by Neutered “Pansies” https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/03/12/pastor-churches-that-close-due-to-coronavirus-are-run-by-neutered-pansies/ Televangelist: Touch My Oily Hand Through the TV and I’ll Cure Your Coronavirus https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/03/12/televangelist-touch-my-oily-hand-through-the-tv-and-ill-cure-your-coronavirus/ Cindy Jacobs calls it illegal https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/03/06/cindy-jacobs-i-declare-the-coronavirus-illegal-in-gods-name/ Church wants at least 250 people  https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/03/15/church-sets-attendance-goal-of-at-least-250-people-despite-coronavirus-scare/ The Dead Sea Scrolls are Still fake https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/03/museum-of-the-bible-dead-sea-scrolls-forgeries/ South Korean Mayor Sues Coronavirus-Spreading Church for “Murder”: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/03/04/south-korean-mayor-sues-coronavirus-spreading-church-for-murder/ Canada’s government moves to ban conversion therapy: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/03/11/canadas-government-moves-to-ban-anti-lgbtq-conversion-therapy/ Donald Trump seems to be super duper lying about coronavirus test: https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1239641829668261893?s=21&fbclid=IwAR1fvNXYYB9JBVccIjAWzItCeWhpFe7Z7AjBpjU5F2_DZ9VBUtSvLBRVZ48 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/03/14/debacle-over-trumps-coronavirus-test/ --- This Week in Misogyny: Lori Alexander: Abortion and Being Trans Are Worse Than Coronavirus https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/03/14/christian-mommy-blogger-abortion-and-being-trans-are-worse-than-coronavirus/ Lori Alexander: Coronavirus is god’s way of making mom’s homeschool their kids: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/03/17/christian-blogger-covid-19-is-gods-way-of-making-moms-homeschool-their-kids/