606: Eli's Birthday Edition

The Scathing Atheist

On this week’s episode: A blasphemy suspect in Pakistan gets a taste of American policing ... A Christian newspaper tries its hand at skepticism and physically injures itself ... And Cecil helps reenact the bible again because of ongoing blackmail.
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Headlines:
Christian posts tries to debunk negative claims about Trump and bunks them instead: https://www.christianpost.com/news/5-debunked-hoaxes-related-to-donald-trump.html
As Taliban starts restricting men, too, some regret not speaking up sooner: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/22/afghanistan-taliban-restrictions-men-beards/
In an Unprecedented Move, Ohio Is Funding the Construction of Private Religious Schools: https://www.propublica.org/article/ohio-taxpayer-money-funding-private-religious-schools
North Sumatra unveils world's tallest Christ statue: https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2024/09/22/north-sumatra-unveils-world039s-tallest-christ-statue
Mark Robinson, NC GOP nominee for governor, called himself a ‘black NAZI’ and supported slavery in past comments made on porn forum: https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/19/politics/kfile-mark-robinson-black-nazi-pro-slavery-porn-forum/index.html
Pakistan police shoot dead blasphemy suspect: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz9pg8d4245o