15: Heathens: The Wealth of Religions
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In this episode:
WE GOT OUR WEBSITE UP AND RUNNING! www.heathenslmc.com. Go check it out, comment, send us suggestions, add to our blog posts and do all those media things that make us more popular because we rely on YOU!
The News - a Pakistani girl is going to be put to death because as a Christian, she dared to touch a bowl of water that a Muslim took offense to. This is how stupid all religions are, they are willing to put a person to death for insults.
Also, Brett "The Man" Kavanaugh gets confirmed to the US Supreme court and we give him a 2 finger salute. Also, why is it OK to give hand outs to companies in the forms of tax breaks (which we are not against) but not to individuals in the forms of food stamps?
This week's main topic : just how much money do religious organizations have? Our estimation, about 45 TRILLION DOLLARS of the world's wealth are controlled by religious organizations. That's a lot of money. We break down the percentages of wealth owned by various religious people - Xtians control about 55% of the world's wealth. Muslims, about 8%. Bit of a disparity there.
In closing: we talk directly to our atheist friends. The religious need not tune out, but we take a few minutes to talk directly to only our fellow atheists to recognize the help you have given us over the past 3 months in getting our podcast up and running by listening to 2 idiots rant an rave about the world.