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This week’s look at the funny, the scary and just plain weird passages in humanity’s holy texts comes from listener Paul from Brisbane, Australia. We return the Holy Qu’ran of Islam, which reiterates its horrific depiction of human rights and family values.

If you’re a fan of Ask an Atheist, you’ve probably already heard about the “Adopt an Atheist” campaign of the Catholic League, the stage name of perennial blowhard pundit, Bill Donahue.

In it, he suggests that Catholics adopt one of us to somehow discover closeted Christians in our community.   How they intend to do this, beyond spamming the offices of American Atheists, is not explained.

However, I think it’s a great idea, and I’ve volunteered myself for their adoption program in this open letter I’ve submitted to their web site.

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As we close out 2011, join the gang at Ask an Atheist for a night of live comedy! To help keep our radio show on the air, we’re holding our second semi-annual comedy event, with all proceeds benefiting the poor and needy, namely us!

Comic Lineup includes:

Jeremy Whitman, a national touring comic and a co-creator of the Ask an Atheist radio show!

Kermit Apio, the winner of the 2009 Great American Comedy Festival and has had numerous appearances on television and radio. He has showcased at comedy festivals in Aspen, Las Vegas, and Vancouver and has performed in 47 states and 3 Canadian provinces. He is a past winner of the Seattle Comedy Competition and was a semi-finalist in the San Francisco Comedy Competition. Also, in 1988 he was Dishwasher of the Month at the Sea-Tac Airport Denny’s.

Cathy Sorbo has appeared on shows produced by HBO and Showtime, and developed a pilot with MTV. The U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen said of Cathy, “Sorbo rips into her work with such humor and insight that her act appeals to just about everybody.” Cathy’s credits also include national voiceover work for radio and television ads as well as performing at corporate events for clients ranging from Microsoft to the U.S. Army. Cathy has been a regular performer on NPR’s news satire show Rewind and is a sideline announcer for the Rat City Roller Girls roller derby league. She is also a columnist for the Saturday Spin section of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

WHERE:  

Jewelbox Theater
2322 2nd Avenue
Seattle, WA 98121

WHEN:

Thursday, December 29th at 8:00pm

Tickets are $20 at the door and are very limited! You can purchase tickets in advance on Brown Paper Tickets!

This week’s look at the funny, the scary and just plain weird passages in humanity’s holy texts comes from listener Christoph from Germany, we look at the religion of Zoroastrianism, a religion that predates both Christianity and Islam.

It has an odd definition of evil. Today’s passage comes from the Avesta, Zoroastrianism’s sacred text

My impassioned speech in defense of the King of the Seas at the beginning of last week’s show has not gone unheard!

Rob Kelly, the man in charge the excellent Aquaman Shrine fan site and one half of the talent behind the always-entertaining Fire and Water podcast has awarded us a coveted status as official members of F.O.A.M. — Friends Of Aquaman.

It even comes with an official certificate!

As I said on the show, Aquaman is a badass. Ignore the naysayers with their scoffing and their jokes, because this is a guy who doles out justice by throwing polar bears at his foes! He can command the likes of Sharktopus, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, Megashark and Giant Octopus, and any of the minions of Cthulhu!

Big thanks to Rob at the Aquaman Shrine for the recognition! You have an excellent site and terrific taste in superheroes!