687: Electric Monk Edition

In this week’s episode, the DOJ enters the 1st Amendment’s SPAM folder, Florida golfers who encounter a golden idol of Donald Trump will play it as it lies, and Ross Douthat will finally make it through a chapter without shoehorning an obscure Latin or French phrase into the text. --- To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click here: https://www.amazon.com/Outbreak-Crisis-Religion-Ruined-Pandemic/dp/B08L2HSVS8/ If you see a news story you think we might be interested in, you can send it here: scathingnews@gmail.com 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 our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ Report instances of harassment or abuse connected to this show to the Creator Accountability Network here: https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/ --- Guest Links: See Noah in Cincinnati with Seth Andrews on July 11th: https://www.sethandrews.com/cincinnati See Noah at the Ark Park Protest in Williamstown, KY on July 12th: https://www.facebook.com/TriStateThinkers See Noah at BAHACon in Ontario August 21-23: https://bahacon.com/ --- Headlines: DOJ email promotes Chrisitan Nationalist revival https://atheists.org/news/federal-policy/american-atheists-foias-trumps-doj-again/ A field competition for Army chaplains tests spiritual mettle: https://taskandpurpose.com/news/eighth-army-exercise-chaplain/ Greg Abbott shuts down legal Muslim event for being Muslim: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-private-muslim-event-at-a-texas I, Robe-ot — the android monk working to reboot the faith of South Korea's buddhists: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/08/jogyesa-temple-south-korea-humanoid-ai-robot-gabi https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/technology/robot-monk-buddhist-seoul.html Pastor Defends Golden Trump Statue From Biblical Backlash: https://www.newsweek.com/pastor-defends-golden-trump-statue-from-biblical-backlash-11933490