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Ad Mominem Edition

In this weekโ€™s episode, the nones are emptier than we thought, a Trump video about med beds gets recognized as AI because of complete sentences, and Ross Douthat will ask how we explain all the alien abductions if Jesus isnโ€™t our Lord and Savior.

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Headlines:

Nonreligious Americans might not be as spiritual as previously reported: https://religionnews.com/2025/10/02/nonreligious-americans-might-not-be-as-spiritual-as-we-thought/

Christian group deceived SCOTUS about LGBTQ research, cited scholars say: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/06/alliance-defending-freedom-supreme-court-conversion-therapy

SCOTUS term opens with docket full of theocracy building: https://religionclause.blogspot.com/2025/10/supreme-court-term-opens-monday-with.html

Trump posts AI-generated video about "MedBeds For All":

https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/28/politics/trump-ai-medbed-conspiracy-theory

Comments

Eli's "stop, drop, and Holy roll" joke is top tier punsmanship for him. Good thing I was alone in my car for that one, the way I cackled.

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Excellent, Cass!

Ann Pollard


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