[irrelig]In this special episode we courageously venture into the dark heart of iTunes’ Top Ten Religious Podcasts, tackling the ever-charming, ever-gleeful Joyce Meyer as well as everyone’s favorite evangelical idiot, Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill. We also have a very special installment of “As the Allred Family Turns,” and a surprising announcement about the fate of the Mims H. Carter Skunk Dick Award.
It can all be found in episode 75, released on time even!
28 Responses to “75: Religious Podcast Takedown!”
OMG Thank you guys!! I haven’t even listened to it yet, and I bought you a six pack (and then some).
I am just over half way through and have not laughed this much and this loud for a long time. “Hey lady” and Chuck & Leighton, thank you for a much needed chuckle/guffaw after a couple of really Skunk Dickish weeks. I’m sure I will have more to say about this episode: apparently I can’t keep my mouth shut as a woman should.
It really is Fuck You, Fans month, isn’t it? That was a painful episode to sit through.
Great episode! It seems like ministers are just wanna be stand-up comedians but fail. That whole Mark Driscoll diatribe was like the worst Seinfeld bit ever. Congrats to Leighton on being rebuked, the most I ever got was being told that the devil was seducing me… 🙁
another take on ‘Footprints’ which I like better:
One night I had a wondrous dream, One set of footprints there was seen,
The footprints of the Goddess they were, But mine were not along the shore.
But then some stranger prints appeared, and I asked Her, “What have we here?
These prints are large and round and neat, But much too big to be from feet.”
“My child,” She said in somber tones, “For miles I carried you alone.
I challenged you to walk in faith, But you refused and made me wait.”
“You would not learn, you would not grow, The walk of faith, you would not know,
So I got tired, I got fed up, And there I dropped you on your butt.
“Because in life, there comes a time When one must fight, and one must climb,
When one must rise and take a stand, Or leave their butt prints in the sand.”
If Pastor Driscoll needs to take a bag to the shops, why doesn’t he take Joyce?
And I think the term you are looking for to describe the Pastor’s “introduction” is “word salad”.
Possession by a female jinn? That sounds really stupid.
I think I have worked out what is really going on:
The child was probably exposed to the water of life whilst inside the womb and now has the memories of some past reverend mothers.
Clearly some of the Saudis are members of the spacing guild, this explains their fear of powerful female voices.
I am also Herculeanistic Lol
I haven’t listened yet, but I’m already giddy with anticipation! I’m sure my giddiness will be shattered by mediocrity, but I can’t help it, I’m hooked on this shit.
By the way, they should give you an award for ‘Podcast Whose Fans Are the Biggest Assholes’.
‘gasp’.. If I were an asshole and found out about this, I’d be outraged!
I gave you guys some money – guess that makes me a Pagan High Priestess. Woo Hoo! That’s going on the CV, right next to the D.Irr.
“Where the f*ck is my Amen?!?” Hahahahahahahahaha! Coffee ‘n Cream is a pretty wall color in this room.
Very good episode. I was laughing my ass off at the start with the atheist elementary schoolboy. However, I must point out that I was “raised” atheist. When I was very young, my only knowledge of who Jesus was was to associate him with the cross sign. I didn’t know about the crucifiction, I din’t know he was supposed to be God and/or his son. Also, I knew some people thought God existed but my father had shared some basic questions about God with me, such as:
Who created God? How can God be everywhere? Why does God allow bad stuff to happen? Why doesn’t he talk? And so on.
I certainly didn’t understand the more complex arguments but I never prayed, I didn’t think the God thing made sense and so on. In fact, the first time I was in a church was when I was 5 years old and they had to carry me out because I got scared and started crying when I saw a bloody statue of Jesus. My father tells me I kept asking “Why is there a man with nails and blood?” and that I was really scared.
To this day I can’t understand how kids don’t get scared shitless when looking at those statues.
Love the podcast, keep on ridiculing the religious wack-a-loons. When I listen to the podcast at work, my co-workers come into my office to find out why I am laughing.
One correction I must insist on. Chuck ridiculed a fan’s comment claiming that he was an atheist at the age of seven. I was born an atheist like everyone but I stayed that way. My parents were atheists. At the age of seven, I thought god was an artificial construct just like Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy. I know it is hard for a recovering Mormon to understand that some of us never were exposed to delusional thinking by our parents.
Joyce is a kick. I’ve watched her on TV. Is there anyone that looks meaner? — while telling you how joyful she is?
She should be happier, she is raking in the cash!
Mark Driscoll just has to be jealous of Oprah. He wishes he had her fan club.
and her bank roll…
Bloody hell, if Joyce Meyer is joyful then my ground state of being is coked out of my brain.
I would request more religious podcast takedowns, but I am really giddy at the prospect of you doing a show on Prop *. It has already generated some of the funniest “Daily Show” sketches. Oh, and when it comes to the “Skunk Dick” awards, haters to the left. It’s THE hors d’oeuvres and when it’s not there I miss it.
Sometimes, while I am channel surfing, I will pause on TBN just for some shits and giggles. They never dissapoint me…and neither do you guys. Hail from the only atheist in Alabama (ok, maybe there are 5 ).
TBN?
Come on guys. A kid not believing in God that young is not a surprise, and to criticize someone for listening to the podcast and posting a fucking review on itunes is weird. A review is an opinion right? You say that the person is not forced to listen so they don’t have to be offended? Yeah, nd I’m sure they have stopped listening after that review. Did they listen to every single episode? Maybe, but either way they got sick of what they perceived as offensive or a waste of time. THUS 2 stars. Simple as that.
TBN – Trinity Broadcasting Network. It is a Christian broadcasting network. I too, when I am bored, turn to that channel so that I could have a good laugh.
And I don’t know if you guys have spoken about them already, but Benny Hinn, J.D. Jakes, and the aptly name Creflo Dollar, need your special attention.
@Brice: I can’t speak for Leighton, but I know every time we lose a listener there appears a hollow little God-shaped hole in my heart.
Chuck- You have a heart? I thought you and Leighton were just automatons., like all atheists.
I used to have a heart, but then we lost too many listeners.
I’ve fallen hopelessly and madly in love with you guys. Leighton, and Chuck, I will go through Skunkdickwithdrawel disorder if you don’t continue. Chuck, what would the treatment for such a debilitating and heinous disease be? Hopefully it won’t turn into skunkdickdissociative disorder… which is fatal! Seriously, coming from a pain in the ass like me, this does not mean much, but come on!
Since you’ve lost enough listeners, I’ve been recruiting them on my blog and amongst my dearest and sickest friends. However, I doubt that my brother will be among them. He’s a Glenn Beck fan… (Shudder of familial shame.)
Thanks so much for all you do!
justanotheralcoholic…
Just so you know, the term “Heterosexist’ refers to the default assumption that heterosexuality is the normal sttate of affairs, and is generally used when someone assumes another is “straight until proven gay”.
I don’t really think this term applies to Chuck and Leighton. They seem only too quick to consider the possiblility that another person is gay on little to no evidence, particularly each other or in circumstances when the person involved would be offended or be proven hypocritical.
Chuck and Leighton can in my mind hardly be deemed heterosexist. Homophobic, mysogynist, racist, intellectually elitist, irreverent, incorrigable and smug but certainly not heterosexist.
Keep it up guys. Big fan.
This is actually my favorite episode so far. I know it must take a lot of suffering to go through those podcasts, but… more please?