Flynn and Rich discuss some crazy dogma, including:

Two Bishops in Ireland speak out against visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

A German Buddhist goes to court to force the authorities to allow him to gets visits from his dead mother in prison.

Controversy in Italy over plans to allow people to spread ashes in Turin.

More controversy in Italy over a court decision awarding a woman 5,000 Euros for a crucifix in her children's classroom.

More good news from Somalia. 

Interview with Brother Richard, the founder of Atheist Nexus and the creator of the Life Without Faith blog. 

We talk about his life as a "Charismatic" Christian Minister and his journey from the ministry to being the creator of an atheist social networking website and  about organized atheism.

Jamye returns and picks a Jackass of the Week.

Rich announces a listener contest--have Worst Christmas Ever!

Update on cheerleader Bible signs at high-school games in Georgia. Man fired for wearing a religious button in Georgia, USA.

More UN free speech follies. In the UK, efforts to repeal the crime of religious libel in Northern Ireland and to remove references to Christianity in the written constitution of British overseas territories.

A replica of Stonehenge in Texas faces criticism. Your emails.

And much, much more.

Interview with Arab Atheists Network founder "Alpharabius"
CORRECTION from the show: Alpharabius is not the founder of the AAN, but a member.

Interview with Sean Faircloth, Executive Director of the Secular Coalition For America. 

Rob picks the Jackass Of The Week (but you have to wait until the end to find out who it is).

A defeat for Freedom Of Speech at the UN Human Rights Council as the U.S. Government sponsors a resolution to give cover to regimes that want to criminalize blasphemy.

Women are forbidden from being passengers on motorcycles and scooters in Gaza.

An unusual lawsuit over prayer.

A city council in California wastes precious time on deciding what kinds of prayer to allow to open up city council meetings.

And some really interesting emails.

Interview with Stuart Bechman, President of Atheist Alliance International.

Interview with Dr. Ed Buckner, president to American Atheists.  Recorded from the floor of the Atheist Alliance International Convention in Burbank, CA.

PZ Myers brief interview from the floor of the AAI Convention in Burbank, CA.

The WBC wins an appeal.

Two hotel owners in England are arrested and charged for hurting the feelings of a Muslim guest.

A school district makes a strange decision regarding religious signs at a football game.

Flynn attends religious services with none other than Artemis Orman.

A minister in charge of a school makes (allegedly) some strange employment decisions.

If you want to watch the live podcast on Friday October 2 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time, go tohttp://www.ustream.tv/channel/dogma-free-america  http://www.ustream.tv/channel/dogma-free-america

Rob returns to talk about some Dogma.

Sharia law enacted in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, and now adulterers are subject to death by stoning.

Trial date set for the blasphemy trial for dutch MP Geert Wilders..

Some kids allegedly kicked out of a minor league baseball game in New Jersey for refusing to stand for the song "God Bless America."

The Banana Sex Cult in Papua New Guinea.

Your emails.

And some info about our upcoming live show in Burbank, CA.  If you want to watch our live podcast on Oct 2, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time, here is the link. 

The Swine Flu Episode (not because there is any swine flu dogma discussed, but because Rich recorded it when he had swine flu).

Very good news on the freedom of speech front in Canada.

Very bad news on the freedom on speech front in Finland.

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church thinks that God killed 15 innocent boaters because Madonna held a concert in Bulgaria.

The Mayor Of London wants everyone--EVERYONE--to fast at least one day during Ramadan.

In Israel, a government agency considers Jews who marry outside of the religion to be "missing persons."

Your emails.

And more.

Jamye returns as co-host.

Of all the Jackass comments we have ever quoted on this show, this week's Jackass Of The Week is has said the worst--hands down.

Good news from lawsuits in Kentucky and Colorado.

One of the funniest ranting emails we have reported on in quite some time.

News from Pakistan, and it isn't good.

The Ultra-Orthodox in Jerusalem are at it again.

No more blue jeans for school girls in Gaza.

Your emails.

And much, much more.

Episode 100!

For the first time in 50 episodes, we are joined by both Flynn and Rob simultaneously. 

We play a special game where I give five stories about Flynn, only one of which is true, and Rob has to guess the real Flynn story, plus stories of crazy dogma from around the world, including:

Public swimming pools in the UK requiring burkinis during special Muslim swimming sessions.

Yale University Press cowardly declining to put the famous Danish cartoons of Mohammad in a scholarly book about the . . .  Danish Mohammad cartoons.

An artist in India gets threats for portraying the god Ganesh in non-traditional form.

A man sentenced to seven years in prison in Syria for blasphemy. 

A candidate for the Mayor to Tulsa has a strange election platform.

Episode 99--Our Last Two Digit Episode!

Flynn joins Rich to talk about some crazy dogma.

Praying for Glaciers in Switzerland.

Praying on a specially chartered airplane flight over Israel.

Controversy over prayers at City Council meetings in California.

Controversy over adding "In God We Trust" to a city logo in Florida.

Is it okay for the government to impose regulations on who has the authority to say what "kosher" means?  I think you already know the answer to that one.

And a bunch of emails.

For more information on the AAI October convention, go to atheistconvention.org

Welcome special guest co-host Jamye Johnston.  Jamye is an "out" Atheist and Skeptic and a Texas public school teacher.  You can find her podcast at  www.underfiendradio.com.

Also, dear listeners, please remember to give us ratings and reviews on Itunes--it supposedly helps with our page rankings over there.  You can check out our new "beta" website at dogmafreeamerica.org, and don't forget to join our new online forum--you can find a link at the new beta website. 

And then some news of crazy dogma and other stuff:

A UK police force issues hijabs to female officers so that they avoid offense if their official duties take them into mosques.

The Supreme Court of Canada rules that the province of Alberta can require religious people to have photo driver's licenses if they want to drive.

A U.S. federal court rules that Michigan's plan to track cattle is constitutional, even if some think that the tracking technology represents the number of the beast from the Book Of Revelation.

Lashes for adultery in the Maldives.

And much, much more.

Flynn joins us and complains of sitting through interminable production meetings.

Someone thinks that we need more overt displays of religion in sporting events.

The Catholic prelate for Mexico City talks about the Devil to a conference for exorcists.

Sunday Ferry Follies in Scotland.

The Ultra-Orthodox in Jerusalem riot because social services takes starving 3 year old child weighing about 14.5 pounds into protective custody.

A state government website in Connecticut forced to take down links to "open and affirming" churches.

9 plaques of the 10 commandments removed from a courthouse in Kentucky, USA.

Your emails.

Rob comes back after more than a month long hiatus.

Rich tells some stories of his time at The Amazing Meeting in Las Vegas

Controversy and lawsuits over religious messages at the new Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C.

FIFA calls out the Brazilian soccer team on religious t-shirts.

A new role for the Russian Orthodox Church in government.

The Irish blasphemy law (again)

A bizarre court decision in Australia.

And more (not much more, but more nonetheless).

As part of our continuing efforts to find a female co-host to fill in for Flynn and Rob, we welcome Jamilla Bey. A "victory" for women in Syria. Blasphemy in Ireland. Money for Koran schools in Gaza. Your emails. And a special treat at the end.

First of all, you can find Rich on Twitter here. 

Good news from Minnesota.

Strange doings in Detroit area city hall.

The human right to have apartment building without motion sensor lights in the hallway.

An Australian former priest has an strange defense to sexual assault on a child.

Oklahoma musings.

And much, much more.

Jackass of the Year (So Far) Mini Special. Featuring South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R). Back in a few days with a new full episode.

Vacation Special. Interview with Michael Goudeau, Executive Producer of Penn and Teller's Bullshit on Showtime (in the U.S.). You can find out more about Michael at http://www.mikegoudeau.com/

Vacation Special. Interview with Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch.

We finally try Flynn on a true Skype feed (as opposed to a Skype Out phone call, which is what we have previously done).  The result--unmitigated disaster.  For the first 23 or so minutes, Flynn's track is totally FUBAR.  After that, it is merely awful.  We may, or may not, try this experiment in the future, but for now I was not very happy with the results, but we are going to distribute the episode anyway.

Child neglect in Minnesota averted.

Child neglect in Wisconsin punished.

A jackass of the week worthy of the name.

The Dogma of hatred in Canada.

Lunacy in Bangladesh.

Geert Wilders back in the news.

The proper definition of the word "bemused."

Emails.

And more.

Rob decides that it is time for accent-a-polluza 2009!

A sad and crazy update from Minnesota.

A "bemusing" criticism of plans for an anti-blasphemy law in the Republic Of Ireland.

More Atheist bus ad news.

More religious license plate news.

A new Jackass Of The Week.

Your Emails, and much, much more.

Accents are back!

Does the government of Pakistan listen to this program? (extremely doubtful).  Pakistan launches what they call a major offensive against the Taliban in the Swat Valley.

The legislature of Hawai'i are our Jackasses Of The Week for passing a resolution calling for the celebration of "Islam Day."

A mother in Minnesota wants to deprive her son of cancer treatment because that is what her religion says to do.

Please explain to me why people keep inviting ministers to give prayers for non-religius events.  Really. Please.  Explain.

Good and bad witchcraft news.

Lots and Lots of your emails.

And much, much more.

Let's all wish Rob a happy and healthy 40th birthday!

Also, if you live in the Denver area, please consider coming to Skepticamp!

Strange doings in Alberta, Canada where the government is looking at legislation that would allow parents to withdraw their chilren from public school classes on evolution and homosexuality.

Cases where courts are deciding whether Muslim witnesses can testify wearing a veil.

Good news from Saudia Arabia!

A teacher gets in trouble for criticizing creationism in California.

Really creepy behavior in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

A fake popemobile in Australia.

A really, really bad new law proposed in Ireland.

All this and much, much more.

Flynn lodges a protest, and then provides us with some legal analysis about a recent case out of Baltimore Maryland.

Rich tells his favorite DFA story ever--about convicted Oklahoma City Bombing conspirator Terry Nichols' attempts to use religion to argue in favor of getting a prison diet high in whole grains and insoluble fiber.

More sad, sad news out of the Swat Valley in Pakistan.

A mother argues that her daughter should be allowed to attend classes at her school in Texas with her shirt untucked--all in the name of religion.

A blasphamy prosecution in Finland, of all places.

An update from Florida.

And a bunch of your emails.

Rob joines Rich and invites listeners to take a look (and listen) to his new cycling video.

Husband of murder suspect alleges that taking and releasing her mugshot is an insult to their religion.

Rich tries a Kiwi accent while he discusses a new poll from New Zealand.

Some crazy Buddist dogma.

A photoshoped ad showing Pope John Paul II dancing with a comely lass is banned in the UK because it insults the Catholic religion.

Passover dogma in Israel.

Your emails.

And much, much, more.