Cognitive Dissonance

Amazon pulls infant circumcision training kits over child safety fears

 

It's time Pakistan banned the two-finger test for decoding consent in rape trials

 

Jim Bakker: I Can’t Even Preach The Gospel Because Those Who Hate God ‘Want To Kill Me’

 

Teacher at Christian school arrested after being caught in bed with teen student: police

 

Lawsuit claims megachurch in Ohio swindled elderly woman

 

Nottingham radio station's non-Muslim doctor advice breached rules

 

Atheists do not know how to breathe properly: Turkish therapist

 

Self-described Christian ‘prophet’ predicts Trump will cure cancer and Alzheimer’s during his second term

 

Alex Jones: The New Star Wars Film Is ‘State-Sponsored’ Propaganda

 

Tim Minchin Xmas Song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCNvZqpa-7Q

 

Fleshlight on a muffler:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=isjQgTuUnwU

 

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Livestream

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This is our live show from the stage at Skepticon. Hope you enjoy it.

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  • Male lions having sex in Kenya has censors roaring over ‘crazy gay animals’
  • The ‘antifa super-soldier’ conspiracy theory is dangerous because people want to believe it
  • Poll: Vast majority of Trump voters say he should stay in office even if Russia collusion is proven
  • Catholic Hospital Pressured Women to Bury Their Fetuses—Then Pence Made It Law
  • Christian Preacher: When Donald Trump Swears, He’s Just Acting Like Jesus
  • Conservative writer: God was ‘answering prayers’ of Texas victims by letting them get shot
  • Fox News' Ainsley Earhardt says Church the best place to be shot
  • HOUSE GOP SIMULTANEOUSLY PUSHES FOR NEW ABORTION BAN AND END TO ADOPTION TAX CREDIT
  • Hero-gunman-stopped-Texas-shooter-breaks-silence Florida church changes sign after message misinterpreted as sexual
  • Premier U.S. Hospitals Are Selling Unproven Alternative Therapies
  • Sandy Rios: Officials May Be Lying About Texas Church Shooter’s ‘Atheism’ Connections To Antifa
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Thanks to Dan and Mark from The How To Heretic Podcast for coming on the show!

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Email to support group: ForYourLiberty2017@gmail.com

 

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Video we talk about: Political correctness  

Funny Trump vid: 

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This week we talk with Geoff Blackwell, attorney for American Atheists and podcaster. We also discuss Trump's inability to "talk good", Rush Limbaugh's dangerous suggestion that Hurricane Irma was fake news, and Iowa Corn Goblin Steve King gets his DACA racism on. Don't forget to catch the live show Sunday, September 17th on Livestream or Facebook Live! 

Thanks to Geoff for coming on the show! You can find his work below: 

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Cognitive Dissonance Live: 

 

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This week Tom and Cecil discuss recent news about Nazi tactics, Catholic Archbishops, and ugly liberal women. Tom applies to become the Uganda Porn Detector, and the guys have Charone from the Podcast Habeas Humor on the show! You can find her work below. 

The guys also appear on Poorly Summarized, this week. You can find that episode below: 

http://www.poorlysummarized.com/96

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We talk with police management consultant and activist Michael Wood Jr. on Standing Rock and Charlottesville as well as cover Trump spiritual advisor Paula White's garbage statements, Rick Joyner fuckery, and KY governor states that Charlottesville happened b/c we took bibles out of schools, and more ridiculousness.

Strikeoutslavery.com

Strike Out Slavery Press Conference | Twitter

We Know How to Fix Policing in America. We Do.

https://twitter.com/MichaelAWoodJr

http://bombfell.com/glory

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Stories covered in this episode include Trump speaking on the Charlottesville protests, secessionists push for South to break away from U.S. again, more Dave Daubenmire fuckery, and a couple takes a girl, 13, to marry a polygamous sect leader. 

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 Someone’s spotted Donald Trump’s ‘neck fanny’ and now we can’t unsee it

http://www.officialmikepence.com/what-i-ate/

 

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American Horror Story: Pat Robertson Interviews Donald J. Trump

President Trump's offer for the American people

 
 
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Thanks to George for coming on the show! You can find his work here:

 

 

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Extra:

Prince Philip's best and worst public gaffes as he retires from royal engagements - relive 96 classic quotes

Neopolitan Brownie Bombe Recipe

Left at the valley podcast: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kandk

 

 

 

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Islamic Call to Prayer for Muslims.

Ted Cruz's Best 'Simpsons' Impressions

Secular Saturday Convention: 

Citation Needed Contact:  

Alexa Jones 

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Gateway For Reason

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Thanks to Thomas for joining us on the show! You can find his work here: 

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Thanks to Jenn and Aaron from Waiting 4 Wrath for coming on the show! You can find their work here:

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Serious Inquiries Only: 

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http://seriouspod.com/sio44-debunking-conceptual-penis-stunt-eli-bosnick/

 

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Thanks to Gayle and Darrel from Recovering From Religion for coming on the show. You can find their work here: 

https://www.recoveringfromreligion.org/

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Sound issues clear up at 6:46 on the recording. 

 
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Thanks to Anthony for joining us. 
 
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David Silverman Debating But Also Incorporating SE:

https://youtu.be/dIZSKiix9Bk

Aron Ra Learns Street Epistemology 

https://youtu.be/DZMzR2z6ENM

Near-Death Experience Convo Using SE

https://youtu.be/LCeR1L53ocw
Woman Drops From 100 to 75 to 50 on God
https://youtu.be/s1AB3SxJFhY


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Webtoons: Adventures Of God

Livestream:

https://livestream.com/dissonancepod

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Adam Reakes: 

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https://twitter.com/AdamReakes

Angry Black Rant

https://twitter.com/AngryBlackRant

http://angryblackrant.com/

Franco Soup:

https://twitter.com/francosoup 

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Thanks to Adam Reakes for coming on the show! You can find his work below!

https://twitter.com/AdamReakes

http://www.herdmentalitypodcast.com/

 https://youtu.be/YoDLvvmq7V8

Check out our live show: 

https://livestream.com/dissonancepod/events/7127550

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Thanks to @RisMcCool for joining us. You can find her work below!

http://rismccool.com/

Inciting Incident - The Podcast

The PC Lie: How American Voters Decided I Don't Matter

 

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SSA Annual Conference 2017 Media for Movement Allies

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In this episode, the guys start by reviewing Donald Trump's speech to congress. Then they discuss several news stories including:

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Here's a mid-week show to help all of us process the Trump Conference debacle. 

Livestream Trump Conference Debacle

Youtube Trump Conference Debacle 

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Special thanks to Michael Marshall for joining us @MrMMarsh. You can find his work:

Merseyside Skeptics

Good Thinking Society

Bad PR

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Extra Clips: 

Alex Jones Is Definitely a Human and Not a Reptilian | Super Deluxe Super Cuts

Infowars' Alex Jones Is Trump's CAPS LOCK Advisor | Stephen Colbert

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This week on Cognitive Dissonance, Tom and Cecil cover more disturbing articles from recent news. The first story on the block, Pakistan bans Valentine’s Day for being Un-Islamic. No more heart shaped burkas for your sweetie. Faith-based organizations from Christian News express opposition to a St. Louis proposal adding Women who’ve aborted to the Non-Discrimination Ordinance. According to these groups:

“This horrible piece of legislation will now force city residents to be unwilling participants in the abortion business by requiring business owners and individuals to tacitly approve any ‘reproductive health’ decisions made by their employees or tenants.”

Did you know that pregnant women’s bodies aren’t their own because they are “hosts?” Oklahoma lawmaker states, “pregnant women’s bodies aren’t their own because they are “hosts.” Yup, we are still having the argument in 2017 that half of us are people. The cognitive dissonance that comes out of this story is astounding:

“I believe one of the breakdowns in our society is that we have excluded the man out of all of these types of decisions,” he said. “I understand that they feel like that is their body,” he said of women. “I feel like it is separate — what I call them is, is you’re a ‘host.’

More disturbing stories from the news:

  • Malaysia opening endorses “Gay cure” therapy through fasting.
  • Serial pedophile priest Raymond Cheek gets his three-year sentence reduced to two years, so it was not a “life crushing life sentence.”
  • Dave Daubenmire says “Public schools are engaged in The Spiritual Raping of Children...whatever that means…
  • Lance Wallnau: Donald Trump evicted witchcraft from The White House
  • Alex Jones: Lady Gaga is 'The Goddess Of Satan.'

Stories covered in episode:

 

https://twitter.com/hateshaliek/status/829097929080123392


https://www.facebook.com/MediaSurvivor/videos/1662172470746683/

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Thanks to @angryblackrant for joining us. Tom, Cecil, and Ishmael talk about Jesse Lee Peterson’s opinion that if there were no black people in America, we wouldn’t have as many murders and riots.  Cecil and Tom then discuss how and why the Republican side was so much better at cock blocking than liberals are. Hillbilly God comes back to talk about the apples of Gods eye, aka his scrotum. Lastly, a Philadelphia woman is married to Jesus and is considered an extra fancy virgin by the Catholic Church. 

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Extra: 

We will be doing a live show next Sunday the 19th at 3 pm central. Here is a link to our Livestream page: 

https://livestream.com/dissonancepod/ 

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Thanks to Dan for coming on the show! You can find Dan's blog Danthropology, on Patheos http://www.patheos.com/blogs/danthropology/

You can also follow him on twitter at @danarel

 

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In this episode, Cecil and Tom talk about the Women's Marches throughout the U.S.  During the Women's March, Nazi Richard Spencer was punched in the face on air. Cecil and Tom discuss the problem with using violence and how we can't give up our moral high ground. Donald Trump has been busy during his first week in office. Trump signed a number of executive orders including The Sanctity of Human Life Act that declares the right to life is guaranteed in the constitution, and it begins at fertilization aka "Make America get coat hangers again" - Cecil. They also discuss a story about how some creationists are claiming Beowulf proves humans and dinosaurs coexisted.

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Inauguration Live Show: 

A shout out to Camp Quest!

Registration is now open for our mid-west listeners. 

Register at: http://michigancampquest.org/index.php/register/

Not from the Michigan area? Find your local Camp Quest at https://campquest.org/

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In this episode, Cecil and Tom discuss a couple of stories including one about a politician allegedly inappropriately grabbing a woman in her genital area, a story about how we will all become Muslim because of atheism and paganism, a priest files a complaint with Irish Government after comedian calls Communion "Haunted Bread", and how Prayer Warriors descend on Washington to provide a prayer shield for Donald Trump.

Stories covered in episode:

 http://www.ppehlab.org/ 

Check out our live show in Chicago with the God Awful Movies Crew: 

 Right To Believe Live In Chicago 

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Thanks to everyone who came to the show this weekend. We had a blast. This episode, Tom, and Cecil discuss how Scientology is being used as drug prevention in London schools. Hillbilly God is back to review some sex devotional slides from BYU.  Tom and Cecil end the show with another David Icke quiz.

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Youtube:

PINK GUY - FLEX LIKE DAVID ICKE

Alex Jones Remix: Renai Circulation

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This episode is a special episode in that it is the first show of 2017. We are finally out of the garbage dump that was 2016.

 In this episode, Tom and Cecil start by discussing what’s been ruining Jim Bakker’s week.  They move on to a story about Donald Trump's misconceptions and tweets about vaccines.

Tom and Cecil review a couple of other clips and articles about ridiculous things Michael Savage says, the psychic and astrology world predictions for 2017, and how superstition prevents action against children drowning in Bangladesh.

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Episode and stories covered in episode:

Episode 273: Verb to Noun recorded on January 25, 2016
Women putting herb balls in vagina to 'detox their wombs' have been warned of dangers
Episode 277: Thank You Sky! recorded on February 11, 2016

‘Here am I Lord, use me’: Ted Cruz’s dad says Holy Ghost authorized White House run

Episode 285: Never Go Full Alex Jones recorded on March 28, 2016

Alex Jones Will Save Humanity From Satan
Episode 291: Ye Olde Crooner recorded on May 1, 2016

Pat Boone: The Government Should Outlaw Blasphemy And Punish Saturday Night Live If It Blasphemes Again

Episode 292: Ted Cruz Pulls Out recorded on May 9, 2016

Gordon Klingenschmitt: Gays Will ‘Demand To Have Sex In Your Guest Bedroom’ 
Episode 296: Victoria Gettman recorded on May 30, 2016

Televangelist Jim Bakker: Buy My Giant Buckets of Mexican Food Because “Things Are Coming”
http://www.tedcruzforhumanpresident.com/

Episode 306: Juggle my Poké Balls recorded on July 18, 2016

Bryan Fischer: ‘It’s Not Okay For Christians To Have Diverse Opinions’
Episode 308: Say Super PAC! recorded on August 1, 2016

Michael Savage: Hillary Clinton ‘Looks Like Stalin’s Housekeeper’

Episode 316: José Can You Sí… recorded on September 19, 2016

KY Gov. Matt Bevin: Election Of Hillary Clinton May Call For Shedding Blood Of ‘Tyrants’ And ‘Patriots’

 Episode 320: What Would JT Do? recorded on October 10, 2016

Bryan Fischer: Diversity And Multiculturalism Are God’s Curse Upon America Because We Have Become Utterly Evil

Episode 322: Ishmael Brown recorded on October 24, 2016

Ted Cruz Tries To Justify Trump Endorsement To A Furious Glenn Beck

Episode 334: Googly Eyes recorded on December 26, 2016 

‘Cum Rags for Congress’: Satanists Protest Texas Abortion Law with Semen Socks
 
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Happy New Year! Tom and Cecil have a flashback to their old podcasting days while reading off the Tupac rap lyrics that the Sri Lankan church printed by accident. Tom predicts the end of the world while discussing news that the Pakistani Minister directed a nuclear threat to Israel based off of fake news and the guys review the many Donald Trump conspiracy theories.

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 See us live with the GAM crew on January 13, 2017. Tickets are selling out fast:

 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/god-awful-movies-live-with-cognitive-dissonance-tickets-29713113723

 
 
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