{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F06e34f44-1e01-4f4a-8d18-cf6819daee16","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"Episode 118 \u2013 The Pots are calling The Kettles Black\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/06e34f44-1e01-4f4a-8d18-cf6819daee16\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 118 \u2013 The Pots are calling The Kettles Black","description":"2:10 We start with the extraordinary homily<br />\nfrom Sydney\u2019s Archbishop Anthony Fisher in which he advised Governments<br />\nthat they should, in general, keep out of the friendship business and<br />\nout of the bedroom. In an extraordinary display of self-control he<br />\nmanaged to say this with a straight face.<br />\n6:02 This is just one of many examples in this episode of the pot calling<br />\nthe kettle black. Of course, his comment is correct about the<br />\ngovernment but the purpose of the legislation is to ensure that<br />\ngovernment stays out of the bedroom and the Archbishop has displayed<br />\nincredible gall and chutzpa by failing to acknowledge that too often<br />\nthe Church itself is the one guilty of interfering in the bedroom.<br />\n7:38 The Archbishop complained about religious people potentially losing their jobs<br />\nwithout recognising that this already happens to gay teachers in<br />\nreligious schools.<br />\n9:22 Fortunately not all of the congregation agreed with him.<br />\n11:41 The Fist likes the advice of Anna Krein who suggests that rather than<br />\ntrying to defend the ability of gay couples to properly look after<br />\nchildren we should instead turn the heat on religious groups by<br />\nmentioning the Royal Commission and asking why they don\u2019t have their<br />\ncap in their hand on this issue.<br />\n15:17 The Fist apologises to his children and grandchildren for the sorry<br />\nstate of truth in our society. It has been either prevented by anti-discrimination<br />\nlaws, rendered meaningless by moral relativism or obscured by snake-oil salesmen who promote distorted concepts with gall and bravado to a public whose critical thinking skills have atrophied.<br />\n18:53 We explore an interesting article from Dying For Choice which shows<br />\nthat religious commitment is generally week although stronger in a<br />\ncategory described as \u201cOther Christian\u201d which can only mean evangelical<br />\ngroups. There is a link between religiosity and opposition to marriage<br />\nequality and voluntary assisted dying.<br />\n24:21 The Fist tricks the Velvet Glove into an admission over the<br />\ncategorisation of Muslims which was made in episode 54.<br />\n30:20 There is an event on in Brisbane on 30 October and listeners are<br />\nwelcome to join The Fist, The Velvet Glove and The 12th Man.<br />\n31:37 Some wealthy private schools in Victoria have claimed that up to 26% of<br />\ntheir students\u00a0are suffering from disabilities and this coincided with a new regime of self-assessment leading to increased funding for those schools. The spokesman for the Catholic sector described the<br />\ndata as \u201cdodgy\u201d.<br />\n36:32 If you are worried about the Adani coal mine then worry no more as a<br />\nrecent day of action included a prayer vigil.<br />\n38:15 We look at an article which puts forward the case in favour of<br />\nthoughts and prayers.<br />\n41:51 The Sydney Anglican diocese has given $1 million dollars to the no<br />\ncampaign yet the no campaign claims that they are the poor cousin in<br />\nfinancial terms in this debate.<br />\n47:26 The no campaign has given in on the results of the survey and is now<br />\nmanoeuvering to have the legislation drawn up so as to install<br />\nreligious privilege under the guise of religious freedom but<br />\nfortunately, the Labor Party is proposing to go ahead with a draft<br />\nbill that does not allow bakeries, florists or photographers to withhold service to gay couples.<br />\n50:36 We refer to some new entries into the secular index.<br />\n55:40 It has been a while but we have a \u201cyou cannot be Kyrgios\u201d segment.<br />\n59:27 Donald Trump hates everyone in the White House and we examine the 25th<br />\nAmendment which provides another option for removing this awful man<br />\nfrom the Presidency.<br />\n1:04:10 Tony Abbott believes in transubstantiation yet pokes fun at primitive<br />\npeople who kill goats to appease the volcano gods. The Fist is not<br />\n","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/085762e2-797c-4ef4-9b10-434ecde61c07/logo2018v2.jpg"}