Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg on the God Squad Pod

I started following Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg on Twitter years ago and immediately became an enthusiastic reader of her tweets. Later, in an essay entitled “Crimes Against Humanity” in Theological Musings: Collected Essays of a Tattooed Theologian Volume 1, I quoted a piece Rabbi Ruttenberg wrote about reproductive freedom from a Jewish theological perspective in my …

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Accountability and justice are what I want for my birthday

It’s my birthday week and instead of celebrating so far, I’m reliving the GenX anxiety of an impending nuclear war because Donald Trump decided to bomb Iran. Years ago, Epstein made a prediction that Trump would bomb Iran if he “was cornered like a rat.” That prediction seems to be coming to fruition this week …

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Dr. Kevin M. Young on the God Squad Pod

Dr. Kevin M. Young was a pastor in distress as doubts plagued him. A spiritual retreat at a Cistercian monastery in in New York helped change all that as he engaged ancient faith practices from The Way. That experience is detailed in Dr. Young's fantastic book Reconstruct Your Faith: Ancient Ways to Make Your Relationship …

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Jesus or I.C.E.?

Stephen Miller’s rabid hatred of immigrants who aren’t “white” is playing out on America’s streets with devastating effect. DHS goon squads from I.C.E. and the Border Patrol have been given license to racially profile people as they wreak havoc in cities across the country. Regardless of the legal status of many immigrants, they have been …

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Highlights from the God Squad Pod

On this week's episode the Fundamentalist F*ckwittery is brought to you by Sheriff Chad Bianco. He's running for California Governor as a Republican. Bianco is a Christofascist Trump supporting election denier. We also talk about breaking news stories. Full audio episode: GSP Episode 71 https://youtu.be/lhx23AdLlXA https://youtu.be/gGHqpj56GVo https://youtu.be/LkXf64-dkm8 https://youtu.be/02rxVxWMx4A https://youtu.be/cNgZAe8QmIc

Rabbi Seth Goldstein on the God Squad Pod

Rabbi Seth Goldstein sat down with the God Squad Pod to talk about the history and spiritual significance of the Festival of Lights. Follow Rabbi Goldstein on IG @rabbi_360 and download the full episode here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/069-celebrating-hanukkah-with-rabbi-seth-goldstein/id1754574318?i=1000741005751 https://youtu.be/UvWQkE8kxfo https://youtu.be/wkmlmK69660 https://youtu.be/0A4rNmAWkyw

A Note on Anti-Christian Actions and Christian Persecution

Evangelical Christians in America have for decades been crying "Persecution!" whenever they don't get their way in the political sphere or in waging their perpetual culture wars against anything and anyone they don't like. For these Christians anything that doesn't amount Christian supremacy in all spheres is persecution. It's a cry that has long rang …

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Highlights from April Ajoy’s appearance on the God Squad Pod

Author and social media star April Ajoy sat down with the Desimber Rose and the Tattooed Theologian, Dillon Naber Cruz, on the God Squad Pod to talk about her must-read book Star Spangled Jesus. She's hilarious and her lived experience in Christian nationalism makes her book compelling reading. I highly recommend it. https://youtu.be/AnwcH2Oq1p0?si=FNYWokwD978WRd1x https://youtu.be/R6ETQVHy3JY?si=_nuxmtkYGjpHr8r5 https://youtu.be/NZ72RszO1ME?si=A3o-FpU7iN0g3PjX

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