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Scathing Atheist 442: Breakfast at Anna's Edition (Patreon)

Published:
2021-08-04 21:25:28
Edited:
2024-02-28 21:25:52
Imported:
2026-06

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On this week's episode, we distract you from the outdated headlines with a brand new Anna song...

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Religion *is* Politics

I really appreciated this diatribe, as almost always. What I appreciated was how it connects with everything I’m relearning about christian church history. For almost all of Protestant history, at the very least, Christianity has been defined by its opposition to other Christianity. And this was because it was really about power. Powerful people choosing convenient beliefs (and alternative facts) whenever they didn’t know better. This is why the German barons chose to save Luther. It’s why Luther wanted to get rid of the book of James, which told him he had to be a good person to get to Heaven, but not the book of Timothy, which told him to value a woman’s opinion less than his own. All the religious violence that shredded Europe for 150 years after Luther was also political violence, and all the diversity of belief that followed was really a quest for alternative facts. Faith, in search of facts, was a force multiplier on the political violence and it enabled wars as destructive as the bubonic plague had been. Christians today don’t remember. I want to remind them. After those wars were over, they didn’t turn their swords to plowshares and they didn’t stop believing - they invaded other people’s lands and created racist slave empires, still telling themselves that the just shall walk by faith.

MrHolbyta

Not only did I love Breakfast, I had a hoodie with Cap'n Crunch on the front and flames on the back with the text "Breakfast not served here". I was such an asshole.

Kitty Maehem

Anna is *THE BEST* ! Would love a regular God Awful Musics!💜🐱🇦🇺

Bowl of Piss Water

Oh my god. I had completely forgotten about Breakfast. What a surprising piece of nostalgia. My middle school friends got me into the newsboys and I loved them for a year or two. Anna's song is perfect

Cheryl

In great appreciation of your post, and with much respect to you, the writer, I’d like to ask your permission to copy/paste this into a blank doc, for my own personal use, but with credit certainly given. I’d like to share it with the (fake, ignorant, obtuse) xtians in my family (they’re literate, at least), as one of the numerous examples of why god is fake and how religion is horrible and that they are idiots for clinging to shit they actually know nothing about? I can never seem to adequately articulate comprehensive explanations when an ideal circumstance may occasionally arise.

Religion *is* Politics

Thanks Cheryl, kind of you to say. Of course you may use this material. But for reaching and genuinely challenging your family’s faith, I would point to American history, atrocities closer to home, with a book like “White Too Long,” which is written by a Baptist. Those are the crimes that will be repeated if America goes to civil war again. If you’re challenging a pastor or similarly educated christian, that’s when you really want to get into the Reformation.

Religion *is* Politics

Cheryl, one more note of caution about the Reformation as a topic. While Christianity has almost always defined itself against other Christianity, in recent decades, it has come to see itself more and more as one brotherhood, against the world. This reversal is about power, of course, but believers would like to see it as the hand of God, as a sign of the end-times, as an exceptional dispensation that redeems a history of violence. They perceive God behind the Big Bang (even if they think it happened 6,000 years ago), and perhaps they perceive Him in the founding of America. So if they think America and Christianity are an exceptional combination, then it won’t matter what the facts might be concerning the 30 Years’ War. However, the American story proves that American Christianity is not exceptional. And then it starts to matter again why so many Christians killed each other in Europe - and why, after the survivors called their truces, they conquered the rest of the world in Jesus’ name.

Cheryl

If Anna ever puts out an album (assuming she hasn’t already and I missed it…) I WILL FUCKING BUY IT! I hereby pledge to be first in line and ready with payment in hand the day it’s released!

Taru Tikkanen

Anna has an album of her own, non-PiaT songs, called ”The Ring”.

AshesBashes

I had to listen to the song because I loved Newsboys but couldn’t remember this particular song… then I heard it. Oh the memories of a missions trip, throwing milkshakes at cars and duct taping the street came flooding back. We were such jerks

The Scathing Atheist

We WILL do a professionally mastered Scathing / GAM CD one day. It takes time, but it WILL happen.

Mark H

Oh man, that song is STUCK in my head. Thank you so much, Anna! Love your sense of humor

Mark H

Also, I really appreciate the diatribe today. It was very on point and put to words something I’ve never quite been able to understand about my experience post-church.

Petra Khor

Anna that song fucking rocked!!

Bra Straps and Bitch Slaps

I have a nine month old. When I caught myself humming the tune from one of her toys, I realized, "Oh, THIS is why all new mothers are FUCKING INSANE."

Ann Pollard

OH MY DOG! HOW GREAT WAS THAT! That was epic, Anna.

Peter Kyrouac

I absolutely love that you all roasted The Newsboys' "The Breakfast Song"! I remember hearing this on Christian radio as a young teen and loving it. I still own the "Take Me to Your Leader" album on which the song appears, though I was actually introduced to The Newsboys by their 1994 album, Going Public. And I still think that Peter Furler was a kind of Christian Billy Corgan, just not nearly as talented or prolific, but nevertheless not an awful pop music writer.

J. Vizzle

So here's the thing, guys and gal... circa 1996 to 2001, I fucking loved this song. In that period of my life I spent at least 3 days/evenings at church, spent all summer at a Christian camp in Montana (in my defense I was a white water raft guide, which I loved) and I went to Prairie Bible College. I wasn't thinking, I was young, the tune was "catchy" and I didn't know any better. However I honestly never actually paid any attention to the lyrics or even considered their meaning. TLDR: I used to fucking love the Newsboys.... 😕

J. Vizzle

Peter, we should start a support group for former Newsboys fans.

J. Vizzle

What on earth is a "Bowl of piss water?!?!"

J. Vizzle

OMFG Anna's song!!! ❤❤❤❤❤🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

Peter Kyrouac

I could be game for that, as long as we can expand it to include Christian music in general. Though, no lie, I'm still a fan of Michael W Smith's records from the 80's. And I can put on Amy Grant's "Heart in Motion" any day I'm feeling down & I immediately feel better. :D

Fluidkaos

Iwillfuckyourdad.com. After that shenanigan I'm surprised that My Sheets Rock still advertise with you.

Tankard

You guys are hitting my childhood with that song. I was to perform that song with friends back in Christian youth group XD

Anne

Loved the diatribe (especially) this episode.

Oxford Comma is Mandatory

If there's any other music of my formative years you to want to comment on I recommend D.C. Talk - Supernatural.