The Non-Prophets, Episode 21.39 airing Sunday, September 25, 2022 featuring Cynthia, Cindy Plaza, Josh and Nate Smith.

This week we for you Nate Smith reprising his conducting skills. He is joined with Cindy Plaza, Josh Entner, and Cynthia McDonald. With lots of blood,sweat, and tears, let’s into the articles.

First up, Yee haw down to the Lone Star state where I am sure everything is progressing just fine, right? Hmm, a judge is blocking preventive HIV medication? On religious grounds? But, why? This one is deeply rooted for many of our hosts due to professional and personal reasons. Personal as this decision seems it is targeted on the LGBT community. The funny thing is that the actual numbers of new HIV cases doesn’t support what they think it will do. This will make it much harder on caregivers deep in the heart of Texas.

Up next, Holy Cow Batman! Seems like a sickness is mooving through the cattle population in India! It is a disease that in other countries would be stopped in its hooves by culling the cows and having a massive burger BBQ [citation needed] (do not try this at home). There is just one little problem within India. That has to do with cows being sacred by the Hindu faith. This highly contagious disease is costing India billions. So our Non-Prophets come up with a little suggestion. However, it’s not very likely India is going to change their faith any time soon. Guess we can’t have these cows man!

Well while we are jumping all over the world let’s check in with the Big Sky Country state of Montana! This was originally going to be a Step in the Right Direction. Then lawmakers got into the mix and well everything started to get messy. You see, one of the many obstacles trans people have is their birth certificate. A judge thought it was cool for transpeople to make that change, but hours later the state said nuh-uh! So a back and forth fight is on the way while people who just want to live their lives hang in the balance.

Lastly, we got a question for you. What are you doing in 2070? Well according to pew research what you won’t be doing is praying to the Christian god. That is the predicted turning point where the Christian population will fall below 50%. Our Non-Prophets are a little divided on this. Some think Christianity is going to fall faster, others think we are 100 years or more away from that turning point. Let’s ask Punxsutawney Phil. If he sees Christ’s shadow we will have another 2000 years of Christianity, if now secularism is just around the corner!

Segment 1: Government can't mandate coverage for drugs that prevent HIV infections, Texas federal judge rules: September 7, 2022 By Benjamin Ryan and Corky Siemaszko (Cynthia Leads)

https://nbcnews.to/3C3tjem

Segment 2: When Sick Cows Can’t Be Culled: India’s Battle With Brucellosis By Sandy Ong

https://bit.ly/3LGUjUb

Segment 3: SITRD: Montana defies judge’s order on transgender birth certificates Associated Press September 15, 2022

https://bit.ly/3BA8mGg

Segment 4: The future of American religion? Christians will finally be in the minority Only Sky September 13, 2022 By Hemant Mehta

https://bit.ly/3BIXYMu

U.S. Christians projected to fall below 50% of population if recent trends continue
Pew Research September 8, 2022

https://pewrsr.ch/3UAGxqc


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