Even Alex Jones Is Turning on Trump?!

In this episode of Thank God I'm Atheist, hosts Frank Feldman and Dan Beecher dissect a series of politically and culturally charged events, beginning with a surprising critique of Donald Trump by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who publicly distances himself from Trump's increasingly authoritarian rhetoric, calling it a 'nightmare' and lamenting the 'demonic influences' on the former president. The hosts interpret this as a sign of internal fracture within the MAGA movement, suggesting that even its most extreme figures are now repelled by Trump's current trajectory. They then pivot to several other stories: a pastor in Vallejo, California, who was denied a school speaking gig after revealing his intent to convert students to Christianity through a 'Champion Academy'; a tragic baptism in which a man drowned during a literal immersion, leading to criminal charges against the pastor; a group of Dominican nuns in New York suing the state over requiring them to care for transgender patients; and a proposed 25-story golden triumphal arch in Virginia, inspired by Trump’s obsession with scale and grandeur, complete with a gilded Lady Liberty and the phrase 'In God We Trust.' The episode also covers the Pentagon’s reportedly hostile meeting with the Apostolic Nuncio over the Pope’s peace advocacy, and a reflective discussion on the 12-step recovery program’s problematic reliance on 'higher power' concepts for atheists. The hosts express frustration with religious overreach in public life, from schools to government, while celebrating the scientific wonder of the Artemis II mission—especially the viral moment of a jar of Nutella floating through the Orion capsule’s window—as a symbol of pure, unadulterated human achievement.