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Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists

Husband and Wife are two non-believers who have always wanted to read the Bible. Why would we subject ourselves to this you might ask? From our perspective it helps us understand where the Christians around us, here in the Midwest, are coming from when they quote the Bible at us. Husband is basically an Atheist and wife leans Agnostic but mostly Atheist and we’re just having some fun at the Bible’s expense while learning more about what our neighbors claim we’re going to hell over. Hosted on Acast

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1:20:56

1 Maccabees Chapter 10: Bible Study by Atheists

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2025/12/18

This week on Sacrilegious Discourse, we slog through 1 Maccabees 10, a chapter that’s basically Game of Thrones if every character was a walking pronoun problem and every plot twist was solved with a gift basket. Alexander Epiphanes shows up, grabs territory, and Demetrius responds like a petty ex—“NO, I’M the king!”—and suddenly everyone’s trying to buy Jonathan’s loyalty like he’s the swing state of Judea.The highlight: political bribery dressed up as “friendship.” One guy offers tax breaks and

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47:28

1 Maccabees Chapter 9: Bible Study by Atheists

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2025/12/16

This week on Sacrilegious Discourse, we crack open 1 Maccabees 9 and immediately get hit with seasonal chaos (“Jingle bell, jingle bell…”), plus a refresher rant about the book’s absolute felony-level pronoun abuse. Husband and Wife are begging the text to pick a “they” and stay there—because it keeps swapping who the subject is mid-sentence like it’s trying to start a fight.Chapter-wise, the big headline is: Judas goes full macho “die with honor” mode instead of doing the sensible thing (retreat,

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30:38

1 Maccabees Chapter 8: Bible Study by Atheists

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2025/12/15

1 Maccabees 8 is basically ancient geopolitics with the world’s worst pronoun problem. We spend half the episode doing live “pronoun triage” just to figure out who’s conquering whom (again). At one point, the text produces a sentence so cursed you both stop to verbally stare at it in disgust. Then the chapter swerves into full Roman propaganda: “Rome is so valiant… and also valiant… and did we mention valiant?”—plus a highlight reel of Roman wins (Spain mines, elephants, tribute, yada yada) while we

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1 Maccabees Chapter 5: Bible Study by Atheists

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2025/12/04

Judas Maccabeus is back, and this time he’s on full genocidal tour mode. In 1 Maccabees 5, our hosts walk through a chapter that reads less like “faith heroism” and more like “war crime highlight reel” — burning people alive in towers, slaughtering “all the males,” torching temples, and then calling it holy victory. They dig into how the text frames this as righteous defense while clearly crossing the line into mass murder, drawing sharp (and uncomfortable) parallels to modern “we’re just defending

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33:13

1 Maccabees Chapter 4: Bible Study by Atheists

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2025/12/02

Judas Maccabeus is back on his murder tour, and 1 Maccabees 4 turns him into the ancient Near Eastern John Wick with a Bible plug. The hosts walk through Judas outsmarting “Gorgeous” Gorgias and his chosen cavalry (which obviously implies there’s a sad pile of very unchosen horse guys somewhere), dunk on the propaganda-level casualty reports, and side-eye a story where thousands of enemies die and somehow not a single Israelite stubbed a toe.Once the bodies hit the floor, the text swerves hard into

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1:02:25

1 Maccabees Chapter 3: Bible Study by Atheists

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2025/12/01

In this episode, the heathen duo dive into 1 Maccabees 3, where Judas Maccabeus rolls up in his giant breastplate, steals a fancy sword, and proceeds to “defend God’s law” by killing a lot of people—aka, the Bible’s favorite hobby. They recap how Antiochus IV Epiphanes tried to erase Jewish identity, desecrate the temple, and outlaw all the “penis-chopping things” (circumcision), then follow the narrative as Judas is framed as a heroic lion… who also sounds suspiciously like the protagonist of a

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58:32

Enoch Warm-Up

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2025/10/29

We’re pre-gaming Enoch—the apocryphal fever dream Christians can’t stop half-quoting when angels get horny and giants show up. Consider this your atheist field guide to the Watchers, their disastrous “heavenly HR violations,” and how this book helped turbocharge demon lore, apocalyptic fanfic, and every YouTuber who thinks fallen angels invented metallurgy just to ruin your day.We also get into why Enoch didn’t make the Protestant cut, how it still haunts modern theology, and the messy overlap with

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42:52

Life of Adam and Eve Part 2

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2025/10/08

We pick up where things got gloriously unhinged: Eve gives birth and the kid stands up and sprints off like the Gingerbread Man. Yes, still canon in this wild text. From there, the hosts unpack why the scene mentions “twelve angels and two virtues” (no, not moral traits—an angelic rank), then riff on hierarchy, bowing, and celestial office politics. It’s irreverent, nerdy, and exactly the kind of Pseudepigrapha detour we live for.Adam then launches into a sweeping prophecy dump—Temple, dispersion,

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27:41

We Finished the Old Testament!

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2025/09/10

Cue the confetti: we officially wrapped the Old Testament—and yes, we took a moment of celebratory silence (not prayer… obviously) before plotting what’s next. This one’s an on-air planning sesh where we celebrate the milestone and lay out how we’ll untangle the Bible’s utterly bonkers ordering—because the OT you grew up with is the same content as the Hebrew Bible, just shuffled by theology and tradition rather than history.We break down Tanakh = Torah + Nevi’im + Ketuvim (law, prophets, writings)

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Malachi Chapter 3: Bible Study by Atheists

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2025/08/20

Malachi 3: Tithes, Threats, and That Petty Little “God’s Naughty List”📝 Episode Summary:We dive headfirst into Malachi 3—the Old Testament’s penultimate guilt trip—where God allegedly sends a “messenger,” talks about refiner’s fire, and then pivots straight into shaking down the peasants for tithes. Yes, the chapter that prosperity preachers love to tattoo on their wallets makes a cameo, and we drag it appropriately. We also point out the weird chapter break (why does 3 basically start in 2?)

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1:22:02

Moon Sh!t and Menstrual Calendars

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2025/07/23

Moon Shit and Menstrual Calendars: How Judaism Synced Up with Space📝 Episode Summary:Strap in for a lunar-laced detour from our usual Bible bashing as we dive headfirst into ancient Israel’s moon obsession, and no, not in a sexy Wiccan way. This isn’t your typical “let’s stare at the stars” moment. We’re talking about how the Jewish calendar was built around the moon’s ass and how fire poles, moon seekers, and period-powered mysticism ended up shaping entire holy festivals. Yeah, it’s weird. Yeah,

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1:20:52

Zechariah Wrap Up: Bible Study by Atheists

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2025/06/28

Zechariah's Prophetic Fever Dream: Donkeys, Flying Scrolls, and the Jesus Retcon📝 Episode Summary:Hold onto your chariots, folks—this episode is a wild theological autopsy of Zechariah, where prophecy, PTSD, and political propaganda come together like a DIY apocalypse starter kit. The hosts finally wrap up the Book of Zechariah, dissecting its two-part structure (First Zechariah: dreams and dates, Second Zechariah: undated messianic mayhem) while dunking on the absurd Christian rewrites that claim

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1:20:09

God’s Top 10 Kill Streaks (episode 1)

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2025/06/23

Lot’s Wife, Onan’s Pullout Fail, and the Egyptian Baby Massacre📝 Episode Summary:Welcome to the blood-splattered kickoff of our new series, “God’s Top 10 Kill Streaks – Old Testament Edition,” where your favorite heathens dive headfirst into Yahweh’s most unhinged murder sprees. Starting at number 10, we salt-shame Lot’s wife who was turned into a sodium statue for the crime of looking back while her hometown gets nuked. That’s right: no name, no dialogue, just divine vaporization for having a

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Zechariah Chapter 14: Bible Study by Atheists

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2025/06/20

Zechariah’s End-Times Dumpster Fire: Rape, Rotting Flesh, and Holy Crockpots📝 Episode Summary:Brace yourselves, heathens, we’ve reached the flaming finale of Zechariah, and boy, does it go out with a bang (and some divine rot). In this final chapter, God makes sure Jerusalem is properly plundered, the women are raped (again—because Yahweh loves a war crime), and half the city gets dragged into exile before He bothers to lift a celestial finger. The hosts dive headfirst into the horror show,

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Zechariah Chapter 13: Bible Study by Atheists

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2025/06/19

Zechariah’s Final Purge: Stabbings, False Prophets, and a Holy Bloodbath📝 Episode Summary:Welcome to the most stab-happy, prophet-purging, guilt-soaked chapter yet—Zechariah 13. This episode dives straight into the divine mayhem where God allegedly opens a “fountain of cleansing” but immediately follows it up with a kill order on prophets, false or otherwise. Because nothing says forgiveness like stabbing your own kid for dreaming too loud.Our hosts break down the bizarre logic of a God who says,

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1:22:00

Christian Mysticism

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2025/06/18

Christian Mysticism: Divine Woo-Woo, Essential Oils, and the God Within (™)📝 Episode Summary:What do you get when you mix Jesus, astrology, essential oils, and a sprinkle of yoga? Apparently—Christian Mysticism. In this episode, your favorite heretical hosts dive deep into the incense-scented chaos of Christian mysticism, where God isn’t just a guy in the sky, but a vibe, a presence, maybe even that tingly feeling during a guided meditation. Spoiler: it’s not enlightenment—it’s dissociation with

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1:10:54

Zechariah Chapters 9 - 11 Q&A: Bible Study by Atheists

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2025/06/05

Zechariah’s War Ponies & Wicker Baskets: God’s Weird Flex Continues📝 Episode Summary:Zechariah 9–11 reads like God’s unhinged Pinterest board—with enough cryptic metaphors to make Nostradamus look concise. In this chaotic Q&A, we unpack divine rants that include threats of smiting everyone from Tyre to shepherds who apparently didn’t vibe hard enough with Yahweh’s wrath playlist. Spoiler: God’s still mad. And petty. Very petty.The hosts roast Zechariah’s greatest hits: a coming “king” who rides in

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18:18

Zechariah Chapter 11: Bible Study by Atheists

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2025/05/31

This week, we crack open Zechariah Chapter 11 — where God trades in thunderbolts for theater, casting Himself as a vindictive shepherd with a flair for symbolism and sock-puppet-level subtlety. First, He torches the forests of Lebanon like a pissed-off Smokey the Bear. Then He slaughters metaphorical sheep with the kind of poetic rage only a deity with commitment issues could summon.Husband and Wife wade through tree metaphors, holy fire, and divine staff-breaking tantrums (yep, God breaks up with

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5:07

Who’s Your Sky Daddy? (Patreon Teaser)

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2025/05/28

Same God, Different Drama: A Deep Dive into the Abrahamic SplitAre Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all just arguing over the same sky daddy? In this hilariously heretical deep-dive, our hosts wrestle with the question: Do all three Abrahamic religions worship the same God, or is it just celestial brand confusion? Spoiler: it's yes... and also hard no.We trace the theological divorce timeline—when Christianity ghosted Judaism and Islam came in like a later, sassier cousin claiming to fix both of

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Zechariah Chapter 10: Bible Study by Atheists

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2025/05/27

In todays theological roast, Husband and Wife of Sacrilegious Discourse unpack the soggy, self-contradictory mess that is Zechariah Chapter 10—and spoiler alert: Yahweh is still mad, still yelling at clouds, and still promising things he won't deliver. We kick things off with some biblical weather forecasting (“ask the Lord for rain in the spring,” which... is just spring), then detour into a divine rant about idols being fake, magic being bad (except God’s brand, of course), and sheep needing

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