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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…
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Matthew Chapter 28: Bible Study by Atheists
Jesus is dead, the tomb is sealed, guards are posted, and Matthew 28 opens by immediately throwing an earthquake, a glowing angel, terrified soldiers, and a…
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Matthew Chapter 27: Bible Study by Atheists
Matthew 27 wastes absolutely no time turning the Passion narrative into one of the strangest chapters we’ve encountered yet. Judas suddenly realizes that…
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Matthew Chapter 26 Q&A: Bible Study by Atheists
Matthew 26 is where the Jesus story finally starts cashing all those prophecy checks it’s been writing for 25 chapters, and somehow the theological accounting…
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Matthew Chapter 25 Q&A: Bible Study by Atheists
Ten virgins walk into a parable, five forget their oil, and somehow the moral is not “maybe share your damn oil.” Welcome back to Matthew 25, where Jesus…
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Matthew Chapter 26: Bible Study by Atheists
Jesus is only days away from getting crucified in Matthew 26, so naturally the chapter begins with murder plots, an extremely expensive bottle of perfume being…
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Matthew Chapter 25: Bible Study by Atheists
Jesus apparently decided the best way to explain spiritual preparedness was with ten virgins waiting around for one extremely late bridegroom. Five bring extra…
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Matthew Chapter 24 Q&A: Bible Study by Atheists
Jesus leaves the Jerusalem Temple, climbs the Mount of Olives, and suddenly transforms from wandering moral teacher into a full-blown apocalyptic street…
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Matthew Chapter 23 Q&A: Bible Study by Atheists
Jesus has officially abandoned the “gentle teacher with some interesting parables” routine and entered his public-humiliation era. In this Matthew 23 Q&A, we…
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Matthew Chapter 24: Bible Study by Atheists
Jesus leaves the temple, threatens its destruction, and launches into an exhausting Matthew 24 end-times prophecy packed with wars, earthquakes, famines, false…
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Matthew Chapter 23: Bible Study by Atheists
Jesus apparently woke up in Matthew 23 and chose theological violence. Gone is the soft-focus, lamb-hugging savior from the church murals. This Jesus spends…
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Matthew Chapter 22 Q&A: Bible Study by Atheists
Jesus is back with another cheerful little parable in Matthew 22. This time featuring a royal wedding, murdered messengers, a burned city, and one underdressed…
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Matthew Chapter 21 Q&A: Bible Study by Atheists
Jesus rolls into Jerusalem on a donkey... or possibly two donkeys, depending on how badly Matthew understood Hebrew poetry; and immediately begins…
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10 Facts That Sink Noah’s Ark
Noah’s Ark has everything a good myth needs: divine rage, mass extinction, a magic boat, incest-based repopulation, and absolutely no concern for animal waste…
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Matthew Chapter 22: Bible Study by Atheists
Jesus kicks off Matthew 22 with the heartwarming tale of a royal wedding where people decline an invitation, murder the messengers, have their city burned…
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Matthew Chapter 21: Bible Study by Atheists
Matthew 21 comes in hot with Jesus rolling into Jerusalem on what appears to be a very questionably acquired donkey-and-colt combo, because apparently “the…
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Matthew Chapters 19-20 Q&A: Bible Study by Atheists
Matthew 19 and 20 are back on the chopping block, and this Q&A episode gets messy fast. We dig into Jesus’s takes on divorce, celibacy, wealth, eternal life…
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A Godless Thank You Episode
This one isn’t a Bible breakdown, a theological roast, or another round of “why is God like this?” Instead, it’s something way rarer for Sacrilegious…
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Matthew Chapter 20: Bible Study by Atheists
Jesus opens Matthew 20:1–16 with a vineyard parable that somehow turns the kingdom of heaven into the world’s most infuriating payroll dispute. Workers who…
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Matthew Chapter 19: Bible Study by Atheists
Jesus enters Matthew 19 ready to tackle divorce, marriage, celibacy, children, wealth, eternal life, and the surprisingly elaborate seating arrangements of…
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Matthew Chapters 17-18 Q&A: Bible Study by Atheists
Matthew 17 crams nearly every piece of Christian branding into one theological clown car. Jesus glows like a freshly polished Transformer, Moses and Elijah…
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Matthew Chapter 18: Bible Study by Atheists
Jesus kicks off Matthew 18 by telling grown adults they need to become like little children to enter heaven, which immediately raises questions about humility…
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Matthew Chapter 17: Bible Study by Atheists
Jesus takes Peter, James, and John up a mountain for Matthew 17, then suddenly starts glowing like a radioactive Transformer while Moses and Elijah appear for…
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Matthew Chapter 16 Q&A: Bible Study by Atheists
Matthew 16 is where the Gospel slams the narrative gas pedal and starts steering Jesus directly toward Jerusalem, suffering, and death. The miracles begin…
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Matthew Chapters 14-15 Q&A: Bible Study by Atheists
Herod’s family tree is less a tree and more an incestuous wreath, and Matthew 14 drops us directly into the royal disaster. We untangle Herod Antipas…
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Matthew Chapter 16: Bible Study by Atheists
Matthew 16 opens with the Pharisees and Sadducees asking Jesus for a sign, only to get vague weather talk, a cryptic reference to Jonah, and the theological…
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Matthew Chapter 15: Bible Study by Atheists
Matthew 15 comes in swinging with Jesus getting called out by the Pharisees because his disciples apparently don’t wash their hands before eating. And…
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Matthew Chapter 14: Bible Study by Atheists
Matthew 14 comes in swinging with palace drama, horny birthday promises, and one extremely grim party favor: John the Baptist’s head on a platter. Herod hears…
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Matthew Chapter 13 Q&A: Bible Study by Atheists
Matthew 13 is basically Jesus standing in a field, pointing at seeds, weeds, yeast, fish, and treasure like, “Behold, theology!” But in this Q&A episode, the…
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Matthew Chapters 11-12 Q&A: Bible Study by Atheists
Matthew 11–12 is where Jesus stops being “wandering miracle guy” and starts giving full “I’m in charge now” energy. This Q&A digs into John the Baptist asking…
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Matthew Chapter 13: Bible Study by Atheists
Matthew 13 is basically Jesus’ TED Talk from a boat, except instead of “ideas worth spreading,” we get seeds, weeds, yeast, fish, treasure, pearls, and enough…
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Matthew Chapter 12: Bible Study by Atheists
Matthew Chapter 12 rolls in hot with Jesus and the disciples casually plucking grain on the Sabbath, which sounds harmless until you remember God once got…
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Matthew Chapter 11: Bible Study by Atheists
Matthew Chapter 11 comes in hot with John the Baptist sitting in jail like, “Okay, but is this actually the Messiah or should we keep shopping?” Which…
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Matthew Chapters 9-10 Q&A: Bible Study by Atheists
Matthew Chapters 9–10 crank the New Testament weirdness machine up another notch, and this Q&A episode digs into every “wait, what the hell?” moment. We’re…
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Matthew Chapter 8 Q&A: Bible Study by Atheists
Matthew Chapter 8 gets the Q&A treatment, and apparently this chapter is less “gentle Jesus meek and mild” and more “propaganda speed-run with a side of…
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Matthew Chapter 10: Bible Study by Atheists
Matthew Chapter 10 is where Jesus stops being a solo miracle worker and starts assembling his supernatural street team, the twelve disciples, now unofficially…
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Matthew Chapter 9: Bible Study by Atheists
Matthew Chapter 9 is basically Jesus speed-running miracles like he’s trying to unlock every achievement before dinner. Paralytic guy? Healed. Tax collector?…
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Matthew Chapter 8: Bible Study by Atheists
Matthew Chapter 8 is where Little Maddie stops being a sermon-heavy morality lecture and turns into a full-blown supernatural roadshow. Jesus comes down from…
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Matthew Chapters 6 - 7 Q&A: Bible Study by Atheists
Jesus wraps up the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew chapters 6–7, and honestly? For once, the guy has some notes we can work with. This episode digs into Jesus…
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Matthew Chapter 5 Q&A: Bible Study by Atheists
Matthew Chapter 5 gets the full Sacrilegious Discourse treatment in this Q&A breakdown of the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus climbs a mystery mountain, sits…
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Matthew Chapter 7: Bible Study by Atheists
Matthew Chapter 7 wraps up the Sermon on the Mount, and Jesus is apparently here to say: stop judging people, stop being a hypocrite, maybe stop hoarding…
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Matthew Chapter 6: Bible Study by Atheists
Jesus continues the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew Chapter 6, and honestly? A surprising amount of it sounds like a direct subtweet at modern performative…
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Matthew Chapters 2 - 4 Q&A: Bible Study by Atheists
Matthew chapters 2–4 get the full atheist Q&A treatment, and wow does the New Testament come out swinging with prophecy claims held together by theological…
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Matthew Chapter 1 Q&A: Bible Study by Atheists
Matthew Chapter 1 came out swinging with genealogy, messiah marketing, and some suspiciously convenient theological paperwork. In this Q&A episode, we slow way…
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Matthew Chapter 5: Bible Study by Atheists
Jesus finally gets his big red-letter sermon moment in Matthew Chapter 5, and wow, does he come out swinging with bumper-sticker theology, impossible moral…
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Matthew Chapter 4: Bible Study by Atheists
Jesus gets baptized, immediately wanders into the wilderness, fasts for 40 days and 40 nights, and then Satan shows up with the spiritual equivalent of a bad…
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Matthew Chapter 3: Bible Study by Atheists
Matthew Chapter 3 comes crashing in with John the Baptist yelling in the wilderness, wearing camel hair, eating locusts and honey, and apparently expecting…
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Matthew Chapter 2: Bible Study by Atheists
Matthew Chapter 2 wastes absolutely no time turning the Jesus story into a celestial scavenger hunt with suspiciously convenient prophecy receipts. We get the…
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Matthew Chapter 1: Bible Study by Atheists
After nearly six years wandering through the Old Testament wilderness, we finally stumble into the New Testament and immediately trip over Matthew’s opening…
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Introduction to Matthew: Bible Study by Atheists
Before diving face-first into the Gospel of Matthew, we take a detour into the big awkward question Christians rarely love answering: who actually wrote this…
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Maccabees Wrap Up: The OT is DONE!
The Macadoodles are finally done, and with them, the long, bloody, deeply weird road through the Old Testament gets wrapped in one last…
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2 Maccabees Chapters 11 - 15 Q&A: Bible Study by Atheists
The Sacrilegious Discourse crew wraps up 2 Maccabees chapters 11–15 with a gloriously skeptical Q&A episode full of war stories, timeline confusion, divine…
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2 Maccabees Chapter 15: Bible Study by Atheists
The atheist Bible podcast train finally slams into the end of the Old Testament with 2 Maccabees 15, and wow... it goes out exactly the way you’d expect: with…
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2 Maccabees Chapter 14: Bible Study by Atheists
This round of Sacrilegious Discourse dives headfirst into 2 Maccabees 14, where political snitching, fake loyalty, and religious propaganda all collide in one…
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2 Maccabees Chapter 13: Bible Study by Atheists
2 Maccabees 13 is a messy little fever dream of military numbers, political backstabbing, war elephants, and one extremely weird ash-tower execution method…
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2 Maccabees Chapter 12: Bible Study by Atheists
2 Maccabees Chapter 12 is what happens when a propaganda machine runs out of fresh material and just starts copy‑pasting numbers. After the diplomatic letters…
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2 Maccabees Chapter 11: Bible Study by Atheists
2 Maccabees Chapter 11 serves up a whole new flavor of biblical absurdity: after chapters of divinely sanctioned slaughter, suddenly everybody wants to write…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists2 Maccabees Chapters 6 - 10 Q&A: Bible Study by Atheists
This week on Sacrilegious Discourse, the hosts dive into 2 Maccabees chapters 6 through 10—which somehow manages to cram in torture, rotting flesh, worms…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists2 Maccabees Chapter 10: Bible Study by Atheists
2 Maccabees Chapter 10 kicks off with temple rededication, sacred cleanup, and the origin-story vibes of Hanukkah—because nothing says “holy renewal” like…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for AtheistsBetween the Testaments
The so-called 400 “silent years” get absolutely dragged in this episode—and deservedly so. Husband and Wife tear into the lazy Sunday-school version of history…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for AtheistsCognitive Dissonance, Cults, and Cowboy Delusions
The Dallas Cowboys walk into a cult psychology lecture…and somehow it makes perfect sense. In this episode, Sacrilegious Discourse uses football fandom as the…