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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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Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists2 Maccabees Chapter 9: Bible Study by Atheists
2 Maccabees 9 is what happens when biblical writers decide simple death isn’t dramatic enough and go full body-horror revenge fantasy instead. In this episode…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists2 Maccabees Chapter 8: Bible Study by Atheists
2 Maccabees 8 is what happens when the text decides God apparently loves guerrilla warfare, revenge, and a good old-fashioned body count. In this episode, the…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists2 Maccabees Chapter 7: Bible Study by Atheists
Seven brothers and their mom get hauled in under the king’s “eat pork or else” policy… and boy does “or else” show up ready to work. 2 Maccabees 7 turns into a…
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The Power Handoff That Sets Up the New Testament
We’re wrapping up the “between-the-testaments” chaos and realizing there’s a big missing bridge before we slam into the New Testament: how Judea went from…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists2 Maccabees Chapter 6: Bible Study by Atheists
Antiochus (a.k.a. Mr. Forced-Assimilation) decides the Jews aren’t Greek enough, so he sends an Athenian envoy to “fix” that—by outlawing Jewish law…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists2 Maccabees Chapters 1 - 5 Q&A: Bible Study by Atheists
Second Maccabees kicks off like a group text from Jerusalem to the Jewish diaspora in Egypt—basically: “Hey fam, come celebrate the Temple rededication… also…
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Judaism Uncut
Welcome to the episode where Greek gymnasiums aren’t about leg day, they’re about full-frontal assimilation and the kind of identity politics that involves……
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists2 Maccabees Chapter 5: Bible Study by Atheists
Forty-ish days of sky cavalry (yes, literal “cavalry appeared in the midst of the sky” vibes) kicks off 2 Maccabees 5, and it’s immediately giving “ancient…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for AtheistsReligion Is “Declining”… So Why Does It Feel Like It’s Everywhere?
Turns out the importance of religion is allegedly dropping “dramatically across the world”… which is both comforting and deeply annoying when you live in the…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists2 Maccabees Chapter 4: Bible Study by Atheists
Welcome back to Sacrilegious Discourse, where we read the Bible so you don’t have to. This week 2 Maccabees Chapter 4 delivers the spiritual equivalent of a…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for AtheistsICE Shootings in Minnesota
Three dead Americans. Three official stories. And a whole lot of “trust us, bro” from the same federal machine that keeps demanding obedience while waving guns…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists2 Maccabees Chapter 3: Bible Study by Atheists
Jerusalem’s supposedly vibing in “unbroken peace” until one petty bureaucratic snitch decides the temple treasury looks a little too stacked—and runs to the…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists2 Maccabees Chapter 2: Bible Study by Atheists
Snowpocalypse hit Ohio, the schedule got wobbly, and somehow that still wasn’t the most chaotic thing in this episode. We kick off 2 Maccabees Chapter 2 with a…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for AtheistsICE Pastor Protest
A peaceful 20-minute protest walks into a Southern Baptist church in St. Paul, Minnesota… and somehow the church reacts like it got hit with the Book of…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists2 Maccabees Chapter 1: Bible Study by Atheists
Welcome to Second Maccabees, Chapter 1, aka “First Maccabees, but make it churchy.” The crew kicks off with the Jews in Jerusalem sending a very official “hey…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for AtheistsPondering Christianity Across the Pond
America claims separation of church and state, then turns Christianity into a loud, sweaty political identity, complete with church “startups,” worship bands…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for AtheistsWhat the Macaroni?
So… we accidentally finished 1 Maccabees. Like, fully. The last chapter. The end. Nobody noticed. Because we are professionals (derogatory). This episode is…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists1 Maccabees Chapter 16: Bible Study by Atheists
Simon “I’m too old for this shit” Maccabee finally taps out and hands the family blood-feud business to his sons, because nothing says “healthy succession…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists1 Maccabees Chapters 11 - 15 Q&A: Bible Study by Atheists
Pronouns? Useless. Names? Recycled like a church bulletin. In this 1 Maccabees 11–15 Q&A, we finally stop the “he said to him who said to him” madness long…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists1 Maccabees Chapter 15: Bible Study by Atheists
Today on Sacrilegious Discourse, we slog through 1 Maccabees 15, aka “Everyone Writes Letters and Nobody Explains Anything.” It opens with yet another…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for AtheistsChronicles’ Post-Exile PR Spin
If you’ve ever wondered why the Bible tells the same story twice, once like a gritty crime documentary and once like a motivational church brochure, this one’s…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists1 Maccabees Chapter 14: Bible Study by Atheists
Demetrius finally gets scooped up like a sad little political Pokémon, and the text immediately slams the fast-forward button into “and then everything was…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists1 Maccabees Chapter 13: Bible Study by Atheists
Simon steps up after Jonathan’s betrayal-and-capture situation turns into a full-on “Greek politics but make it messy” episode. 1 Maccabees 13 opens with…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists1 Maccabees Chapter 12: Bible Study by Atheists
Jonathan decides the Seleucid soap opera is getting way too pronoun-heavy, so he does what any ancient politician with commitment issues would do, he slides…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for AtheistsXmas Eve, Not Xmas Steve Part 2
Uncle Steve is back at the table armed with the usual Fox-flavored folklore: “schools are indoctrinating kids,” “it’s grooming,” “trans is a trend,” and the…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for AtheistsXmas Eve, Not Xmas Steve
It’s a Christmas Eve special, recorded on “Christmas Eve Eve” (aka “Christmas Steve Eve”), where Husband and Wife roleplay the dreaded holiday boss fight…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists1 Maccabees Chapter 11: Bible Study by Atheists
1 Maccabees 11 is basically Game of Thrones if every character had the same three names and the narrator kept shouting “he” like it explains anything. Ptolemy…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists1 Maccabees Chapters 8-10 Q&A: Bible Study by Atheists
Pronouns in 1 Maccabees 8–10 are doing crimes against clarity, so we hit pause and run a full-on Q&A intervention. Judas hears about Rome (yes, that Rome)…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists1 Maccabees Chapter 10: Bible Study by Atheists
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…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for AtheistsTrump's Religious Liberty Commission
Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission (created by executive order on May 1, 2025) gets the Sacrilegious Discourse treatment: suspicious side-eye, gallows humor…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists1 Maccabees Chapter 9: Bible Study by Atheists
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…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists1 Maccabees Chapter 8: Bible Study by Atheists
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…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists1 Maccabees Q&A Chapters 1 - 7
If you thought 1 Maccabees was confusing the first time through, welcome to the Q&A episode where we prove it wasn’t just you, it’s the text. The hosts dive…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists1 Maccabees Chapter 7: Bible Study by Atheists
Judas Maccabeus is back on his murder tour, and this time 1 Maccabees 7 serves up beheaded generals, and one extremely “arrogant” right hand that ends up…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists1 Maccabees Chapter 6: Bible Study by Atheists
In this episode, the Maccabees aren’t the only drama queens — King Antiochus IV basically has a full-on meltdown because he didn’t get to steal enough gold…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists1 Maccabees Chapter 5: Bible Study by Atheists
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…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for AtheistsDivided Kingdoms
In this chaotic tour through 1 Kings and 2 Kings, your favorite godless duo wraps up the Deuteronomistic history by time-lining Israel’s slow-motion trainwreck…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists1 Maccabees Chapter 4: Bible Study by Atheists
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…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists1 Maccabees Chapter 3: Bible Study by Atheists
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…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists1 Maccabees Chapter 2: Bible Study by Atheists
In this episode, the hosts dive into 1 Maccabees 2, where we finally meet Matthias and his five sons— including the soon-to-be-brand-name rebel, Judas…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for AtheistsDeuteronomistic Disaster Reel: From Joshua’s Murder Tour to David’s Messy Monarchy
Forget cozy Sunday school—this episode yanks you straight into the Deuteronomistic history, where obedience allegedly brings “blessing” and disobedience gets…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists1 Maccabees Chapter 1: Bible Study by Atheists
In this episode, we crack open First Maccabees, Chapter 1 and immediately get dropped into the chaos left behind by Alexander the Great and his idiot successor…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists1 Maccabees Intro: Bible Study by Atheists
Forget talking snakes and magical arks—First Maccabees is an actual history book, and the hosts are weirdly excited about that. In this episode, they crack…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for AtheistsThe Pentateuch Finale
The Pentadouche has left the building. In this episode, Husband and Wife finally wrap up the Pentateuch recap with a snark-fueled episode of Leviticus…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for AtheistsCovenants, Chaos, and the Chronicles of Exodus
Moses gets a glow-up, Pharaoh gets the ick, and we get pedantic about timelines. In this one, we blitz from the patriarchs (Abraham → Isaac → Jacob → Joseph)…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for AtheistsGenesis Timeline Chaos
We zoom straight into the messy middle: the hosts map the Old Testament’s timeline, drag the canon-adjacent weirdness, and keep asking the only sane…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for AtheistsEnoch Warm-Up
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…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for AtheistsLife of Adam and Eve Part 4
Adam’s on his deathbed, Seth’s asking angels for a dab of “oil of mercy,” and somehow we end up with a medieval fan-theory where a magic tree grows out of…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for AtheistsLife of Adam and Eve Part 3
Adam is 930, everything hurts, and Seth wants a definition of “pain.” (Spoiler: nobody has one.) While the angels step out for a worship break, the Adversary…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for AtheistsLife of Adam and Eve Part 2
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…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for AtheistsLife of Adam and Eve
Vita Adae et EvaeWe crack open the Latin version of Vita Adae et Evae (aka The Life of Adam and Eve)—a pseudepigrapha text pinned to Moses long after the…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for AtheistsApocrypha Now
Your favorite godless duo kicks off a new arc by shoving Genesis back under the microscope—then gleefully coloring outside the canonical lines. We define…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for AtheistsMartyr-Making, Authoritarian Crackdown, and Why Violence Isn’t the Answer
This week we ditch the Apocrypha to confront the political cyclone around Charlie Kirk’s killing—and the even uglier spin machine that followed. The episode…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for AtheistsWe Finished the Old Testament!
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…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for AtheistsMalachi Wrap Up AND Contradictions: Bible Study by Atheists
Malachi Wrap-Up & Contradictions: Ezra’s Ghostwriter Gig, Divorce Drama, and God’s Eternal Grudge📝 Episode Summary: Five years, countless smitings, and one…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for AtheistsMalachi Chapter 4: Bible Study by Atheists
Malachi 4: Frolicking Calves, Ashy Corpses, and the Old Testament’s Murdery Curtain Call”📝 Episode Summary: We did it—five years, countless smitings, and more…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for AtheistsMalachi Chapter 3: Bible Study by Atheists
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…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for AtheistsMalachi Chapter 2: Bible Study by Atheists
Malachi’s Divine Dung-Fest: When God Calls You a Poop Face and Means ItThis week, we dive headfirst into Malachi Chapter 2, where God’s big message to the…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for AtheistsGodless Housekeeping
This ain't your average Bible breakdown—this is an update on how our podcast will look going forward.👉 Listen now at sacrilegiousdiscourse.com 👉 Join our…
Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for AtheistsMoon Sh!t and Menstrual Calendars
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…