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David FINALLY kicks the bucket, but before he does, the good, upright King David, who loved and obeyed God unlike any other king, gives his son a kill list. And boy does Solomon tick off those boxes with gusto.

It's a bloody start to the peaceful reign of Solomon. Solomon who had to be the one to build the temple because of all the bloodshed by his father. Weird... 

God grants Solomon a wish and Solomon asks for wisdom and immediately regrets not wishing for more wishes. 

Solomon is then so wise that he starts handling parental custody disputes. But is he actually wise or is he insane?

"Jesus is a biscuit. Let him sop you up." - Latrice Royale

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“Was the Gospel of John Changed to Suppress Mary Magdalene?” by ReligionForBreakfast – https://youtu.be/rfy6oiB_U-A

Crucifying Tony Stark – https://youtu.be/V9_AeLmuRKc?t=120

Turns out Jesus wants us to #TaxTheRich! At least that’s what he tells some Pharisee’s who try to trap him by asking one question and giving up.

Also, Jesus is asked important questions such as if a woman clearly kills 7 brothers, all of whom she married, which one will she be married to at the resurrection.

Resurrection? As in when we die we don’t actually go to heaven? Wtf? Did Jesus say that we don’t go to heaven?

Jesus brings down the vibe by reminding everyone that the temple is going to be destroyed. But he seems to get it confused with the end times.

We finally discuss the story of Lazarus, the real one, the one that ACTUALLY gets resurrected. And we dig into the confusion around was Mary and Martha there or just Mary?

There’s a cinematic version of jewish leaders plotting to kill Jesus. And we circle back to the Palm Sunday to actually explain where the palm trees come from.

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We kick off 1 Kings by only talking about the first chapter. We've heard the Chronicles' version of Solomon becoming king but now we'll learn the King's version which is very different.

The Succession drama is real as David gets sickly and curls up with a pretty young virgin. His oldest son for some reason thinks he's going to be the next king and tries to gather support by throwing a feast. Meanwhile, Solomon's mom convinces David to make Solomon king.

And we hear from some Christian pastors on what these ancient government documents mean to your personal life choices today.

Hope you enjoyed your VD!

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Oh boy! Is this a great episode if you love vague quantities of precious metals and stones. And the names! Oh the names of it all!

We're blowing through the ingredients for a temple and plowing right into Solomon skipping the line to be king and David dying. All completely without incident. At least according to the book of Chronicles.

Oh yeah! And the bible talks about aliens! We're pretty sure an ET cult has to exist because of this verse.

Sorry, I feel like I just keep talking about me. How are you doing?

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We dig elbow deep into a steaming pile of contradictions, curiosities, and constipated commentary. The unerring bible seems to glitch out on us. The all knowing, all powerful author had an apparent brain fart.

2 Samuel 24 and 1 Chronicles 21 tell the same story but with some pretty significant differences. Like for example, if the bible is in fact perfect, we are left with the only obvious conclusion that God and Satan are the same person. I mean, we never do see them in the same place at the same time. And if God just took off His glasses He sure would look a lot like Satan. Also, He would be beautiful and Zack would definitely win the bet with his friends when he takes God to prom. 

And we get into the stuff Christian authorities make up to explain it away. So that's a hoot. 

Anyone else notice how Xmas just comes way too early in the winter? It's supposed to be the high point but lately it's before we even get our first snow (thanks global warming!). And then it's over and we get dumped on and there's nothing to look forward to for like 3 months! I say we move Xmas to March. So when you're freezing your Marys' and Josephs' off through January and February you have Xmas in March to look forward to. God's perfect plan, my ass!

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Fresh off overthrowing his son fresh off overthrowing him, David deals with a dick dividing his domain to dogshit. 

- Sheba gets the northern kingdom to split from David, but of course that doesn't last long.
- David incredibly has a need to kill even more descendants of Saul. 
- MOAR GIANTS!!1!
- And some politically charged poetry

Hearts and kisses, my dear. Hearts. And kisses.

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Happy holidays all you war on CHRISTmas warriors! 

We're kicking back and watching  that time honored 2017 classic Christmas movie, The Case for Christ. Based on the book of the same name, this follows former "journalist" Lee Strobel as he proves that the path to Christianity is paved with stupid questions.

Oh yes, it makes complete sense when you set out on a quest to disprove Christianity to only focus on one part of the claim.  Ignore the Old Testament. Ignore the inconsistent theology. Yes. That's how good of a reporter he is.

Anyway, my mom, Jill, joins us and we had a lot of fun recording this. 

Hope you all are doing well and having a good time over the holidays! Yo Saturnalia! 

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We continue our series on Acts starting with a story about a Sorcerer named Simon. 

A guy named Philip meets an unnamed Ethiopian eunuch who is really into a prophesy that Philip completely gets wrong. Also it turns out Christians can teleport.

We have a real Saul on the road to Damascus moment, when we talk about Saul on the road to Damascus.

We talk about the most important woman to never get any attention in bible.

And Herod dies at the end in a really crazy way.

Sorry, just kinda throwing this summary together this week.

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We kick off our series on the book of Acts and start with yet another telling of the ascension of Jesus. Slightly different from Luke but very different from the other gospels.

Judas gets replaced.

The Holy Spirit comes on everyone at the Pentecost! Lapping up their loins with tongues of fire.

And the early church starts getting persecuted simply for yelling at everyone that they killed Jesus.

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