Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists

We just finished reading 2 Chronicles, so it's time for Husband and Wife to play another round of a game called You're Always Wrong. You may be shocked to learn that we've found a few contradictions in the Bible. No wonder it's so easy to cherry-pick quotes to back up any claim!

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Husband and Wife recap 2 Chronicles, a book which is itself a recap of 1 & 2 Kings.

Y'all, we've now read over one-third of the Bible! Well done! In terms of the Hebrew Bible, we've covered the five books of the Torah, all the Major Prophets, and a couple of the Writings, which are considered the least important of the three sections.

To reiterate, we're now COMPLETELY done with that lying liar, the Chronicler! Pretty sure this calls for a celebration!

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Husband and Wife answer questions about Necho king of Egypt; talents as a unit of measure; and Cyrus king of Persia. This unplanned Q&A was an unexpectedly fun and educational journey!

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Josiah Keeps the Passover / The Death of Josiah.

It's springtime, so put on your boots and go to war! Josiah faces off with Necho king of Egypt and gets shot by arrows. Necho claimed God was with him, and it sure looks like he was correct. Why would God let good King Josiah die? I'm calling shenanigans on this story.

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The Reign and Dethronement of Jehoahaz / The Reign of Jehoiakim / Jehoiachin Taken Captive to Babylon / The Reign of Zedekiah / The Captivity of Judah / The Proclamation of Cyrus.

This chapter is like how if a production team finds out at the end of Season 1 that they have not been renewed for Season 2, so they run in circles trying to finish the entire story and tie up any loose ends. We've still got Necho King of Egypt, but now we've also got Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon, and both of them claim God is with them, which appears to be entirely true as the Israelites are getting smashed. But then, like 70 years later, Cyrus King of Persia steps in and sets them free? It's all so suss. We legit have no idea what's going on here and that sucks cuz it's the end of 2 Chronicles.

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Bible Study for Atheists Weekly is a collection of last week's episodes by Sacrilegious Discourse with Husband and Wife. This week's collection includes 2 Chronicles Chapters 31 - 34, with Q&A and Patreon teaser!

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Husband and Wife discuss why you should...

...and offer tips on how to do so. We share which steps we've taken and what we'd like to do next. Then, we challenge ourselves (and our loyal listeners) to take at least one action and report back — even if it's merely following a representative online — in this bonus episode for Patreon members only.

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Then they retell Sennacherib's story from a historical (rather than biblical) perspective. We talk about Solomon having sex with temple prostitutes, Sargon's ghost, Sennacherib's daddy issues, the problem with conflicting divine mandates, and the legitimacy of legitly.

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The Reign of Josiah / Josiah's Reforms / The Book of the Law Discovered.

Josiah was pretty awesome. He did all the right things. However, his workers found Moses' book and read it, thereby reminding God to smite everyone. Then, in the same breath, God is like, "Well, I guess I'll forgive your dumb asses and let you live. But your kids are definitely gonna feel my wrath! Okay bye now!"

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The Reign of Manasseh / The Reign of Amon.

Manasseh was a doodoo brain — like he was the absolute worst of the worst, y'all — but he still got to reign for over half a century because after burning a shit-ton of babies, he said sorry to God (but only after getting conquered by another king who put a hook thru my guy's nose!). Then everything was all roses and rainbows and whiskers on kittens. Except it WASN'T roses, because the people still worshiped the wrong way. Apparently, God no longer smites anybody. Laaame.

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