Holy Moly Bible

Predestined salvation or free will salvation, the Bible argues both, and the argument split Christianity into denominations that still exist because of it. Calvin took 1 side. Arminius took the other. Romans 8:30 runs God as the subject of every verb, predestined, called, justified, glorified. John 1:12 runs belief as the hinge the whole sentence turns on. Both reside in the new testament; yet the...

The Bible argues with itself about whether women are allowed to speak. We go verse by verse to show you exactly where. This episode takes on the silence versus prophecy contradiction, the denominations still enforcing 1 Corinthians 14:34 today, and the very real legal history of a verse being used to keep women out of universities, courtrooms, and ownership of their own property. We get specific....

Exodus 20:5 sends the sin responsibility all the way down to your great grandchildren. Ezekiel 18:20 cancels sin sits with the person who did it, rather than parents or kids. Two verses. Same God. Completely opposite policies on who pays for a sin. Exodus and Ezekiel are 700 years apart, and they both still in print in the Old Testament of The Bible, neither one ever crossed out across the centuri...

Matthew says Jesus was threatened by Herod. Luke makes no mention on the attempt of Jesus' life. Matthew borrowed a page from Hollywood. For lights, he hung a star over Bethlehem to walk the wise men in. For camera, he shot the escape on location in Egypt, the same country the Exodus made famous. For action, he wrote a paranoid king hunting every boy under 2. Roll all 3 together and the arrival of...

One cross. One moment. Two completely different deaths. 450 contradictions live inside the most scrutinized book in human history. The first one is the most personal. Matthew heard a cry of abandonment. Luke heard a peaceful surrender. Holy Smoke exists because the truth was always in the text. Someone just had to read it out loud. For show notes, comics, meme, and collection plate visit Holy Smok...