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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 Psalms Chapters 58 - 72 with Sacrilegious Book Club. Join us on DISCORD: https://discord.gg/8RwwMrb5zK Skip the ads by joining Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/6331d364470c7900137bb57d Thank you for stopping by Sacrilegious Discourse - Bibl...

Husband and Wife conclude Part II: Heroes: Chapter 3: Fighters & Strong Men, from A Treasury of Jewish Folklore. In this episode of the Sacrilegious Book Club, topics include the notion of Brain over Brawn; hammers and epiphanies; mennorahs and Channukah; double spies and Severus; AND boxers and Houdini. Though we only read one story, it was a lengthy one that fully held our attention and help...

Husband and Wife cover Psalms 70 - 72 [[Support our Campaign to raise funds for our live broadcast equipment]] https://giveb.co/s/YOmP73 Psalm 70: A Prayer for Deliverance. Starts, "Make haste, O God, to deliver me." This is a psalm of remembrance and is traditionally recited in wartime. It's also super short and is basically a repeat of Psalm 40, which actually tracks because these di...

Husband and Wife cover Psalms 65 - 68 [[Support our Campaign to raise funds for our live broadcast equipment]] https://giveb.co/s/YOmP73 Psalm 65: Praise for God's Bounty in Nature. Starts, "Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion." This psalm is set after a good year with plentiful rain, which explains how a desert can overflow with grasslands. Pretty sure that makes it NOT a desert,...

Husband and Wife cover Psalms 64 and 69 [[Support our Campaign to raise funds for our live broadcast equipment]] https://giveb.co/s/YOmP73 Psalm 64: A Prayer for Protection from Hidden Enemies. Starts, "Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer." This psalm is a prayer for deliverance from enemies; or a thanksgiving; or a testimony to divine judgement. It's super short yet filled with that yu...

Husband and Wife cover Psalms 61 - 63 [[Support our Campaign to raise funds for our live broadcast equipment]] https://giveb.co/s/YOmP73 Psalm 61: Confidence in God's Protection. Starts, "Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer." This psalm is the prayer of an exile and should be played on a stringed instrument that rhymes with vagina. Psalm 62: God the Only Refuge. Starts, "Trul...

Husband and Wife cover Psalms 58 - 60 [[Support our Campaign to raise funds for our live broadcast equipment]] https://giveb.co/s/YOmP73 Psalm 58: A Prayer for the Punishment of the Wicked. Starts, "Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation?" More Miktams! And this one is also classified as one of the Imprecatory Psalms, begging God to kill our enemies so we can dance in their blood...

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 Psalms Chapters 45 - 57 No Q&A or Book Club this week. We did a Patreon episode, but we're not sharing the intro because we announced our first names in the intro to our Patrons! Join us on DISCORD: https://discord.gg/8RwwMrb5zK Sk...

Husband and Wife cover Psalms 56 - 57 [[Support our Campaign to raise funds for our live broadcast equipment]]   https://giveb.co/s/YOmP73 Miktam is a word of unknown meaning found in the headings of this group of Psalms. Maybe it's a lid! Who could know? Psalm 56: A Prayer of Trust. Starts, "Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up." This psalm is a prayer for help agai...

Husband and Wife cover Psalms 54 - 55 [[Support our Campaign to raise funds for our live broadcast equipment]] https://giveb.co/s/YOmP73 Psalm 54: A Prayer for Protection from Enemies. Starts, "Save me, O God, by thy name." This super short psalm was written for one who finds oneself betrayed by a friend. It's steeped in paranoia. Psalm 55: A Prayer for the Destruction of the Deceitful...

Husband and Wife cover Psalms 51 - 53 [[Support our Campaign to raise funds for our live broadcast equipment]]   https://giveb.co/s/YOmP73 Psalm 51:  A Prayer for Cleansing. Starts, "Have mercy upon me, O God." David's confession is regarded as a model for repentance in both Judaism and Christianity. But let's be honest: Dude was absolutely not sorry. He wanted to bang that MILF so...

Husband and Wife cover Psalms 48 - 50 [[Support our Campaign to raise funds for our live broadcast equipment]]   https://giveb.co/s/YOmP73 Psalm 48:  The Beauty and Glory of Zion. Starts, "Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised." This psalm is a celebration of the security of Zion, which is a synechdoche of Jerusalem. You thought you were coming here for the Bible, but in reality you...

Husband and Wife cover Psalms 45 - 47 [[Support our Campaign to raise funds for our live broadcast equipment]] https://giveb.co/s/YOmP73 Psalm 45: A Song for the King's Marriage. Starts, "My heart is inditing a good matter." This is a wedding song composed and sung by a minstrel, played on an instrument shaped like a rose. But it's also about a messiah — either one who already came...

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 Psalms Chapters 31 - 44 with Sacrilegious Book Club. Join us on DISCORD: https://discord.gg/8RwwMrb5zK Skip the ads by joining Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/6331d364470c7900137bb57d Thank you for stopping by Sacrilegious Discourse - Bibl...

Husband and Wife continue covering Heroes: Miracles; Part 3 of A Treasury of Jewish Folklore. In this episode of the Sacrilegious Book Club, topics include Skeptics and Scoffers; Talmudic rationalists; ridicule as a weapon; a gay set of rogues; a lazy innkeeper; and an atheist. Husband laughs pretty heartily in what turns out to be our favorite book club episode thus far! Next time, we will move t...

Husband and Wife cover Psalms 42 - 44 [[Support our Campaign to raise funds for our live broadcast equipment]]   https://giveb.co/s/YOmP73 Psalm 42: Thirsting for God. Starts, "As the hart panteth after the water brooks." People are like super thirsty, so they take off their pants and drink water and eat deer hearts. Banger of an opening! Psalm 43:  A Prayer for Vindication and Deliverance...

Husband and Wife cover Psalms 40 - 41 [[Support our Campaign to raise funds for our live broadcast equipment]] https://giveb.co/s/YOmP73 Psalm 40: Praise for Deliverance / a song of praise and prayer for help. Starts, "I waited patiently for the LORD." U2's song "40" (from their 1983 album, War - Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt9Xc4jO-Yc ) is a reworking of Psalm 40. It...

Husband and Wife cover Psalms 37- 39 [[Support our Campaign to raise funds for our live broadcast equipment]] https://giveb.co/s/YOmP73 Psalm 37: The Insecurity of the Wicked. Starts, "Fret not thyself because of evildoers." This psalm is another acrostic spelling out the Hebrew alphabet. Much poesy, very imagination! Query: Why do bad things happen to good people? Answer: Hamburger. Psalm...

Husband and Wife cover Psalms 34 - 36 [[Support our Campaign to raise funds for our live broadcast equipment]] https://giveb.co/s/YOmP73 Psalm 34: Praise for Deliverance from Troubles. Starts, "I will bless the LORD at all times." This is yet another acrostic spelling out the Hebrew alphabet. David says, "I sought the Lord," which clearly influenced the song "I Shot the Sheriff...

Husband and Wife cover Psalms 31 - 33 [[Support our Campaign to raise funds for our live broadcast equipment]] https://giveb.co/s/YOmP73 Psalm 31: A Profession of Trust. Starts, "In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust." David flees from Saul but stops running so he can turn and face the camera in a breaking-the-fourth-wall song about trusting God. Psalm 32: The Blessedness of Forgiveness. Star...

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 Psalms Chapters 15 - 30, with Lilith. Skip the ads by joining Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/6331d364470c7900137bb57d Thank you for stopping by Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists! Check out these links for more information...

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 Psalms Chapters 1 - 14, with Patreon Teaser. Skip the ads by joining Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/6331d364470c7900137bb57d Thank you for stopping by Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists! Check out these links for more infor...

Husband and Wife cover Lilith 101. A rape victim stands up for herself and is subsequently dubbed Mother of Demons. Lilith is unjustly accused of stealing men's sperm to have an infinite number of babies, while simultaneously, she is judged a murderer of countless newborns. She's both a harpy-like creature AND a vampiric seductress. She is nowhere in the Bible yet permeates Judaic folklore...

Husband and Wife cover Psalms 28 - 30 [[Support our Campaign to raise funds for our live broadcast equipment]] https://giveb.co/s/YOmP73 Psalm 28: A Prayer for Help and Praise for Its Answer. Starts, "Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock." You don't get points for following the law if you find a way to skirt around it. Cheating is cheating. Intention matters. Psalm 29: The Voice of the...

Husband and Wife cover Psalms 25 - 27 [[Support our Campaign to raise funds for our live broadcast equipment]] https://giveb.co/s/YOmP73 Psalm 25: A Prayer for Guidance, Pardon and Protection. Starts, "Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul." The psalm has the form of an acrostic Hebrew poem, in which each line starts with the next letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Imagine if Christians toda...