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Husband and Wife answer questions about performative prayer, curses, kicking Tobiah outta the temple, and drawing lots to live in Jerusalem. The truth is, Tobiah had it coming, and nobody wanted to live by him, and that's the curse. jk... except for when I said Tobiah had it coming. That part is legit. Skip the ads by joining Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/6331d364470c7900137bb57d Thank you f...

Husband and Wife cover Nehemiah chapter 13: Nehemiah's Reforms. This guy is so full of himself. He is telling God what's what and beating up people and pulling out their hair. He is dead set against commingle-babies and cites Moses WHO WAS MARRIED TO A MOABITE. He literally blames 1000+ women for leading Solomon astray, because clearly my dude was not responsible for the multiple conquests...

Husband and Wife cover Nehemiah chapter 12: The Priests and Levites / The Dedication of the Wall / The Provision for the Priests and Levites. Nothing even happened in this chapter. Seriously, it's just a list of the same names over and over together. Husband had to edit out all the times Wife yawned. Honestly, Nehemiah is pointless, and he can suck it. Especially if he's the Chronicler! Sk...

Husband and Wife cover Nehemiah chapter 11: The Residents of Jerusalem / The Settlement outside of Jerusalem. Our guys vote on who gets to live in Jerusalem, but it kinda sounds like the prize is a punishment and nobody actually wants to live there, which makes no dang sense because didn't y'all just bust your balls building this holy temple? Well, they're so eager not to live in Jerus...

Husband and Wife cover Nehemiah chapter 10: The People Covenant to Keep the Law (cont). These peeps are super keen on returning to OG Levitical laws. We learn how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop — no wait, it's how many Israelites does it take to replace a light bulb — jk jk jk here's the REAL question: How many Levites, priests, gatekeepers, and musicians does it...

Husband and Wife cover Nehemiah chapter 9: Ezra's Confession of Israel's Sins / The People Covenant to Keep the Law. Ezra goes on and on about how stupid and horrible people are. At the same time, he talks at length about how stupendous God is. It's a dumb comparison and anyway it's also boring and a bit of overkill because omg he just drones on and on... Skip the ads by joining Ac...

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 Nehemiah Chapters 4 - 8, with Q&A and Sacrilegious Book Club. 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...

Husband and Wife continue covering Heroes: Holy Men; Part 2 of A Treasury of Jewish Folklore. In this episode of the Sacrilegious Book Club, topics include charity; compassion; social justice; giving from the heart; acts of kindness; the Golden Ladder; and qualifications and guarantees to get into heaven. Next time, we will cover some entries from Heroes: Holy Men — Martyrs. We hope you'll get...

Husband and Wife answer questions about timelines and cups. Did the stories of Nehemiah and Ezra overlap? Who knows. It's all a history mystery. But we do find out the importance of being a king's cup bearer, which clears up another question! Finally, we learn that Nehemiah might be the Chronicler, but he was such a gossipy sumbitch that his coworkers wouldn't let him take any credit....

Husband and Wife cover Nehemiah chapter 8: Ezra Reads the Law to the People. The timeline is kinda confusing so we aren't sure if this is OG Ezra or "other" Ezra. Regardless, my guy stands there in the hot sun reading the Book of the Law of Moses for SIX STRAIGHT HOURS. Then Ezra told them fools to stop crying and go eat lunch. Skip the ads by joining Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/63...

Husband and Wife cover Nehemiah chapter 7: Nehemiah Appoints Rulers for Jerusalem / The List of Returning Exiles. They finally put up gates to keep out the vampires, and then they do a soft census and build houses. Lots of names (because of course!) and then the chapter literally ends mid-sentence. Skip the ads by joining Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/6331d364470c7900137bb57d Thank you for stopp...

Husband and Wife cover Nehemiah chapter 6: The Plots of the Adversaries. This was like an episode of every teen drama ever. I was all like, omg! And then he goes, whatever! And they were like, parents outta town so party at my place! But I go, You're such a liar! And he was like, Come say that to my face! But I couldn't be bothered because anyway they are such dweebs! So like then I built...

Husband and Wife cover Nehemiah chapter 5: The Payment of Interest Abolished. My guy is very excited to tell us how nice and good he is — to a very sickening degree. He makes the people promise to stop charging interest, which they weren't supposed to be doing in the first place. Then he shakes the crumbs outta his apron and starts grilling out all his free meats, while simultaneously calling...

Husband and Wife cover Nehemiah chapter 4: The Workmen Guard against the Adversaries. This guy and his buddies ridicule the Jews, call them names, and make fun of them. Nehemiah takes it pretty seriously and has his people stay on guard at all hours, which means no sleep and no clean laundry. They're pretty sure God will fight for them, but they keep weapons on hand just in case, because God i...

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 Nehemiah Chapters 1 - 3, with Q&A and 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 f...

Husband and Wife discuss so-called Red Flag Films, what that means, and how they feel about the movies on these lists... Then they dig into each example and tell you how they really feel — — in this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers and Acast+ members only. Skip the ads by joining Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/6331d364470c7900137bb57d Thank you for stopping by Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible...

Husband and Wife answer questions about gates, but not about towers. The gates were super important gathering places where business was conducted, but also where poopies got dumped. Yum! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/sacrilegious-discourse-bible-study-for-atheists/donations

Husband and Wife cover Nehemiah chapter 3: The Sections Assigned for Repair. Lots of guys built lots of gates, but nobody built walls. There were so many doors with bolts and bars, and a place called "The Angle And The Corner" as well as "The Room Above The Corner." It's like in Narnia when Mr. Tumnus the fawn asks Lucy the location of Spare Oom. Skip the ads by joining Acast+...

Husband and Wife cover Nehemiah chapter 2: Nehemiah Sent to Jerusalem / Nehemiah Encourages the People to Rebuild the Walls. We argued over whether or not this is the exact same story as Ezra, and yeah, well, Husband ain't wrong. There's even a repeat of the dung gate. One mystery is why that weirdo Nehemiah examined the ruins at night. I wouldn't say we were intrigued (we'd have t...

Husband and Wife cover Nehemiah chapter 1: Nehemiah's Prayer for Jerusalem. I swear this guy is as annoying as Ezra with all his crying and praying. "Wah, we suck. Wah, you're awesome. Wah, give us attention." He's like a child pulling at his neglectful parent's robe at the cash register, asking for all those impulse buys like candy bars or lighters or lollipops or walls or...

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 Ezra Chapters 6 - 10, with Q&A, Ezra Wrap up, Contradictions in Ezra and our Sacrilegious Book Club. Skip the ads by joining Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/6331d364470c7900137bb57d Thank you for stopping by Sacrilegious Discourse - Bi...

We just finished reading Ezra, 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! As an added bonus, Wife waxes on about how much she adores Husband. It gets a bit saccharine up in here, so brin...

Husband and Wife recap Ezra, a book which is only 10 chapters. Ezra / Esdras / scribe and (high?) priest / pretty Spring flowers / Moses 2.0 might have been a strong leader and motivational speaker, but he was also racist and way too concerned about whether or not people's bushes were combed. He is also the reason girls gaggle in groups when they hit the head. Skip the ads by joining Acast+ ht...

Husband and Wife start covering Heroes: Holy Men; Part 2 of A Treasury of Jewish Folklore. In this episode of the Sacrilegious Book Club, topics include piety and righteousness; kindness and empathy; The Golden Rule; peace; lust versus love; gentle parenting; manliness; women's rights; and incels. Lots of food for thought in this one! Next time, we will cover some entries from Heroes: Holy Men...

Husband and Wife answer questions about what it means to "put away" your wife and children. We were excited to learn the Exiles did not just throw them into the trash fire pit! Hooray for not murdering people! But they were still racist af. Skip the ads by joining Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/6331d364470c7900137bb57d Thank you for stopping by Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Ath...