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Husband and Wife cover 2 Chronicles chapter 33: 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...

Husband and Wife cover 2 Chronicles chapter 32: The Invasion of Sennacherib / The LORD Delivers Hezekiah / Hezekiah's Sickness / Hezekiah Receives Envoys from Babylon / The Death of Hezekiah. Hezekiah was good, but then he wasn't good, but then he was good again, so he got to be buried in the good cemetery. Meanwhile, Sennacherib was pretty badass, but that didn't stop him from having...

Husband and Wife cover 2 Chronicles chapter 31: The Celebration of the Passover (cont) / Hezekiah's Provision for the Priests and Levites. Ain't no party like a barley party unless it's a state-sanctioned hoe-down consisting of statue-smashing activities followed by involuntary tithing, taxes, donations, and gift-giving that ends in heaps so high ya gotta build storehouses for all thos...

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 26 - 30, 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...

Husband and Wife continue covering Heroes: Wise Men, Part 2 of A Treasury of Jewish Folklore In this episode of the Sacrilegious Book Club. Topics include some of Solomon's wise judgement; talking animals; the nature of snakes; malicious compliance; and school librarians caught up in small-town local politics. Next time, we will continue to cover some entries from Heroes: Wise Men — Riddle Sol...

Husband and Wife cover questions about Obed, for which there are really no answers, because he's just that one guy who did that one thing that isn't hardly worth remembering. (And look at that; I've already forgotten about him.) Then they discuss the Independence Proclamation and the Declaration of Emancipation. IF YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/sac...

Husband and Wife cover 2 Chronicles chapter 30: The Celebration of the Passover. There was a big ol' hoe-down in Jerusalem that lasted two weeks, with lots of meat and and music and merriment. Passover was a mf blast, y'all! And God was like, "CoolCoolCool." But lots of people made fun of the runners carrying the partay invitations which is super embarrassing. I cringe on their beh...

Husband and Wife cover 2 Chronicles chapter 29: The Reign of Hezekiah / Hezekiah Restores the Temple Worship. Lots of good animal murder happening here! So much blood and sacrifice and cleaning up the God goods. Music ensues, and singing and whatnot and what-have-you. Then we argue about whether all Levites are priests and it turns out Wife is mistaken. Listen, you husband. We need to talk. Skip t...

Husband and Wife cover 2 Chronicles chapter 28: The Reign of Ahaz. This guy was so bad he even sacrificed his own sons to Baal, but we fail to see that it even matters since he got to rule just as long as his Yaweh-worshipping daddo. Israel gave back the people they had conquered from Judah, but Ahaz was still like, "No Yaweh for me." Then God got aroused, which isn't surprising since...

Husband and Wife cover 2 Chronicles chapter 27: The Reign of Jotham. This guy was so good in the Lord's sight that he barely scores ten minutes of our time. Tell me again why it pays to follow God's ineffable plan? (*BONUS POINTS* if you can tell me what show "God's ineffable plan" is from!) Skip the ads by joining Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/6331d364470c7900137bb57d Thank...

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 21 - 25, with Q&A and Bonus Christmas Special! Skip the ads by joining Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/6331d364470c7900137bb57d Thank you for stopping by Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists! Check ou...

Husband and Wife cover 2 Chronicles chapter 26: The Reign of Uzziah. This guy did good most of his life but then at the end he got the slightest bit uppity so God gave him the leprosy, and, when he died, he was not buried in the City of David, even tho his father, a much worse shit-heel, did get to be buried with the other kings. This story is not cool and Wife rants about the unfairness of it all...

Husband and Wife talk about Santa and try to decide if he's naughty or nice. We conclude that a holiday focused on family and magic is wonderful , while consumerism, trickery, and pointless lies are bullshit. Santa can stay but y'all gotta keep it real. In the second half, we discuss our passionate hatred of Elf on the Shelf, in a bonus portion for Patreon members only. Skip the ads by joi...

Husband and Wife answer questions about the City of David. Did it really exist? YES. Do we know where it is? Nah. Is there a theme park which purports to be the actual Biblical site? Yup. And does Wife need to visit this magical playland? Abso-fkn-lutely! Skip the ads by joining Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/6331d364470c7900137bb57d Thank you for stopping by Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study...

Husband and Wife cover 2 Chronicles chapter 25: The Reign of Amaziah. Hooray for Amaziah! Just kidding. We're not cheering for this turd nugget. He was warned by a prophet of the Lord to fire his mercenaries, which he did, but then he worshipped the idols of the dudes he defeated in war. What an absolute moron. In unrelated news, Wife found the advertisement for Beefaroni that she keeps singin...

Husband and Wife cover 2 Chronicles chapter 24: The Reign of Joash of Judah. We're thinking that Joash wasn't really the ruler — Jehoiada the priest was probably calling all the shots and being a good leader, cuz once he died, little Jojo started living it up and getting down with the Asherah poles. Jehoiada's son tried to warn him, for which he got stoned, but not the good kind of sto...

Husband and Wife cover 2 Chronicles chapter 23: Athaliah Usurps the Throne (cont). Jehoiada the priest puts on his big-boy pants and teams up with five other guys to take down that wicked witch Athaliah. They put a crown on a kid, and kill Athaliah out where the horses go poopy. It's like the best day ever, only without Netflix, Animal Crossing, wine coolers, Britney Spears, audio books, or Sh...

Husband and Wife cover 2 Chronicles chapter 22: The Reign of Ahaziah of Judah / Jehu Kills Ahaziah / Athaliah Usurps the Throne. Ahaziah of Judah is evil, but he and his buddy Joram of Israel get murdered by Jehu of Jezreel. Ahaziah's mama seizes this moment to kill the rest of Ahaziah's fam (maybe in retribution for when Ahaziah murdered her other sons, his own brothers?), but Ahaziah&#39...

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 16 - 20, with Q&A. Sorry this came out late... We were dealing with a lot this weekend and Wife was sick to boot, so this episode got overlooked until today. Skip the ads by joining Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s...

Husband and Wife cover 2 Chronicles chapter 21: The Reign of Jehoram of Judah. Jehoshaphat somehow had no idea that his oldest son was a murdery pagan, so he gave him the keys to the kingdom before he died. Jehoram was a right sumbitch and no one was sorry to see him go. Skip the ads by joining Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/6331d364470c7900137bb57d Thank you for stopping by Sacrilegious Discours...

Husband and Wife answer questions about the Valley of Blessings, Hanani the seer, and King Asa's rot foot. Gout is no laughing matter, y'all! 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 about our podcast and merchandise: Our Homepage:...

Husband and Wife cover 2 Chronicles chapter 20: The Victory over Moab and Ammon / The Reign of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat questions God and for some unfathomable reason does not get smote, which we find very disappointing. We're always up for a good solid smiting, and there's just been a sad lack of smites lately. However, there is a big magical murder in this chapter! And also Jehoshaphat g...

Husband and Wife cover 2 Chronicles chapter 19: The Prophet Jehu Rebukes Jehoshaphat / Jehoshaphat Appoints Judges. Jehu is like, "You're stupid." But then he also like, "Whatever, I guess you'll do." Then Jehoshaphat assigns judges to make sure we don't run stop signs, and that we DO shop at Hobby Lobby instead of Michael's. And hey - let's do a poll - Raise yo...

Husband and Wife cover 2 Chronicles chapter 18: Micaiah Prophesies the Defeat of Ahab and Jehoshaphat. Heads, we go to war. Tails, we stay home. 400 guys choose war, but they should've listened to that one sarcastic sumbitch cuz he knew what was up. Ahab got shot. womp womp. Skip the ads by joining Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/6331d364470c7900137bb57d Thank you for stopping by Sacrilegious...

Husband and Wife cover 2 Chronicles chapter 17: Jehoshaphat's Kingdom Established. Jehoshaphat takes over Judah after his father King Asa bites the dust. Like many before him, he got rid of the Asherah poles that never seem to disappear, and he sends out some priests with copies of The Law to teach the people what's what. Pretty sure the people remain ignorant and learn nothing. Skip the a...