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Podcast: Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists
Episode: Zechariah Chapter 9: Bible Study by Atheists
Description: Welcome to the Old Testament’s version of a Quentin Tarantino fever dream. In this episode, the hosts dive into Zechariah Chapter 9, where God shifts from happy grandpa handing out blessings to full-blown apocalyptic warlord. We leave the lukewarm fuzzies of Chapter 8 behind and charge into the chaos of Second Zechariah, where it’s less “peace on Earth” and more “burn it all down, and also here’s a donkey.”From calling neighboring nations “mongrels” to flexing divine muscles with lightning arrows and blood-smeared altars, this chapter is God’s greatest hits of wrath, vengeance, and weirdly specific met...