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Podcast: Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists
Episode: 1 Maccabees Chapter 12: Bible Study by Atheists
Description: Jonathan decides the Seleucid soap opera is getting way too pronoun-heavy, so he does what any ancient politician with commitment issues would do, he slides into Rome’s DMs to “renew the friendship.” Because nothing screams “holy nation” like outsourcing your survival to the Mediterranean’s biggest future empire. Then, just to keep things spicy, he also writes the Spartans like, “Hey besties, remember our totally-real brotherhood from Abraham?” (Yes, really—Sparta apparently gets retconned into the Bible Extended Universe.)Meanwhile, Simon is out here grabbing strongholds like he’s speed-running Risk, while Jonathan’s building walls and trying to is...