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Podcast: Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists
Episode: 2 Maccabees Chapter 3: Bible Study by Atheists
Description: Jerusalemās supposedly vibing in āunbroken peaceā until one petty bureaucratic snitch decides the temple treasury looks a little too stackedāand runs to the Seleucid power structure like a hall monitor on a sugar high. Enter Heliodorus: the kingās errand boy with a ājust asking questionsā vibeā¦ who is absolutely there to confiscate money that explicitly belongs to widows and orphans. Because nothing screams righteous governance like shaking down the poor via ālegal authority.āThen the story goes full fantasy cutscene: God apparently rolls up like a mythic raid boss, horse, gold-plated armor, and two celestial gym br...