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Podcast: Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists
Episode: 2 Maccabees Chapter 8: Bible Study by Atheists
Description: 2 Maccabees 8 is what happens when the text decides God apparently loves guerrilla warfare, revenge, and a good old-fashioned body count. In this episode, the hosts dig into Judas Maccabeus rallying 6,000 rebels, praying for divine backup, and somehow turning a military rebellion into another excuse to brag about Yahweh’s alleged favorite hobby: mass slaughter. Between profaned sanctuaries, murdered infants, and threats of total annihilation, this chapter tries to sell holy violence as righteous heroism—and the hosts are very much not buying it. Things get even more unhinged when Nicanor shows up ready to fund the empire by s...