Atheist Bible Study

In this episode we cover 1 Samuel, chapters 21-31. David blackmails a local shepherd, murders families, and lies, but draws the line at cutting Saul's robe. Saul seeks guidance from Samuel beyond the grave, but finds the priest is in no mood for raising spirits.

In this episode we cover the rest of Judges. We meet Gideon, who tests the living hell out of god and builds an idol, but somehow gets away with it. We also meet Samson, a brawny, long haired muscle bro who doesn't know how riddles work and murders entire cities when he loses. By the time your done with it all, you're gonna really like Delilah.

This week we cover Deuteronomy chapters 1-12. Moses gets nostalgic and retells the same stories from Exodus and Numbers, Yahweh commands the Israelites to love him (pretty sure that's not how love works), and Ashton can't help but do some more math. Most importantly, we'll discuss the historical context of Deuteronomy and what motivates the Deuteronomist to rewrite old myths.
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You can also learn more about the history of Zionism and the Israeli government's treatment of Palestinian people from Ilan Pappe's The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine. You can find it at your local library or buy from your local black-owned book store.

This episode we cover Joshua 1-12. With Moses dead, Joshua is out of his shadow and into the spotlight. Joshua performs some mini-miracles to show that he's just as special as Moses, and the Israelites get circumcised again; but mostly there's just a whole lot of destruction and killing.

In this episode we cover Deuteronomy 27-34. Moses takes a moment to remind the Israelites of the many blessings god will bestow on them for their faith; then he spends the next 5 hours describing in agonizing detail the ways in which god will murder, starve, and afflict them should they fail. Also this episode, Moses learns a song to remind the Israelites why god hates them, Moses gives Joshua the job that no one wants, and we look at a reference to Judaism's pagan roots.