Jeremiah Chapter 2: Bible Study for Atheists

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[00:01:44] Alright, let's go read the Bible.

[00:01:46] Yeah, let's going to be that much better. No, I mean, it was only one chapter. So at least it's not Isaiah. Right. So there's that. There is that. Yeah. So anyway, that was Jeremiah chapter one. Sure as fuck was. Which means that today we're getting into Jeremiah chapter two.

[00:03:02] All right, let's do this.

[00:03:03] Okie dokie. for 20% off your first system. Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem. This is what the Lord says. The hearing of Jerusalem. Was this like a. Let them hear you. Okay. Okay. Go. Oh, be within your hearing. Hearing me. Yeah. Yeah. This is what the Lord says. I remember the devotion of your youth. How as a bride, you loved me and followed me through the wilderness through a land not

[00:05:43] sewn.

[00:05:44] Israel was holy to the Lord.

[00:05:47] The first fruits of his harvest. He let them become enslaved and captured and killed like does he remember these because like if you're asking me Why do we not like you right those are good reasons in my book? Right. No, I just say it. I totally agree with you, but I got to read two notes that I mean Oh, okay. All right. So in this chapter God often refers to Judah and Jerusalem as Israel

[00:07:04] Okay, sure actually not just this chapter, but this whole book Jeremiah Um, okay, so anyway, I'm real pissed at them because they suck. They did not ask, where is the Lord who brought us up out of Egypt and led us through the barren wilderness? There were landed deserts and ravines, a landed drought, and utter darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives. A land where this God throws birds at them.

[00:08:21] I just can't, I mean, you know, where is this guy?

[00:08:24] Where is he?

[00:08:25] He like, he's, he sunk some of them into the ground.

[00:08:28] He lit some of them on fire. and also because they sacrifice children. So, sure, okay, all right. That's a bad, oh, I mean, not that bad. No, I mean, I agree that that's bad, but I mean, this is more about him not getting the worship that he wants, even though whatever. He's like, you didn't fear me. You also killed some kids, but anyway, you didn't fear me.

[00:09:42] Right, yeah.

[00:09:43] Like priorities, bro.

[00:09:44] Yeah, exactly.

[00:09:45] The priest did not ask, where is the Lord? Okay, sorry. Sorry. I had quite a few notes because this is a bit of a long chapter. Right. Right. And I just like wanted to make sure that we're clear on what we're reading. Okay. He goes on this whiny God, cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and look, send to Qadar and observe closely, see if there has ever been anything like this.

[00:11:02] Has a nation ever changed its gods? Yet they are not really a thing. Exactly. So we definitely forget gods. We really do. I wish we'd forget this one. Right. We need to be deep sick. So when we were talking about the coast of Cyprus and send to Qadar, Cyprus was the westernmost point in Judah's geography,

[00:12:23] while Qadar was a desert tribe far to the east. Yeah, is servant no sorry. I dyslexia Sorry is Israel a servant my my brain red is Israel a servant But my mouth was trying to say is servant Israel. Yeah, okay So is Israel a servant a slave by birth? I mean some of them are right?

[00:13:40] Some of the people there are yes, and you let them how to build a microwave He really could I mean, I'm just saying he's God. Yeah. Yeah, he could teach them rocket science so that we get on the moon Sooner, right? Yeah, since we're doomed to fuck this planet out All right, also the men of Memphis and

[00:15:01] Topanahy

[00:15:03] Ta hold on hold on. I have this early. I had this earlier

[00:15:07] to panties on the northern border of ancient Egypt and the northeastern Nile Delta Generally equated with the Greek city of Daphne. Okay. Okay. Yeah, and so where it says cracked He cracked they cracked your skull. Mm-hmm. That is in the King James version Translated as broken, but it also may be read as grazed

[00:16:23] Okay, whatever these guys did they either cracked broke or grazed your fucking skull got it and realize how evil and bitter it is for when you forsake the Lord your God and have no awe of me declares the Lord the Lord Almighty. I'm assuming that the other rivers were closer to other centers of other gods. No, he's saying when you drink water from the Nile, you're turning to Egypt for help.

[00:17:42] You're turning, sorry, you're turning judging. I'm just no I know God called his people wars, right? Like prostitutes, you know, like what the fuck? I thought that only good nice words were supposed to come out of God's mouth because he's like the holiest holy or whatever. But he's got some real shit, Danny. I mean, he's a bit of a name caller. Yeah, I'd say. Yeah. I had planted

[00:19:02] you like a choice vine of sound and reliable stock of Molek. Wow. Remember that guy? I do, I do. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So they did all kinds of yucky stuff there

[00:20:21] and they burned kids and stuff. They're not good when they're in heat and they will just hop on anything and try to be mounted all the time. Got it. So he's just really being nasty. Sure. Yeah. Any males that pursue her need, oh wait, let me read that again.

[00:21:40] Any males that pursue her need not tire themselves

[00:21:44] at mating time, they'll find her.

[00:21:46] Damn. Right. So there's a difference there. Yeah. Well, that's what he's going to go on to say that y'all always turn to me, but you're not sorry for what you did. You're just sorry you got busted. Why would they be sorry for not they don't know you they don't you haven't talked to them. They told them shit. Yeah. So I kind of just piss off man.

[00:23:01] You're so bitter.

[00:24:06] they were going to. The stone represented ball, the leading male can't Canaanite deity.

[00:24:14] There is a small amount of satire here for it is the female symbol, the tree that is called father in the King James version. And the male symbol stone that is called you who gave birth

[00:24:21] or you who gave me birth. So in the King James version, apparently that satire exists.

[00:25:25] truly, truly study the Bible are much more humble about, like if they still believe they're much more humble about their belief and or they or became an

[00:25:32] atheist. Right. You know, like, I mean, like, either they're either like I still call

[00:25:37] myself a Christian, but man, the Bible's trash. Right, right. And I would say, I

[00:25:43] would go so far to say that like, I have an answer for me, for you, right? For our listeners as to why you believe in this God and support this God when these things happen in the Bible. Have an answer ready. Let us know that you have thoroughly thought through every aspect of your belief

[00:28:04] rebelled against me declares the Lord in vain. I punished your people. They did not respond to correction. I wonder why.

[00:28:10] And no one likes being smack. Do you know, no, no, your sword

[00:28:14] has devoured your prophets like a ravenous lion. I like that.

[00:28:19] Actually, you of this generation, the kids these days,

[00:28:24] right? Consider the word of the rug yeah, and the bowling and you know all the shit That's just like your opinion. It's called. It's called the dude. No, it's not called the dude Dude, but no the second that you said it like went out of my head it might be the dude

[00:29:44] It's not the fucking dude, whatever

[00:30:45] everybody it doesn't matter which god you're fucking you know worshiping it doesn't matter it shit's gonna happen yeah I don't because because it doesn't

[00:30:51] fucking matter right like life happens regardless of which god you fucking

[00:30:55] worship there are many gods the people worship across the world now mm-hmm and

[00:31:00] shit happens in their lives all the fucking time it didn't stop global

[00:31:04] climate change right it doesn't make to fit in? Who doesn't want to feel good? Right. So it was something that I was curious about but the more... and this

[00:32:24] happened before we started this project because you know I was very not And regardless of what you tell me, this is still bullshit. Yeah. I haven't reached the New Testament, so I'm not sure how much pretzel twisting we're going to have to do to make all that work. And I know that the Catholic Church does a lot of pretzel twisting to make it all come

[00:33:41] together with the father, the son, and the Holy Ghost.

[00:33:44] And the Trinity is one,. Bye. Hey, wife. I guess that's the end. But husband, that's just sad. It doesn't have to be. We are on lots of social media platforms like Twitter.

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