Oh man, Ed and Lorraine Warren are at it again. These two nice, honest, and not at all charlatany monster hunters are just out and about, lecturing people about ghostology and giving helpful pro-tips to avoid getting anally raped by demons. This time, however, it’s not demons who are to blame but a witch! And not just any witch, but a descendant of a witch convicted by that ever-so-rational body of inquiry, the Salem Witch Trials. So you know it’s true.

Also, skunk dicks and iTunes reviews.

Continuing our epic series, we have reached the final synoptic, the Gospel According to Saint Luke. Definitely gentile, possibly written much later than the rest, this gospel also has its share of stupid moments: Mary busting out into song like a 50’s musical, the “worldwide census” no one remembers, the holy parents leaving the Savior of the Universe back in Jerusalem for three days (“honey, have you seen Jesus anywhere?” “I thought you had him!”), John the Baptist sorta kinda baptizin’, etc etc. All this and a bag of skunk dicks.

Part 2 covers Jesus’s triumphal entry on the back of two donkeys, what is now known as “the fig tree incident,” Jesus’s trial, crucifixion, death, and resurrection, and also the little-known and not remembered Zombie Apocalypse of 33 AD.

Also, Skunk Dicks, iTunes reviews, and lots of random blather.

EDIT: Here is a link to the Shirley Phelps-Roper interview mentioned in the podcast, which I do not recommend to anyone who values their brain.

And we’ve arrived at our critique of the book of Matthew, or as we like to call it here, “the gospel according to some anonymous Greek-speaking Gentile.” Is it the most Jewy of the gospels? Does it “complement” Mark or contradict it? Is its nativity story reliable? Did Jesus really descend from David?

All these questions answered and more in the latest blasphemilicious episode of Irreligiosophy.

Part 2 of our hard-hitting investigative report on the Witch Craze arrives with instructions on how to become a witch, what the great Sabbats like Walpurgisnacht entailed, actual transcripts from witch trials, as well as a few letters from actual witches. Matt comes prepared this week with in depth research on the Salem Witch Trials.

Also, Skunk Dicks and iTunes reviews all around.

In the first of a two-part episode on the Witch Craze, we discuss how the entire known world went crazy for two hundred years and either burned at the stake or hanged between 50,000 and 80,000 women. We talk about the events leading up to the Witch Craze, why it happened when it did, and why it took the form it did. We also go over the Malleus Maleficarum, the most influential witch hunting manual there was.

Also, Skunk Dicks and iTunes reviews.