[irrelig]In this episode, we discuss the Book of Job, in which we discover that God has a serious gambling problem. Satan wagers God that he can make Job, an upright and blameless man who eschews evil, curse God to his face if only he allows Satan to kill all Job’s children, take away all of his possessions, and cover him from head to toe with boils. God’s response? “I’ll take that bet!”

Listen to our takedown in this episode, which also features listener feedback and another sponsor’s commercial.

[irrelig]Whew, we barely got this one done before the return of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, which should happen any minute now. In this podcast we discuss the Seventh Day Adventists, a church that arose from the ashes of the Millerite Great Disappointment of October 22nd, 1844. We cover some of their cherished but quirky beliefs, and highlight the foibles of such luminaries as William Miller and Ellen G. White, prophetess of the movement.

Yes, this podcast is late. But that’s only because we here at Irreligiosophy held off on publishing this episode until Sunday, out of respect for the Seventh Day Adventists’ Saturday Sabbath. And that is God’s own truth — may Jehovah strike me down as I type thi

[irrelig]Those of you who’ve been listening for a while might remember when we discussed the plagues of the Exodus waaaaay back in podcast #2. Today we take on the archaeological evidence for the Exodus account found in the Bible that has been unearthed after 100 years of searching. SPOILER ALERT: There is none.

Was it worth the wait? Only one way to find out.

[irrelig]After a long wait due entirely to Leighton’s laziness, we release our latest podcast episode, a treatise exploring with great sobriety our 3 favorite Chick tracts. The first is called “The Visitors,” about some unfortunate Mormon missionaries who meet their match in a True Christian little girl. The second is the story of an aborted fetus named Clarice, although why you would name a fetus whose ears are destined to be sold on the black market, I’ll never know. The last and final tract is called “Boo!” and it’s the glorious True Story of Lucifer’s birthday, Halloween, filled with “documented facts.”

Get the Truth right here!

[irrelig]Podcast #28 has us discussing a wide variety of topics with anthropology guru and University of Utah professor Ewa Wasilewska. We cover some topics we’ve touched on in previous podcasts, such as the Enuma Elish and the Epic of Gilgamesh, and some things we haven’t — Leighton and I even learn some new stuff about Adam and Eve, as well as that wily serpent. We also discover a seething hatred Professor Wasilewska holds for all things Greek and Roman. Good times!

[chuck]In this episode, Leighton and I comb over the evidence for the existence of a historical Jesus (which is actually pretty small) with two pairs of skeptical eyes. We discuss the pagan sources of Pliny the Younger, Tacitus, and the possible reference in Suetonius and then move on to Josephus and the documents in the New Testament. It’s a wild ride through first- and second-century Judaism, Christianity, and the Roman Empire.

You can download it through iTunes or directly here. For my part in this conversation, I relied heavily on Bart Ehrman’s discussions in Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium, Misquoting Jesus, and Jesus, Interrupted as well as these three sites on the Josephus question.

Pardon my hacking, one of my patients gave me a nasty virus, which I hope to have passed on to Leighton.

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