Godless Congregations & The Joy of Non-Stick Spirituality: Sunday Assembly Exposed

📝 Episode Summary:

What happens when you take out the hymns, prayers, and judgment—but keep the community, music, and awkward potlucks? You get Sunday Assembly, the non-religious, non-doctrinal, definitely-not-a-church that’s somehow more wholesome than your average church barbecue. In this very special episode, we dive into the rise of so-called “atheist mega churches” (spoiler: they’re not mega and they’re not churches), and discover how secular folks across the globe are gathering to celebrate life—without the ghost stories.

We cover how Sunday Assembly started with two comedians who just wanted a god-free community vibe, how it now spans continents (even Idaho, somehow), and why the word “church” makes both fundamentalists and cranky atheists foam at the mouth. The hosts rage lovingly about why religious people don’t own words, why community isn’t just for the sanctified, and why this whole thing is basically the Unitarian church... minus the apologetic whispers of “God, maybe?”

If you've ever wanted a book club meets TED Talk meets karaoke night without being guilt-tripped about hellfire—this is your jam. We also talk petty atheist highway cleanups, how to start your own chapter (spoiler: it starts with a YouTube watch party), and why we desperately want one in Ohio.

Find links to local chapters and livestreams here: https://sacrilegiousdiscourse.com/blog/sunday-assembly-a-godless-community-for-atheists-and-secularists

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📌 Topics Covered:

• “Why Sunday Assembly isn’t a church—but still has better music than yours”
• “Science talks, karaoke, and no hymns? Where do we sign up?”
• “Live Better, Help Often, Wonder More—no gods required”
• “How to start a local group without burning out or burning bushes”
• “The irony of atheists arguing over whether they need friends”
• “Religious people mad that secular folks discovered community? Shocking”
• “Petty atheism done right: cleaning up near the Ark Encounter”

💬 Best Quote from the Episode:

“If I want to call it a church, I will. And you don’t have to like it. I didn’t ask you.”

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📝 Episode Summary:

Welcome to the blood-splattered kickoff of our new series, “God’s Top 10 Kill Streaks – Old Testament Edition,” where your favorite heathens dive headfirst into Yahweh’s most unhinged murder sprees. Starting at number 10, we salt-shame Lot’s wife who was turned into a sodium statue for the crime of looking back while her hometown gets nuked. That’s right: no name, no dialogue, just divine vaporization for having a human moment.

Coming in hot at number 9, we tackle the infamous case of Onan, who was smote for pulling out. Spoiler: this has nothing to do with masturbation and everything to do with inheritance, manipulation, and patriarchal BS. And rounding out this murdery trio, the pièce de résistance...

God’s mass execution of Egyptian firstborns (Exodus 12:29). Babies. Animals. Prisoners. All dead in one holy tantrum... and we celebrate it with freaking Passover? What the literal hell?

With plenty of righteous rage, historical breakdowns, and off-the-rails commentary (yes, there’s a “Girls Gone Wild: Seder Edition” tangent), we call out the hypocrisy of divine justice and ask: if God’s so powerful, why does he kill like a toddler throwing a fit? Don’t miss this episode if you like your theology with a side of “what the fuck?”

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📌 Topics Covered:

• “Lot’s wife looked back—and God lost his damn mind”
• “Salt: not just seasoning, now also divine punishment”
• “Onan spills his seed and gets executed—calm down, Yahweh”
• “Spoiler: it’s not about masturbation, it’s about inheritance and patriarchy”
• “Egypt’s firstborns get mass murdered… and we made it a holiday?”
• “Collective punishment: still God’s favorite kink”
• “Modern leaders would be tried for war crimes—but Bible God gets worshiped”
• “Does God really need blood to feel loved?”

💬 Best Quote from the Episode:

“God’s trying to teach love through mass murder—and somehow, we're the immoral ones?”

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Zechariah’s Endgame: Plagues, Prophets, and WTF Apocalypse Fuel

📝 Episode Summary:

It’s the final chaotic cluster of Zechariah—chapters 12, 13, and 14—and oh boy, it’s less “holy scripture” and more “political manifesto meets acid trip.” Your favorite atheist duo dives into post-exilic fever dreams where Jerusalem gets divine superpowers, horses go blind, and God plays Mad Max with cups of judgment and supernatural rocks. Bonus: apparently the real apocalypse involves killing prophets, lying about your career path, and stamping “Holy to the Lord” on cookware.

We get messy with interpretations: is God pierced? Is it a metaphor for guilt? A prophecy about Jesus? Or just a confusing editorial mess written centuries after the fact to shore up priestly power? (Spoiler: probably that last one.) Expect tangents about nuclear war panic, theocracy creep, and why every chapter seems to be written by a different guy with anger issues. And if you thought things couldn’t get weirder—get ready for rivers of blood, horse bells, and sacrificial meat cookpots. Because Yahweh’s final mic drop is... sacred Tupperware?

This one’s jam-packed with snark, scholarship, political fury, and a healthy dose of Butthole Surfers. Yep, that happened.

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📌 Topics Covered:

• “Divine intoxication, blind horses, and drunken geopolitical chaos”
• “That time God killed ⅔ of his own people and called it purification”
• “Why prophets suddenly needed to fake farm experience”
• “The priesthood's jealous power grab dressed up as holy reform”
• “How apocalyptic revenge fantasies replaced temple-building hope”
• “Seriously—why does God care so much about pots and pans?”
• “No gods, just goat blood, guilt, and theological gaslighting”

💬 Best Quote from the Episode:

“Zechariah can lick my ass. How about that?”

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