Christians have three go-to verses they use to prove Jesus died to satisfy God's anger. In this episode, Paul and Caitlin go through each one and show that none of them say what you've been told.
They break down "a ransom for many," the "blood of my covenant" line from Matthew, and the go-to Old Testament prophecy in Isaiah 53, reading each one in its original context instead of the version you heard in church. Paul, a former attorney, calls this what it actually is: proof-texting, pulling a line out of context to build a case it was never meant to support.
The conversation also gets into how the virgin birth prophecy in Isaiah 7 has nothing to do with a virgin or a coming Messiah, why nobody actually knows who wrote the Gospels, and how the New Testament canon was chosen based on whether a book matched existing orthodoxy, not whether it was true. Paul and Caitlin connect all of this back to Jesus's actual mission: not to satisfy an angry God with blood, but to expose and dismantle a corrupt religious system.
Plus: an update on their upcoming documentary, Mental Hell, and details on their new weekly gathering, Deconstruction Circle, happening Wednesday nights.
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