51: Apocrypals Chris And Benito (The Book of Ecclesiastes)

Apocrypals

Chris Sims

Comedy, History

4.9 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2019

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

CONTENT WARNING: This week's book deals with some pretty depressing ideas, which leads us to discuss depression and, briefly, suicide.

Absolute futility, Theophiloi. That's what we're dealing with this week as we dive into the dark horse candidate for our favorite book of Bible so far: Solomon/Koholet's extremely grim treatise on depression and why the living should envy the dead. It's a lot more lighthearted than it sounds, we promise. Plus: the Bible verse probably written by a horrible goose.

Topics of discussion: A Big Mood, Sukkot, TikToK user MorganDrinksCoffee, Martinmas, totally harmless vapor, vanitas, a comprehensive list of every new thing from the past 2500 years, King Solomon's Pokémon, two more contenders for Bible Tattoo, how Chris's dad pulled off the ultimate dirtbag bass player move, the Biblical source of Gen Z's favorite insult, a suspect acronym, live dogs vs. dead lions, wall snakes, bones,

Hymnal: "Turn, Turn, Turn" by the Byrds

Offertory: If you have been given riches, wealth, and honor so that you lack nothing of all you desire for yourself, let a stranger enjoy them via ko-fi.com/apocrypals

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey everybody. Before we get started this week, just wanted to drop a little content warning
0:03.7	here. The content of Ecclesiastes can get a little depressing, and we do end up talking
0:11.2	about depression and suicide. If that is something that you would rather not hear,
0:17.7	even in the context of a relatively lighthearted episode, that's fine.
0:21.2	But we just wanted to give you a heads up.
0:23.4	If that is something that you are facing in your life, then by all means, please give a call
0:27.8	to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.
0:32.9	That's 273 Talk.
0:34.5	And otherwise, please enjoy the show.
0:38.1	Absolute futility, says the teacher.
0:41.3	Everything is futile.
0:43.3	The book of Ecclesiastes, chapter 12, verse 8.
0:46.1	Everything turn, turn, turn, there is a season turn, turn, turn, and there's time to every purpose under heaven.
1:03.2	A time to be born, a time to die, a time to plan.
1:09.1	Hello, friends and neighbors, and welcome to Apocrypal's.
1:11.7	It's the podcast where two nonbelievers read the Bible, and we try not to be jerks about it.
1:15.6	My name is Chris Sims, and with me as always is the other set of footprints Benito Serrino,
1:19.7	who is about to make a joke about Alvin and the Chip Monks.
1:23.7	How dare you?
1:28.2	Did you have it loaded up?
1:31.0	Were you ready to do it?
1:32.5	It was tentatively in the chamber.
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