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Episode 110: God's Swear Jar

Data Over Dogma

May 12, 2025

Remember when you were a kid, and your parents told you not to used certain words, but then sometimes THEY would use those words, and you didn't think that was ok because it seemed like a double-standard, but there was nothing you could do because they were big and you were small so you secretly...

Speakers Dan Beecher, Dan McClellan

TopicsSociety & CultureHistory

Dan Beecher (0:00)

Now, Dan, I know that you are a firm mattress guy. And so you got, when Brooklyn Bedding came on as one of our sponsors, you went ahead and got a firm mattress. I went with the Sedona Elite, which is awesome. It's got dual inner spring technologies. It's got two different sets of springs, as well as the foam in between. It is, it's a medium firmness.

So for me, I'm a guy who has been known to be a tosser and a turner. I'm a side sleeper. I'm a back sleeper. I do all the things. And I have struggled to find a mattress that can really, you know, just support me in the ways that I like to be supported by a mattress. And oh, the Sedona Elite, my friends, you're going to want to check it out.

Dan McClellan (0:50)

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Dan Beecher (1:45)

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SPEAKER_3 (2:09)

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Dan McClellan (2:26)

I'm curious. I would love to know for whom this was considered authoritative. Like what groups out there were like, we got to follow the Didache.

SPEAKER_4 (2:34)

You know, in our household, we follow the Didache.

Dan McClellan (2:37)

You're keeping an apostle in your room for more than two days.

Dan Beecher (2:41)

How long has he been here? A day? OK, you're fine. Have some goat.

Dan McClellan (2:50)

Hey, everybody, I'm Dan McClellan.

Dan Beecher (2:52)

And I'm Dan Beecher.

Dan McClellan (2:54)

And you're listening to the Data Over Dogma podcast, where we increase public access to the academic study of the Bible and religion and we combat the spread of misinformation about the same. How are things today, Dan?

Dan Beecher (3:05)

It's a glorious day.

Dan McClellan (3:07)

It's it has been very lovely. I don't know what it's like downtown, but where I am, it has been pleasant and couldn't be happier.

Dan Beecher (3:15)

Yeah, it's go for a walk season right now, and that's always lovely. And it is also a wonderful time to discuss, to talk about, to have some fun with some Bible stuff, some Bible stuff. And today, I'm excited. The first thing we're going to talk about is something that I had never heard of. I don't know what it is. I did some research. I mean, I kind of know what it is now, but I'm glad to learn a little bit. That's going to be fun. And I when I read it, I mispronounce it in my mind. So you say the name of it. Didache. Okay, so we're doing that. And then at the end of the show, you guys are going to want to stick around because it's going to be a lot of fun. We're going to talk about profanity. Yeah, we're going to have some fun with some naughty words. So that's that's going to be good. I'm going to really enjoy that. But let's do our first segment. What is that?

And for this, what is that? The the the D decay. I wanted to say die to key. Didache D.

SPEAKER_4 (4:27)

Anyway, the die date.

Dan Beecher (4:29)

Yeah, the die date. You can you can look up the spelling in the show notes if you want to. But talk to me about this thing, because it's actually like the more I read about it, the more exciting it kind of was.

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