Episode 115 - Exponential Grandparents, Evil, and the Spread of Christianity

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Mike McHargue

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🗓️ 29 May 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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For this week's Ask Science Mike, we address the following questions: Would you still be an atheist without your mystical experience? Does “mitochondrial Eve” support creationism? Why did Christianity spread so fast? What’s the difference between mental illness and evil? You're in charge of this program. All you have to do is submit a question using #asksciencemike on Twitter, YouTube, or Soundcloud. You can also submit questions anonymously on asksciencemike.com. Does “mitochondrial Eve” support creationism? Mitochondrial Eve No, a Mitochondrial “Eve” Is Not the First Female in a Species Your Family Tree Explained Ask Science Mike is made possible by listeners like you. Learn more on our Patreon page. Here are some resources on each answer if you'd like to dig deeper. Preproduction by Andrew Galucki. Ask Science Mike is produced by Gregg Nordin. The Ask Science Mike theme song was written, performed, and recorded by Jeb Bodiford. If you need original podcast music, he's your guy. You've got questions, he's got answers. Even though we may not understand he'll talk anyway. You've got problems, he won't solve them, But he'll talk and talk and talk until he's blue in the face. Science, faith, and life - Ask Science Mike.

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0:00.0	exponential grandparents, evil, and the spread of Christianity.
0:04.0	All that and more on this week's episode of Ask Science Mike.
0:08.0	You've got questions, he's got answers, even though he may not understand, he'll talk anyway,
0:17.0	we've got problems, he won't solve it, but I'll talk and talk and talking till it's blue in the face.
0:24.0	Science, faith, and life.
0:26.0	Ask Science Mike.
0:28.0	Welcome to Ask Science Mike, the weekly podcast where I answer your questions about science, faith, and life.
0:37.0	I'm your host, Mike McCarg, known all over the internet as Science Mike. This week is kind of a weird show. Most of the questions
0:45.4	are about my opinion on something instead of something grounded in scientific facts.
0:50.8	So we'll see if it's fun or not in a few moments as we get it started.
0:57.0	Hey Science Mike, my name is Travis and I'm calling from Austin, Texas. First,
1:06.6	just wanted to say thanks for all you do. Your work with the liturgists, this
1:10.8	podcast and the other avenues.
1:13.0	Just been a refreshing encouragement to me
1:16.3	and I'm sure others like me, so thanks.
1:20.0	As a preface to my question,
1:21.7	I've spent the majority of my life in the conservative Christian
1:24.1	Bible Belt, mostly Southern Baptist growing up, and in more recent years I've been immersed in the
1:28.4	Act 29 sort of multi-site church culture.
1:31.5	I served a two-year term as a missionary in Europe and worked at a
1:34.2	Christian nonprofit organization for a while. It's all I had ever known and I was
1:38.6	heavily invested in it up until recently. In the last year or two, I've been in a state of serious faith
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