Episode 12 - Spanking, Deconstruction, and Agnostics Teaching Sunday School

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Mike McHargue

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🗓️ 6 April 2015

⏱️ 32 minutes

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For this week's Ask Science Mike, we address the following questions: How can a faith community rebuild after collective deconstruction? What’s the science around spanking and punishment vs the Bible teachings on those topics? What do I teach my kids when I’m not sure what I believe anymore? How do I believe in a loving God instead of an angry one? 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. The easiest way to get new episodes is to subscribe on iTunes here. 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. Q1: How can a faith community rebuild after collective deconstruction?Safe Church, The Liturgists Podcast Pastor Betsy Q2: What’s the science around spanking and punishment vs the Bible teachings on those topics?Research shows negative effects on the brains of children who are spanked. Q3: What do I teach my kids when I’m not sure what I believe anymore?God and neurological development. Q4: How do I believe in a loving God instead of an angry one?Walking with God Through Doubt 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	Spanking communal deconstruction and Agnostics Teaching Sunday School.
0:04.4	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 we may not understand.
0:14.0	Don't talk anyway.
0:15.0	He won't solve it.
0:18.0	But I'm talking talking talking till it's blue in the face.
0:22.0	Science, faith faith in life.
0:24.0	Ask Science Mike!
0:26.0	Welcome to another edition of Ask Science Mike,
0:31.0	the weekly podcast where I answer your questions about science, faith, and life.
0:36.8	I do want you know that next week we're doing another episode of Science Mike After Dark,
0:41.2	so we're going to tackle the band questions, the mature themes about sex
0:45.4	and sexuality, Christians, drugs, all those sorts of controversial things.
0:49.8	So submit those questions if you've got them.
0:51.9	Otherwise, let's get it started.
0:53.4	Hi, science, Mike Joe here.
0:59.3	I go to a community where our pastor has successfully allowed us to
1:06.0	deconstruct over the past five years or so to the point where we as a community
1:11.7	went through deconstruction together.
1:14.4	And I think part of our issue is that we don't know how to reconstruct together.
1:19.2	So some people just went back to construction.
1:21.8	Some people are completely stuck in deconstruction.
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