Episode 140 - Boredom, Antipsychotics, and Proof of God

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Mike McHargue

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🗓️ 15 January 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

We covered these questions on Ask Science Mike this week: Can antipsychotic medications impact how we experience God? Is there any scientific evidence for God? Why am I bored with I’m not intellectually stimulated? If “love is love,” how can we say that pedophilia is immoral? Here’s some resources for anyone wanting to dig deeper into the questions covered in this episode: Can antipsychotic medications impact how we experience God? Is Mania A Spiritual Experience? Is there any scientific evidence for God? Finding God in the Waves Listen to “We Dreamed in Monochrome” by The1Harris here.

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0:00.0	boredom, antipsychotics, and proof of God.
0:03.6	All that and more on this week's episode of Ask Science Mike. He's got answers even though he may not understand.
0:15.0	He'll talk anyway.
0:17.0	We got problems.
0:18.0	He won't solve them.
0:19.0	But I'm talking talking talking
0:21.0	till it's blue in the face in the face science faith in life.
0:25.4	Ask Science Mike.
0:27.0	Welcome to Ask Science Mike, the weekly podcast where I answer your questions about science, faith, and life.
0:37.0	I'm Mike McCarg, your host, known all over the internet as Science Mike, and I'm a completely unqualified dude who reads a lot
0:45.4	and has an interesting story about science faith, atheism, all that stuff. If you've
0:50.6	never heard of me look me up but otherwise let's do a podcast.
0:54.0	Hi, science, Mike.
1:00.0	This is Danielle from Canada, longtime listener, first-time caller.
1:07.0	I was calling to ask about what the effects of antipsychotic drugs could have on the brain's ability to experience God.
1:17.0	Meaning, can the way that the drug operates suppress religious experiences.
1:25.0	Thank you.
1:27.0	Well, Danielle, congratulations.
1:30.0	This was without question, one of the hardest questions that I've had to research in quite some time on Ask Science Mike.
1:39.0	For those of you who may be new to the program, it's a new year, you may be new to the program it's a new year you may be finding a new
1:43.2	podcast this is a show where I do my best to answer questions about science
1:48.6	about faith and then just sort of general life questions from the
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