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Mike's Multiverse

Episode 173 - Depression, a Loving God, and Jesus vs. Mithra

Mike's Multiverse

Mike McHargue

Leisure, Science, Games, Society & Culture

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Here’s the questions we covered on this episode (as well as helpful links to resources): I am an affirming straight man with a Christian non-affirming friend who is gay. How do I have a conversation with him that helps take away the shame he feels because of his same sex attraction? The Reformation Project What should Christians make of the similarities between Jesus and other ancient religious figures like Mithra, Krishna, Dionysus, and Horus? Jesus in comparative mythology Is there any reason to believe that God is loving other than the Bible and personal experience? Finding God in the Waves How often do people recover from chronic depression? Managing Chronic Depression

Transcript

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0:00.0

Depression, a loving God, in Jesus versus Methra.

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 we may not understand. He'll talk anyway

0:16.6

problems. He won't solve them

0:19.1

But I'm talking talking talking till it's blue in the face

0:27.0

Science, faith faith and life. Ask Science Mike! Welcome to Ask Science Mike. The podcast where I answer questions about, well really whatever people want to ask me.

0:36.3

It's a show about honoring the dignity of curiosity and reducing the shame we have,

0:42.0

about asking questions that go against kind of the taboos that are in our communities

0:46.7

We're getting back into a new year getting back on a regular schedule and I'm so glad you're here so what do you say let's get it started

0:54.0

I'm a I cracked myself up with that intro one because boy I nailed it on the length on the first try and

1:09.3

two it's hilarious to me to talk about fighting taboo and shame in a big radio voice

1:18.7

over like a pop song, like a pop rock song. It's I don't know it made me laugh so maybe it brings a little joy to your day. I hope that it does. I don't know if you've noticed but this is like I think the third week in a row

1:38.1

with an Ask Science Mike podcast

1:42.1

So things are really looking up in Science Mike Land. We've had some folks

1:48.6

start in the literature organization. If you're not familiar with the Littergis, that's another much more popular

1:55.4

podcast that I'm involved in. Actually kind of co-founded the organization, I guess.

2:01.7

And we've had some professionals come in and help us make that work happen and

2:07.1

then I'm also working with a manager not only with what I do with the literature

2:11.2

but what I do with Science Mike in general.

2:14.2

And so the amount of relief I have felt in the last couple of weeks is almost impossible to explain

2:19.8

to you. And I sent some of my book off to my publisher and I thought it was terrible but my

2:27.0

editor said it's not terrible he actually said kind things about the book and

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