Episode 5 - Chaos Theory, Disproving the Big Bang, and Why God is Such a Meanie

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Mike McHargue

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🗓️ 16 February 2015

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

For this week's Ask Science Mike, we address the following questions: Was the Big Bang Just Disproven? What does Chaos Theory tell us about God? Why is God so different in the Old Testament? Is Christianity worth all the historical baggage? 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. Here's notes on each answer if you'd like to dig deeper. Q1: Was the Big Bang Theory disproven this week? Toward a Theory of Everything. Q2: What does Chaos Theory tell us about God? Wikipedia on Chaos Theory (the double pendulum animation is worth the trip). Q3: Why is God in such a meanie in the Old Testament while Jesus is so good? Pete Enns - The Bible Tells Me So Rob Bell - What We Talk About When We Talk About God Q4: Is Christianity worth all the baggage it carries? My preferred baggage.

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0:00.0	Chaos Theory researchers who disprove the Big Bang and why God is such a meany.
0:05.2	All that and more on this episode of Ask Science Mike.
0:08.8	You've got questions, he's got answers, even though we may not understand he'll talk anyway
0:15.9	we got problems he won't solve them but he'll talk and talking till it's blue in the
0:22.1	face science faith in life.
0:25.2	Ask Science Mike!
0:29.6	Welcome to Ask Science Mike, a weekly podcast where I answer your questions about science, faith, and life.
0:36.0	It's been a really wild week. I got to see both this show and the Litturgis podcast in the
0:41.0	top 20 on iTunes, the religion and spirituality category.
0:44.6	So I want to thank you guys for help making this show a success already.
0:48.9	I love where you're going with it.
0:50.9	Lots of great questions this week, so let's get it started.
0:54.0	Our first question this week came from over a hundred people.
1:05.0	Seriously, over a hundred people asked the same question this week.
1:10.0	It was some variation of,
1:12.0	Have you seen this? and then a link to an article on
1:15.8	the internet that indicated some physicists may have debunked the Big Bang theory.
1:22.0	Whoa. They're actually Egyptian researchers who have
1:27.0	come up with a mathematical model that they believe describes the universe
1:31.7	more elegantly that accommodates some degree of quantum
1:36.2	gravity and moves towards a unified theory of everything, which is kind of the holy
1:41.2	grail of physics.
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