Episode 69 - God’s Will, Racist Grandparents, and Historical Christianity

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Mike McHargue

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🗓️ 30 May 2016

⏱️ 50 minutes

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For this week's Ask Science Mike, we address the following questions: What philosophies shaped early Christianity? How do you know what is or is not “God’s will?” What is God’s mechanism of action? How do we deal with racism from friends and family? 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. What philosophies shaped early Christianity? Hellenistic Culture: The influence of Greek language, philosophy and culture on Jews and early Christians. Backgrounds of Early Christianity A History of God Zealot Misquoting Jesus How Jesus Became God What is God’s mechanism of action? Finding God in the Waves Grounded 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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0:19.4	Ask Science Mike.
0:22.1	God's Will, racist, grandparents, and historical Christianity.
0:26.0	All that and more on this week's episode of Ask Science Mike. You got questions, he's got answers, even though he may not understand, he'll talk anyway,
0:40.0	you got problems, he won't solve them, But I'm talking, talking, talking, till it's blue in the face. Science, faith, and life. Ask Science Mike.
0:50.0	Welcome to Ask Science Mike the weekly podcast where I answer your questions about
0:57.8	science faith and life. I want to let you know that June 9th I'll be in
1:02.2	Saratoga, California right in the heart of Silicon
1:05.0	Valley doing the Saratoga Federated Church Village Forum.
1:08.9	We're going to talk about science and faith and doubt and all that good stuff. I love to see you there but you know got a
1:14.8	show to do right now so let's get it started.
1:35.6	Well hey friends, you know, I usually save the announcements for the end of the show, but I've got a couple this week that are just really important and they're about things people have been asking me about quite a lot so I'm going to do two very quick announcements at the top of the show and then we'll
1:39.4	proceed with our normal question and answer format. The first thing I'd like to tell you about is something
1:44.7	that Andrew Golucky, one of the pre-producers on the show put together. You know, a lot of you,
1:50.7	when I go to different cities, say you've come not only to see me but to meet other people
1:55.6	who think like you who in some way feel like they're on the edge of the church and they don't
1:59.8	quite belong.
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