For this week's Ask Science Mike, we address the following questions: What is the science of fasting? How do you move beyond cynicism to have a healthy relationship with church? Can Christian communities accept nontheist or naturalistic people? How can a marriage cope with shame about sex?

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Here are some resources on each answer if you'd like to dig deeper.

Q1: What is the science of fasting?

How fasting affects the human body

Q2: How do you move beyond cynicism to have a healthy relationship with church?

Safe Church, The Liturgists Podcast

Q3: Can Christian communities accept nontheist or naturalistic people?

Christian Atheism

Q4: How can a marriage cope with shame about sex?

Scary Close, Don Miller

The Zimzum of Love, Rob and Kristen Bell

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