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#11030 Why Did Jesus Incarnate When He Did? - Jimmy Akin

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🗓️ 18 February 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Open Forum – Questions Covered: 04:11 – Were gospels written to try and make Romans, especially Pilot, look good? I watched a show that made this claim. 10:33 – Does the grace of the Divine Mercy Chaplet that I pray for my relatives reduce if I include others? 15:34 – I’ve heard that scientists that study the universe are finding evidence that the earth might be the center of the universe. What are your thoughts on this? 19:46 – I know my faith pretty well and have been doing bible study with Jehovah’s Witness. I also go to Sabbath with my Jewish friends. Where is the line when it comes to praying with other faiths? 29:31 – I’m Catholic and my wife is agnostic. My priest pressed me about her converting. He got upset with my response and denied me absolution. Can you give me some clarity with this situation? Am I going to hell for this? It felt very judgmental 42:56 – Is there any theology on why Jesus came to earth in the time that he did? 47:14 – What causes Jesus’ different reactions in 4th and 8th stations of the cross? 51:10 – Psalm 110:7 What does this line mean? 52:45 – Was Mary Magdalene the sister of Martha? …

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0:00.0

Welcome back, it's Kathy Cancer's Live, I am Psy Kelly, your host, that's promised

0:19.8

a little bonus Friday afternoon, open form, you can call and ask whatever you like, Jimmy

0:24.8

Acan here to take your questions, 8883187, 8884, Jimmy Acan, of course, his senior

0:30.5

apologist here at Catholic Answers and he knows probably more about dowsing than you do because

0:37.9

that was the show today, dowsing, that was what was on Jimmy Acan's mysterious world this

0:43.2

morning. Hello Jimmy Acan, thanks for being here. Hello Psy Kelly, happy to be here.

0:48.2

It's right, so the dowsing episode is out. Well, the first of two, yes, so it's a two

0:55.1

partner. Yeah, so this week we talked about what dowsing is, it's history, the different

1:01.4

ways it's done, the applications that people use it for. And Dr. Paul Smith also told us

1:06.8

about some of his experiences dowsing, including in private life and also when he worked

1:11.1

for the Defense Department Psychic Spying Program. Okay, and then what comes next week?

1:17.4

We talk about the faith perspective on dowsing, including what the Catholic Church has to say

1:22.2

about it, which I was very surprised by. And also the scientific evidence, what scientific

1:27.9

studies of dowsing have shown. Okay, all right, the two partner on dowsing, you can find it at

1:35.5

mysterious.fm or you can just type in Jimmy Acan's mysterious world and you will come to it.

1:44.2

And you'll enjoy it. Oh, a constantly growing audience discovering it and finding out how

1:50.1

much fun it is to examine the mysteries of the world from the faith perspective and from the

1:54.7

perspective of reason. And I think that's, that to me is the selling point. I think, I mean,

2:01.4

you are the selling point, Jimmy, but I think for a lot of people, I think it's the fact we actually

2:07.0

try to solve these mysteries using faith and reason. Yeah, yeah. And without dismissing either

2:12.3

of the perspectives, I think that's a great thing. You can call, if you got a question,

2:17.2

anybody can call 888-318-7884-8831-Truth. It's open forum. Open forum means open to anyone

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