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#11125 Open Forum - Tim Staples

Catholic Answers Live

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Questions Covered: 17:12 – I have debated with people that deny Mary is the new Ark of the Covenant due to how holy the old Ark was. What would be some good questions for me to ask them to get their minds going? 29:18 – What is the Catholic Church’s stance on editing baby genes for things like down syndrome? 33:55 – I have seen an image of Our Lady and it seems like she has a scar on her right cheek. Are you familiar with this image and do you have any information on it? 36:54 – I’ve found Protestants online saying that the shepherds in Jesus’ time were Levitical shepherds that took care of sheep used in a sacrifice. They also say the cave where Jesus was born was where sacrificial lambs were kept so it was spotless. Why haven’t I heard these things in Catholic tradition? 44:18 – What is the trinity and did it exist before Jesus descended onto Earth? …

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Cow the Cancer's Live. I am Psy Kelly, your host. Thanks so much for

0:21.5

being here with us. Two hours of open form today. That's right, Wednesday. Two hours

0:25.4

of open form. It's like we don't even care. We do whatever we want around here. And

0:29.7

you benefit from that because open form is always a lot of fun. And if you've got a

0:33.3

question, any question about the Catholic faith, you are welcome to call 8883187884. We'll

0:40.3

start the show with a film review. Tim Staples is our guest for both hours. And he's got

0:46.1

a film review for us. And but you probably know Tim from behold your mother, a biblical

0:51.1

and historical defense of the Mary and doctrines or nuts and bolts, a practical how to guide

0:56.0

to evangelism or any of the other million things he has done. Tim, welcome. It is great

1:02.4

to be with you, Psy Kelly. I'm going to tell you something. We had one of the most

1:06.9

touching moments I have experienced here this morning at a staff meeting. And it was

1:11.7

because Chris Chagrodal read a letter. The whole letter. Did you know the letter I'm talking

1:17.3

to? Yes, he sent it to the whole. Honestly, several times I thought I was just going

1:20.9

to start tearing up. I was like, I can't do this. Everyone knows I'm super macho. I can't

1:24.5

do this. Well, the folks don't know. No, no, I have a wide reputation as being extremely

1:30.4

macho. And what a beautiful letter from a person who came to the Catholic faith. Heard

1:36.3

your testimony, Tim Staples testimony. And I do think there's lots of folks who in the

1:42.1

evangelical fundamentalist, Baptist, in this who they get your testimony and it means

1:49.7

something. Yeah. And that one was so beautiful because we're talking a 17, 18 year old.

1:55.1

Yeah. Right. And he stood up for his new found Catholic faith, which was not easy for

2:02.5

him. Not easy in the family. And I, you know, without getting into all the details, I

2:06.9

mean, he had a stronger reaction than I did when I converted. I mean, he was physically

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