#11840 Ask Me Anything - Jimmy Akin

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🗓️ 7 September 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Questions Covered: 02:04 – Does priestly celibacy fall into the category of binding traditions that are not necessary? 08:24 – Where in the bible does it say we can pray to the saints in heaven? 15:40 – Did God create us to be sinful in light of Paul’s struggle with “the flesh”? 20:11 – I wasn’t raised religious and am looking into Catholicism. How do I reconcile my differences with the teachings of the pope if I want to become Catholic? 28:36 – What will be the outcome of the Synod on Synodality? 30:53 – How do I respond to my friends who believe 1 Peter 3:21 refers to Baptism of the spirit and not Baptism by water? 34:45 – Why can’t people break the law of physics when demons can? 41:20 – Why do some Catholic Universities have same-sex student unions or groups? 45:10 – Can you clarify the reference to Mary’s other children? 48:06 – Is the Sacrament of Baptism impacted if the parents are not Catholic, but influenced by extended Catholic family? 51:08 – Does Romans 4 teach that we are guaranteed Salvation? …

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0:11.4	Learn more at real estate for life.org. Welcome back to Catholic answers live. Jimmy Aiken here, as promised and we continue with
0:37.2	Ask Me Anything. You're gonna ask Jimmy Anything. That's what Ask Me Anything
0:40.7	means, especially when Jimmy's on 8883-187, 884 is the number to call.
0:44.4	But I'll tell you right now, I'm looking at the phones.
0:46.3	Every single line is currently occupied.
0:49.8	This is what happens when you get Jimmy on just before the show starts he says
0:52.8	something like radial symmetry and I had to look it up now is that so radial that would be
0:56.5	like a a starfish yeah or any other creature that has it's or that doesn't have a the bilateral symmetry that
1:06.0	humans and most animals have. If it's if it's got you know stuff coming out from different parts of its body without it being
1:16.0	neatly divided into two sides like a starfish has you know limbs coming out at all different
1:22.0	angles it's radial symmetry I'm glad I don't
1:25.4	have radial symmetry I prefer being bipedal you'd look weird as a show host if you were
1:30.9	radially symmetrical I would look like Patrick. Not Patrick the
1:36.7	Starfish on SpongeBob Square Pants. That's what I meant. It does have bilateral symmetry.
1:40.5	Oh he does, huh? He's a terrible starfish. 888 318 784 is that he is a terrible
1:46.8	starfish. That's what I'm... Let's go to the phones. It's just so busy. It's just so busy these phones. That's what happens when you have Trent and Jimmy on.
1:56.3	Dwyon, in California again, this is our fourth California call in a row. I do not remember the last time that happened.
2:03.0	Dwyam welcome. Go ahead with your question for Jimmy.
2:05.0	Hello, my question was, so, well, I'm currently convinced by the, well, church history that the
2:12.0	Catholic Church is the church that Christ established.
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