#11889 Ask Me Anything - Jimmy Akin

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🗓️ 11 October 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Questions Covered: 03:34 – What are the necessary contrition, motivations and resolutions needed for a valid confession? 07:59 – My protestant friend claims that St. Augustine’s said that being born of water and spirit means a physical birth, not baptism. Is this true? 14:16 – Is it socially acceptable in Catholic circles to make up Marian apparitions for writing science fiction? 19:00 – Can you clarify the meaning of Luke 11:15-26? 23:32 – Are coincidences negative or positive and how should one navigate them as a Christian? 33:40 – Why did the Church make Sunday mass obligatory? 37:35 – Is it morally just for a government to outlaw labor unions? 42:50 – Why should one become Catholic considering how shaky the foundations can sometimes feel? 49:48 – What would be a good response to the Calvinistic claim that the story of Jonah is evidence for there being no free will? 53:31 – Can someone disagree with what the church teaches if they have a well-formed conscience? …

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0:33.0	Thanks for being here with us on this Friday afternoon,
0:35.0	maybe Friday evening where you are, maybe even Saturday morning
0:38.0	where you are, wherever you are, we're glad you're spending the time with us.
0:41.0	We've got two hours with Jimmy Aiken today and ask
0:44.2	him anything. If you've got a question for Jimmy Aiken, you are welcome to call 8883-187-884, but I was just telling Jimmy that a couple
0:52.4	minutes before the show started already all the lines were full so people have questions for Jimmy Aiken
0:58.8	Let me look right now. Yep every single line full so you'll just have to keep trying if you want to get in.
1:03.2	We'll do our very best to get you on. 888 318, 318. Jimmy Aiken is senior
1:09.5	apologist here at Cathay Gansers. He's got a newer podcast, the Jimmy Aiken
1:14.1	podcasts, and he's got that big one that one of the most popular documentary
1:19.3	podcasts anywhere. It's Jimmy Aiken's Mysterious World. Welcome back, Jimmy Aiken.
1:25.0	Hey, how's it going, Cy?
1:27.0	Really good.
1:28.0	Really good for a Friday. It's going pretty darn good.
1:31.0	How are you doing? I'm doing great. All right the number is 888 3187884.
1:38.3	Jimmy today it dropped a new episode of Jimmy Aikas of a mysterious world. What was it?
1:44.0	Well, so as you mentioned, I've got this new podcast, the Jimmy Aiken Podcast, and it comes out
1:50.3	guaranteed on Mondays. It may come out on some other days, but this Monday I looked at a
1:56.0	passage in Romans called the Golden Chain of Salvation, which is often talked about by Calvinists who believe that it proves the perseverance of the Saints,
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