#11930 AMA: Symbolic Adam and Eve, Baptism Practices, and Using God-Given Talents - Jimmy Akin

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🗓️ 9 November 2024

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Questions Covered: 01:48 – What do you mean that it is ok to believe Adam and Eve are symbolic? 06:20 – What are the restrictions on Fridays? Does that include all animal products or just animal flesh? 10:22 – Why did God mandate Hosea to have relations with the prostitutes? 15:08 – Can we truly know if we are saved? 19:10 – I found a ring with the initials SMOTJ. I discovered it was the Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem. What is it and is it Catholic? 22:30 – How do I respond to the claim that there is no evidence that the Deuterocanon was not included in the original canon of the Old Testament? 29:04 – Once you discover the talents that God has given you, how do you use them to the best of your abilities? 30:52 – Is polygamy acceptable in an apocalyptic situation? 37:12 – Why don’t Catholics baptize by immersion and in the name of Jesus? 43:40 – Do you have any speculation as to why the book Esther wasn’t found in the dead sea scrolls? 46:45 – When did the bread that Jesus had at the last supper turn into his body and blood? 50:17 – What are your thoughts on Dr Scott Hahn’s theory and book on the Fourth Cup? 52:36 – Is the Church’s definition of death, the separation of body and soul? Would Elijah resurrect a child in 1 Kings 17:17-24 back up this definition? …

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0:40.4	Let's have Jimmy Aiken back for another hour of Ask Me Anything.
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1:03.1	Anything besides that, because we want it back here in this chair and hosting this show that today is, as I said, Ask Me Anything with Jimmy Aiken.
1:12.1	Jimmy Aiken, of course, you know him as our senior apologist here at Catholic Answers,
1:16.1	author of books such as a Daily Defense, The Words of Eternal Life,
1:19.8	teaching with authority, the Bible is a Catholic book,
1:21.9	and owner and proprietor of multiple podcasts, most notably Jimmy Aiken's Mysterious World and the new the Jimmy Aiken podcast
1:30.1	Mysteries of the Faith. Jimmy Aiken, welcome back to Hour 2 of our show with you today. Are you ready to
1:36.8	dive into more questions? Oh, yeah. Okay, let's dive right in to the question from Anne calling from
1:43.4	Colorado. Anne, you're on the air. Go ahead
1:46.2	with your question for Jimmy Aiken. You're doing a terrific job. Oh, thank you so much, Ann. I appreciate that.
1:53.3	Yeah. Anyway, this harkens back to a question you answered already, but I would like you to clarify it a little bit
2:01.1	on Adam and Eve, whether they exist. You said they can be symbolic. Does that mean that they're
2:07.8	not real historical figures? Well, I mentioned three options. One was Adam and Eve were two
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