#11989 AMA: Defining Life, Baptism of Jesus, Polygamy in the Bible, and John 6:66 - Jimmy Akin

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🗓️ 20 December 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Questions covered: 05:07 – How do we define life and consciousness such that we can apply these terms to God but not inanimate objects? 13:38 – Why did Mary and Zechariah give similar responses to Gabriel? 15:47 – In Genesis 25:23, why didn’t Rebecca share with Isaac so that he could bless Jacob over Esau? 19:00 – Why did Jesus need to be baptized? Wasn’t he sinless? 23:03 – Why is the Protestant service not a valid mass? 25:02 – Can you offer previously said prayers for current intentions? 31:58 – Are hastily said prayers valid? 34:27 – I woke up to a shadowy figure shaking my bed. What could be an explanation for this? 40:35 – Being that Genesis 2:24 talks of one man and one woman, why would God allow polygamy in the Old Testament? 44:18 – Can you explain the story of Ananias and Sapphira? 47:09 – My now Catholic friend claims John 6:66 was pivotal to his conversion. Could you help me make sense of this? 52:00 – Was the Witch of Endor’s summoning the prophets evil? …

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0:11.5	Learn more at realestateforlife.org. Hello and welcome to Catholic Answers live. I am Sykelet, your host, as happy as can be to be here with you on a Friday and here with Jimmy
0:38.1	Aiken for both hours for Ask Me Anything and already every single line is full. I don't know if that's
0:44.2	a record, but that was pretty quick. 8883187-884 is the number. If you've got a question about
0:49.6	anything, you're welcome to call and talk with Jimmy. Jimmy is senior apologist here at
0:53.3	Catholic Answers. I've been doing this for well over three decades and happy to talk with you about whatever question you've got. Jimmy, also the proprietor of Jimmy Aiken's Mysterious World and the new Jimmy Aiken podcasts. And he's on, he's like regularly on like six podcasts. Basically,
1:13.1	there is no podcasting without Jimmy Aiken, or there's very little podcasting without Jimmy. Welcome,
1:18.8	Jimmy. Howdy? Has it going, Sy? Really good. Really good. I'm finally starting my Christmas
1:24.8	shopping. So I feel really good about myself getting going early.
1:28.9	I don't have mine done yet, but I have I had mine started a while back. In fact, I ordered a
1:35.3	present for someone from England this year, and I ordered it in time that I already got it.
1:42.1	Oh, very nice. Ah, very good. Yeah, I'm not going to be able to
1:46.5	use the delivery services, I don't think, unless I do maybe my gifts from DoorDash, but I have to
1:52.9	go shopping this weekend. 8883187-884 is the number triple 8, 3187884.
2:01.2	Do you have a nice Christmasy, crisp weather there in Arkansas yet or no?
2:05.5	Oh, yeah.
2:06.2	It hasn't snowed yet, but it's quite chilly, and so it's Christmasy in that respect.
2:13.4	It's certainly cold enough to snow.
2:14.9	It's just we don't have the moisture at the moment, but I'm sure
2:17.6	that'll come. All right. And you'll have, I mean, you're faithful with the episodes. So you will have,
2:24.6	through the Christmas and the New Year rush and all that, you'll have regular weekly episodes for
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