#12310 Would Time-Traveling Help Fulfill The Sunday Obligation? Baptism and Theology - Jimmy Akin

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🗓️ 2 August 2025

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Summary

“Can time-traveling Catholics fulfill Sunday obligation?” This intriguing question opens a discussion that spans various theological topics, including how baptism would apply to a Trill and symbiote from Star Trek, and whether a baptized person with intellectual disabilities can be considered a saint. Join us as we explore these fascinating ideas and more.

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Questions Covered:

01:00 – How would baptism work for a Trill and symbiote (from Star Trek)?
12:30 – Would a time-traveling Catholic before Christ still have a Sunday obligation?
16:39 – Why hasn’t God revealed stories of earlier creations before our time?
28:48 – Can a baptized person with intellectual disabilities be considered a saint?
38:05 – Should the Church explore the 4th dimension to better understand Scripture?
47:34 – Any strange movies with rich theological themes to recommend?

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0:39.6	I am Cy Keller, your host.
0:40.8	Jimmy Aiken is our guest.
0:44.6	Oh, how exciting.
0:46.6	A little bit of music there.
0:47.8	I love that music too.
0:50.1	And what does that music mean?
0:51.3	Two things.
0:52.2	Because it came in 20 seconds late, it means the computer is glitching, and it means that it's weird questions with Jimmy Aiken today. I mentioned Jimmy Aiken's podcast, Jimmy Aiken's mysterious world. I don't know if I mention that he has the other big podcast now, the Jimmy Aiken podcast. But that drops a new episode each Monday. What's there this week, Jimmy on the Jimmy Aiken podcast. But that drops a new episode each Monday.
1:11.1	What's there this week, Jimmy, on the Jimmy Aiken podcast?
1:13.9	Okay, so this last Monday, I did an episode responding to a YouTuber named Dan McClellan.
1:24.5	And he is a, he's a Mormon, and he is a, he is a skeptical Bible scholar. He promotes a kind of
1:36.9	skeptical approach to scripture. And he's been making videos for quite some time. And people have
1:42.9	asked me repeatedly to respond to him, and so I'm
1:46.4	finally doing that. He did a video in which he responded to some claims about Jesus' crucifixion,
1:53.7	and I look at his response to these claims, and I respond to him. And it is a very interesting set of responses.
2:05.1	You can you can check it out for yourself. So that's the most recent episode that's already out.
2:09.7	And then coming up this next Monday, so a couple days from today, I have a new episode that's
2:16.1	dropping and it's on the role of good works on
2:20.1	Judgment Day. And this is something that some Christians are very uncomfortable talking about,
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