#12399 Can Damned Souls Ever Repent? Excommunication and Baptism - Jimmy Akin
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🗓️ 3 October 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
“Can damned souls ever repent?” This episode explores the complexities of salvation and the afterlife, addressing questions such as the nature of excommunication and whether a parent’s desire can lead to the baptism of an unbaptized child. Tune in as we also consider the implications of Luther’s potential reforms and the intriguing topic of spirit possession.
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Questions Covered:
- 07:07 – How many souls did my twins have before the egg split?
- 13:27 – If I’m born at 7 a.m. on Ash Wednesday, does fasting start then?
- 17:50 – What if Luther had reformed from within the Church?
- 20:36 – Can a living person’s spirit possess someone else?
- 30:49 – Can a parent’s desire baptize a child who dies unbaptized?
- 34:17 – If someone was excommunicated unfairly, can they still go to heaven?
- 41:32 – Can damned souls or demons ever repent?
- 46:40 – If science shows we’re small and ordinary, how are humans still special?
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| 0:37.8 | I remember that we had weird questions with Jimmy Aiken, but I forgot about the music. |
| 0:42.2 | It's always a nice surprise when we get that nice music. |
| 0:44.3 | Jimmy Aiken here for both hours today, a weird questions show, which means all the questions are in. |
| 0:50.9 | We've got lots and lots of great questions coming up for Jimmy Aiken. |
| 0:53.7 | Senior Apologist here at Catholic Answers, the author of The Bible is a Catholic book and a daily |
| 0:58.3 | defense and many other things, and also noted podcaster behind one of the most popular podcasts |
| 1:04.5 | out there, as a matter of fact. Hello, Jimmy Aiken. |
| 1:08.9 | Hello, Sekele, how are you doing? I am very well, and there are always |
| 1:12.9 | many things to talk about with you, but I'm being struck by your colorful scarf. You have a new, |
| 1:19.7 | I have not seen this scarf before. No, you haven't. It's something that I just recently got. |
| 1:26.1 | Someone sent it to Catholic Answers, and they forwarded it to me, along with a very nice letter. |
| 1:31.0 | It came from a gentleman named Peter, and I won't say his last name because he didn't give me permission to, but it's an African name. |
| 1:39.2 | Okay. |
| 1:39.6 | And he wrote a very nice letter. He was very appreciative and said very kind words about my apologetic work and what it's meant to him. |
| 1:49.2 | And he commented on how I keep my cool in debates and when I'm answering questions. |
| 1:54.0 | And he said he's very grateful to be a Catholic. And he said, please accept this Kintay stole and wear it with pride. |
| 2:02.6 | So this is a Kintay stole. It's made out of Kintay fabric, which is a traditional African |
| 2:07.6 | fabric that's been made for hundreds of years. And you'll notice he's had my name embroidered on it. |
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