#12428 Whay Aren’t You Christian? w/Tim Staples - Tim Staples
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🗓️ 24 October 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
“What if someone doesn’t think they need to be saved?” In this episode, we explore this question alongside discussions about how one can navigate the teachings of Christianity while seeking a relationship with God, and the struggles of an agnostic who is drawn to Christianity yet grapples with free will and the Resurrection. We also touch on the significance of the Rosary in the Catholic faith.
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Questions Covered:
- 02:45 – What if someone doesn’t think they need to be saved?
- 21:08 – He is looking into religions, keeps hearing things that point to relationship, but how does one adhere to relationship when they first must come to understanding the teachings of Christianity?
- 36:55 – Agnostic would like to be a Christian, is searching, still struggling with voice in his head that tells him he is not buying it. Struggles with question of “Free will” and the historicity of the Resurrection story.
- 50:11 – Has trouble grasping why God would care about each individual person, and also she was gifted a Rosary but has no idea what to do with it and its significance in the Catholic faith.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back Catholic Answers Live. I am Cy Kellett, your host. As promised, Tim Staples, |
| 0:21.6 | and I tell you what, we really do like when Tim's here, this is something we'd like to do more of, is why aren't you Christian? And so if you're not a Christian, you know, you hear us do the, why aren't you Catholic? But this is like one degree harder. And so you get Tim Staples to do that. Tim Staples, senior apologist here at Catholic Answers, |
| 0:38.9 | if you're not a Christian and you'd like to, to do that. Tim Staples, senior apologist here at Catholic Answers, |
| 0:38.9 | if you're not a Christian, and you'd like to, if you're willing to tell us, why aren't you |
| 0:42.3 | Christian? 8883187-884 is the number? Just dial. We'd love to talk with you. I know you're listening |
| 0:50.2 | to Catholic Answers live. Maybe you're driving. Maybe this is the first time. Maybe we really like talking about these things. And so you're doing us a favor if you call and make it possible for us to have these conversations. You want to tell us you don't believe in God. You can't believe that Jesus is God. Maybe you want to tell us Jesus never existed. You've got to be a million other things. Maybe you don't even, you have no sense of, why would I? |
| 1:12.9 | Maybe you could just call up and go, well, why would I be Christian? Whatever it is, 8883187884. |
| 1:19.6 | Tim is a long, long time Catholic Apoll. I say that. It's not that old. All right. You're older than I am, pal. |
| 1:26.6 | I know. That is the truth. I am two weeks older than Tim Staples. And I always remind him of that. Neither of us is young. All right, let's put it that way. But he's been doing this for a long time, and he's the author of Behold Your Mother, a biblical and historical defense of the Marian doctrines. Thanks for coming, Tim. It is great to be with you, my brother. |
| 1:44.9 | Thank you. Thank you. Now, I'm going to start off with a question that we hear from non-Christians. |
| 1:51.0 | I am still a Christian. I want you to know that. Okay. All right. So, but I was some question |
| 1:56.1 | around the office. My behavior, that might not always pass muster. But I still profess the faith. I have an apost—I don't think I have apostatized yet. |
| 2:09.0 | No, you would know it if you apostatized. |
| 2:11.8 | Yeah, because you do know that, right? That's not something you do and go, I'm not sure if I— |
| 2:16.4 | That's right. |
| 2:16.7 | That's something that you declare. |
| 2:20.9 | I, like I reject the faith. Exactly. Yeah. Okay. I know and I have not done that. |
| 2:26.3 | God, please preserve me. That's all I'd say about that. |
| 2:30.2 | Yes. All right. So, Christians come to other people and we offer salvation. |
| 2:35.1 | Christianity is this religion of salvation, but I have to be honest with you, and I want to ask you this as if I were not a Christian. |
| 2:41.5 | Yes. |
| 2:42.0 | What if I don't feel like I got anything to be saved from? |
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