#12438 Why Aren’t You Christian? w/Tim Staples - Tim Staples
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🗓️ 31 October 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Why Aren’t You Christian? w/Tim Staples
This episode explores the reasons behind the urgency of infant baptism, while also addressing diverse topics such as the journey of a convert from Islam seeking a Catholic marriage, the nature of free will, and the intriguing stories of incorrupt babies. Tune in for a thoughtful exploration of these important questions.
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Questions Covered:
- 03:05 – Why do Catholics rush to baptize babies but take their time in OCIA?
- 19:20 – I’m a convert from Islam and was married in Islam. I want to be happily married as a Catholic. What would I have to do to do that?
- 24:54 – Why do we have free will?
- 34:55 – What are your thoughts on stories of incorrupt babies?
- 43:10 – Could you correct the false information the Swaggarts are pushing about purgatory?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back. |
| 0:16.0 | Catholic Answers live, as promised, Tim Staples, our guest this hour, senior |
| 0:19.8 | apologist here at Catholic Answers, |
| 0:22.4 | and the author of Behold Your Mother, a Biblical and Historical Defense of the Marian Doctrines. |
| 0:28.6 | You are welcome to call. You know what we said? We're going to do, we're going to open the lines to non-Christians. |
| 0:35.2 | And that is true. But I've got some Christians on the line |
| 0:38.4 | holding over from the last hour, so I'm not going to make you go away. So we'll do a mixed |
| 0:43.3 | hour, but we really do love talking with non-Christian. We love talking with anybody about the faith, |
| 0:48.9 | but it's been fun lately to talk with people who are not Christian at all, who might have |
| 0:53.0 | questions about Christianity, |
| 0:54.3 | about Jesus, about the Bible. But we will continue with—that's right with you, Tim. We'll mix it up this hour? Let's do it. All right. You're willing to talk with Christians as well as non-Christians? Yeah. It's not as much fun, but— Yes. I'll talk to anybody. Anybody, you just tell me who to talk to. I got to tell you something, though. |
| 1:10.4 | Tomorrow is Halloween. |
| 1:12.6 | So is the day after Halloween the day? anybody. Anybody. You just tell me who to talk to. I got to tell you something, though. Tomorrow is |
| 1:11.3 | Halloween. So is the day after Halloween the day your Christmas lights go up, or which day do you? |
| 1:17.3 | Do you? Or is it Advent? You go, it is the day after Thanksgiving. Ah, okay. All right, because I know |
| 1:24.1 | you love you some, and I know it's Advent lights and then it's nice lights, but it's the same lights, so. That's right. But we actually have a cool tree, though, where we can, you know, it changes the light colors. Oh. So during Advent, my wife insists we light it up white only lights. Uh-huh. I know it's not, it'd be nice if they were purple, but it's different. |
| 1:45.0 | Yeah, it's a visual clue. |
| 1:47.0 | And then at Christmas we light up all the different colors. |
| 1:50.0 | Yes, yes, yes, yes. But our entire house is one big light. |
| 1:53.0 | I know. And there's, I remember coming by your house at Christmas one time, as such as your house is one, I think there were four or five nativity scenes. Oh, yes. Up on the roof, on the ground, a couple. Yeah, and they're in the house, too, everywhere. We were going for the world record. All right. When we had to go to the break, we were talking with Hannah in Gallatin, Tennessee. Yes. Tom, for some reason, asked her where Dolly Parton was, and she knew where Dolly Parton was. I don't know. Maybe everybody in Tennessee is always keeping track of Dolly Parton. But, Hannah, we didn't answer all of your questions. Did you stay with us? Yes, I'm here. All right. Do you still know where Dolly Parton is? Yeah, and actually I just passed the car on the interstate that said Dolly for president. |
| 2:36.7 | Oh, okay. still know where Dolly Parton is? Yeah, and actually I just passed the car on the interstate that said Dolly for president. |
| 2:36.9 | Oh, okay. |
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