#12499 Is There Such a Thing as a Just War? Baptism and Prophecy - Jimmy Akin

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🗓️ 12 December 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

“Is there such a thing as a just war?” This question opens a discussion on the moral implications of warfare, including whether actions taken during war can be justified. Other topics addressed include the interpretation of Genesis 49:10 prophecy and the validity of baptism for those from different Christian backgrounds.

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Questions Covered:

01:30 – Is there such a thing as a just war? If there is, does that mean once you’re in a war you can do whatever? Why do popes no longer tell us when wars are just?
17:43 – How do we interpret Gen 49:10 prophecy?
24:43 – I come from a Baptist background. Why is my baptism valid?
35:41 – Since the Roman Empire didn’t have a king when they gave Herod the title of King of the Jews did, they allow him to rule as absolute monarch?
45:30 – Why do some bible translations leave the word fasting out of Mt. 17:21?
50:14 – Is there a second soul in a person who has the chimera genetic disorder?

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0:11.5	Learn more at realestateforlife.org. Hello, happy Advent, and welcome to Catholic Answers Live.
0:34.0	Jimmy Aiken is our guest both hours, and this is what people wait for and ask me anything with Jimmy Aiken.
0:39.2	You can ask them whatever you like.
0:40.7	8883187-884, triple-8-387-884.
0:45.8	I'm going to ask him whatever I like.
0:47.0	I'm going to start off with a question about war and Catholic teaching.
0:50.4	You like war?
0:51.8	Oh, what is it good for?
0:53.4	Absolutely nothing. Absolutely nothing.
0:54.7	Absolutely nothing. Jimmy Aiken, welcome. Howdy? How's it going? It's going good. I'm really
1:01.1	happy to see you. I can't remember when we were last on together, but it feels like very long. Was it two
1:07.0	weeks ago? Yeah, that is a long time. You were in Oklahoma. You were actually closer to me than normal.
1:11.8	Oh, that's right. Yeah, I was in Tulsa last Friday or getting to Tulsa last Friday.
1:17.8	Yeah, it's just a couple hours away. Why didn't you stop by? Because it's a couple hours away.
1:26.2	I got no better answer than that. Can I ask you about war? Other than what is it good for?
1:32.3	No, if you want, sure. All right. Well, I'll start with this question. Is there really such a thing as a just war?
1:40.3	Well, I would say the answer is yes, and the catechism agrees with me.
1:45.2	The just war tradition is something that goes back quite considerably in church history.
1:50.4	There were, in the very earliest times, there were some Christians who were pacifists.
1:56.5	But even then, you didn't have an automatic association between warfare and evil. For example, in the
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