#12535 How Do We Respond to Pagan Holiday Claims? – Why Aren’t You Catholic? - Tom Nash
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🗓️ 7 January 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
“How do we respond to people that accuse Catholics of celebrating pagan holidays?” This question opens a discussion on the misconceptions surrounding Catholic traditions. Additionally, the episode addresses the relationship between Christians and Muslims as brothers, the distinctions between Catholic doctrine and dogma, and the Catholic perspective on predestination.
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Questions Covered:
- 28:55 – Curious why the Catholic Faith does not teach dispensationalism?
- 36:08 – What is the difference between Catholic Doctrine and Catholic Dogma?
- 47:25 – If catholicism is true, then protestantism is false, but if protestantism is true, then catholicism is idolatry.
- 51:02 – What is the catholic view on predestination?
- 54:02 – My friend is protestant and is interested in church history where can he find the papacy in early Church history?
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| 0:36.5 | Second Hour, William Albrecht, will be here with us, and we're going to open it up for any question you've got about Mary. Whether you're Catholic or not, whether you are an aficionado of Mary or not, if you have a Mary question, second hour is for you. First hour, why aren't you Catholic? And I have to say, we've talked about this a little |
| 0:54.9 | bit. We've really been enjoying doing these shows in recent months, because so many people |
| 1:00.5 | have been willing to call up and tell us why they're not Catholic, and we've found it's generated |
| 1:04.2 | just tremendous conversation. So if it seems like that's a topic more than it used to be, it is a topic |
| 1:09.4 | more than it used to be. If you are not a Catholic and you would like to tell us why, |
| 1:14.6 | 8883187-884, |
| 1:18.6 | AAA-3187-884, we're Catholic, we believe the Catholic faith, we'd like to bring everybody to the Catholic faith. |
| 1:25.6 | So we're not trying to hide that, but we love talking to non-Catholics about these questions, about especially what's keeping you |
| 1:32.0 | outside of the Catholic Church. 8883187-884. Our first hour guest is theologian, apologist, |
| 1:40.8 | and super good guy, Tom Nash. Hey, Tom Nash? Thanks for being here with us. Good to be with your brother. And you're ready for why aren't you Catholic? We haven't done why aren't you Catholic with you before. This will be your first time. People calling up and telling you why they're not Catholic. I've experienced it otherwise, but yes, this will be my first go-round in this regard. Lord bless us and give us wisdom. |
| 2:05.2 | I got a question for you, though, because sometimes we have these questions that are asked again and again. |
| 2:07.9 | I'll start us off. |
| 2:09.5 | This will give people time to dial. |
| 2:13.5 | People who are not Catholic, time to dial 888-3-187-884. |
| 2:15.6 | Why did Jesus have to get baptized? |
| 2:18.7 | He has no sin, Tom. |
| 2:19.4 | That's correct. And sometimes people use this as a polemic against this idea that he had no sin. |
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