#12549 How Do We Prove That We Have Souls? Sin and the Holy Spirit - Jimmy Akin
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🗓️ 16 January 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
“How do we prove that we have a soul?” This question opens a discussion on the nature of our existence, alongside insights into how mortal and venial sins impact our souls and the role of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Additionally, the conversation touches on the creation of angels and the complexities surrounding infant baptism and original sin.
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Questions Covered:
- 02:40 – How do we prove that we have a soul?
- 19:17 – How do mortal sin and venial sin affect our soul? How does the Holy Spirit help with that?
- 23:36 – Are there new angels being created all the time or are there a finite amount? Can they at any time become a demon?
- 45:47 – I’m LDS and we don’t believe in infant baptism. The CC says it respects the dignity of all life, but also claims that all humans have original sins. I see this as a contradiction. How do you reconcile that?
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| 0:52.3 | Jimmy is a senior apologist here at Catholic Answers, the author of a whole bunch of books, |
| 0:56.2 | including the Father's Know Best, and the Bible is a Catholic book, and teaching with authority, |
| 1:02.3 | and many others. And also, he's the guy behind Jimmy Aiken's Mysterious World, also now behind the |
| 1:08.9 | Jimmy Aiken podcast. But I recently learned we have hit a round number on |
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| 1:21.2 | round number we hit? 400 of numbered episodes. We have some other episodes we've done as bonuses that don't fit that pattern, but 400 regular numbered episodes. |
| 1:32.5 | And that's today's episode, actually. |
| 1:35.5 | Today is number 400. |
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| 1:38.0 | And what is it? |
| 1:39.2 | What is 400 about? |
| 1:40.6 | It's another in our about once a year series on listeners' mysterious experiences, |
| 1:48.1 | because people have strange things that happen to them in life, and they often want |
| 1:54.1 | some perspective on them. And so a number of years ago, we started soliciting the listeners |
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