#12706 Is Leaving the Church Cause of Scandal a Mortal Sin? - Tom Nash
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🗓️ 7 May 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
“Is leaving the Church a mortal sin?” This question opens a discussion on the implications of faith and scandal, particularly regarding a friend’s conversion to Protestantism. Other topics include the distinction between Jesus being Catholic or Christian, the reasons for embracing Catholicism, and concerns about praying to Mary.
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Questions Covered:
- 05:36 – My friend left the Catholic church and became protestant because of scandal. Is he in Jeopardy of mortal sin?
- 16:35 – Was Jesus Catholic or Christian. What’s the difference?
- 24:45 – Explain in one minute why someone should be Catholic.
- 29:17 – I have PTSD, Anxiety, depression, how can I go to OCIA?
- 37:13 – I don’t think it’s right to pray Mary
- 47:21 – What in Vatican 2 is infallible? Does a certain word need to be included for a statement to be infallible?
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| 0:38.5 | And filling in for Scy Kellett today, got big shoes to fill, especially when we have Tom Nash in the building. |
| 0:45.0 | Tom, it's always a pleasure to be on the show with you. |
| 0:47.3 | Good to be with you. And I like saying your last name, Lujano. |
| 0:51.5 | Because you say it correctly. Thank you so much. |
| 0:54.1 | Maybe Sai needs to take a couple of classes on how to say, pronounce Spanish last names. Hmm. Well, today we're going to be covering, why aren't you Catholic? We want to, if you are not, if you're not Catholic, we want you to call. Tell us why you're not Catholic. You can reach us 8883187-884. That's AAA 31-31-truth to give us a call. Also, if people don't go to church, if they're Catholic, they're practicing Catholic and you don't go to church, give us a call. We won't hear from you. Tell us why you don't go to church anymore. And we definitely take your question. You wanted to say something, Tom? |
| 1:27.8 | I was just say that's all within, like, I appreciate your follow-up because that's all within |
| 1:31.6 | the expansive, well, you have those who've never been Catholic, and there's those who are |
| 1:37.8 | Catholic who are not practicing. |
| 1:39.3 | So what's stopping you from either becoming Catholic and or practicing your faith, you know? |
| 1:46.1 | Can I put you to the test on this? |
| 1:48.7 | Because I've actually had somebody asked me this question. |
| 1:50.8 | Okay. |
| 1:51.3 | He said, you know what? |
| 1:52.2 | I stopped going to church because every time I go, it looks like you Catholics just sucked on a lemon. |
| 1:57.1 | Like you're so bitter. |
| 1:58.1 | You're so upset. |
| 1:59.2 | What do you say to somebody like that who says, I don't go to church anymore because the people around me, they're just so bitter? |
| 2:05.3 | Well, I mean, have they said anything to them in terms of like, get out of here? |
| 2:09.3 | We know you don't belong. |
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