Ask Me Anything: Catholicism w/ Jimmy Akin | Catholic Answers Live August 22, 2024
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TOPIC: Ask Me Anything
GUEST: Jimmy Akin
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QUESTIONS ASKED:
00:00:00 - Waiting Music
00:01:01 - Introduction
00:04:35 - Can a person act out of anger, and it still be considered a mortal sin?
00:07:53 - Did Mary have birth pains?
00:18:53 - Is it necessary for us to do the sign of the cross before and after every prayer?
00:21:04 - Is there a version of the divine liturgy in the eastern rites that has been scrutinized like the Latin mass? Has the Easter rite had an experience like the current division between the novus ordo and Latin mass?
00:25:36 - Why doesn't God just delete hell?
00:34:53 - Do we know Luther's motivation for declaring the Deuterocanon non-canon? Why are there additional books that are not in Catholic bibles?
00:44:55 - Why choose to believe in an invisible reality instead of everything I’ve known in my life?
00:52:39 - Is life on earth the only life in the physical universe?
00:56:01 - 5-Minute Break
01:02:02 - It sounds like they are worshiping Judith in Judith 15:9-10. How do I understand this verse?
01:05:50 - Regarding Daily Defense Day 70. I disagree that abortion is not a religious issue. Abortion violates the commandments.
01:12:14 - Is there a teaching on what our age would be in the next life?
01:17:04 - Are you familiar with the criticism that the bible doesn't have a basis for the immortality of the soul? If the soul is not immortal would this erase the need for hell?
01:29:50 - How do we explain animal death before the fall?
01:36:06 - Does the Church have an official stance on Medjugorje?
01:42:53 - Since the Church expanded the understanding of salvation outside of the boundaries of the physical Church, would a person in those times who believed our current interpretation, be in good standing?
01:50:22 - When the pope does an action, is he saying ‘this is good, do this.’ For example, JP2 kissing the Quran.
01:53:39 - Why are masons not allowed to be Catholic but other organization members like AA can?