Callers choose the topics during Open Forum, peppering our guests with questions on every aspect of Catholic life and faith, the moral life, and even philosophical topics that touch on general religious belief. Questions Covered: 01:01 - Is it within the bounds of Catholic orthodoxy to believe that God is somewhat in time rather than simply timeless? 07:27 - If God didn’t make evil and the devil can’t make anything, then where did evil come from? 11:32 - What is the “rite of introduction”? He was told in RCIA to be at Church for the rite of introduction. He doesn’t know more than that. 15:21 - Why do we say the Nicene Creed at Mass, but the Apostle’s Creed while reciting the rosary? 16:52 - How do we know when Jesus is being literal or hyperbolic? He refers to himself as the bread of life and the door for sheep. 23:02 - How could Jesus descend into hel...
Questions Covered: 00:55 - Tim comments on the recent changes to canon law. 06:53 - How can I respond to someone who says that there is no merit or holiness gained from abstaining from sin? Do I have an obligation to respond? 18:43 - If God told Ishmael that he would make of him a great nation and that nation is now Islam since Mohammed is descended of Ishamel, then how can we say that Mohammed was a false prophet? 22:28 - If the orthodox reunited with the Catholic Church, would the Vatican acknowledge all their books of the Bible as a part of the canon and valid? 24:52 - Does Galatians 3:13 teach penal substitutionary atonement? 34:35 - Why should we appeal to natural law in moral debates? 42:32 - Since the Church doesn’t recognize gay marriage, if a person receives a civil marriage to a person of the same sex and then realizes they’re not gay, do they need an annulment before th...
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