Catholic Answers Live - Open Forum

  • 00:54 - Why can’t we commune with people that are dead? See them, talk to them, etc. My husband recently passed away. 
  • 17:00 - Why was a land flowing with milk and honey attractive to Jews if they’re lactose intolerant? 
  • 23:39 - In the garden of Eden, why is the “evil” tree called the tree of knowledge? A lot of atheists attack in this way, saying that God doesn’t want us to have knowledge. 
  • 33:14 - When Martin Luther left the Catholic Church, were there other Priests that either left with him or, if they didn’t leave, they agreed with him? 
  • 35:28 - How can infants be baptized if they have not repented? In the New Testament, it seems to insinuate that baptism is not possible without repentance and discipleship. 
  • 44:39 - In the Old Testament we have tetragrammaton, the unpronounceable name of God. Why are we or aren’t we allowed to say this? 
  • 52:30 - If you wanted to understand the mind of God, why wouldn’t your religion want to study what exactly God did? Shouldn’t there be a more scientific approach to religion?

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