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  20:31  - Has the east dogmatized icons? Is that similar in the west?   23:42  - Didn’t Jesus say that we are all gods? Shouldn’t we then venerate ourselves? Are we in competition with God?   36:28  - I am an Orthodox convert to Eastern Catholicism. I would be so let down if I walked into a church without Icons.   38:05  - Prayer to saints seems to be more than just venerating. Can you help clarify?   48:27  - I think Elijah’s condemnation of worshiping demons is a warning to not worship saints. What are your thoughts on this?  

  18:03  - Do you think this movement is driven by a lack of fathers and profiting off people’s feelings?   22:24  - Can You clarify your statement on God’s plan to put this confusion into our kids?   29:59  - My godson is transitioning and taking hormones. How do I approach this especially since his mom is approving?   36:05  - Can you help break down what non-binary means?   43:36  - What do you think about the argument that no matter the hormones and surgeries, one’s DNA will always be either male or female?   52:39  - How far will third wave feminism go in its radical ideology?  

  Questions Covered: 14:55 -What do you think about the science of artificial womb technology? Do you think it might have any relation to the end of abortion?   19:43  - Ethically, how much as Catholics can we trust that scientists are doing the right thing? Is using stem cells for cancer treatment ethical? I’m asking as a parent that has a child dying from cancer.   29:24  - I work as a clinical research coordinator with humans. Is it ok for me as a faithful Catholic to present contraceptive options for women going into a trial?   37:30  - Is insulin a necessity at the end of life?   45:20  - My mother has recently been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. She’s also on dialysis for kidney failure. How long, morally, should she continue dialysis as her dementia progresses?   50:17 – I’m 75 y.o. my adult children have all left the faith and don’t care about me anymore. What do I do if I’m hospitalized and have no advocate?   Resources mentioned: https://vimeo.com/bioethicsvideos

  10:04  - How would the church feel about a woman that was raped and must share custody with the rapist? Does that make it justified to kill the baby? 17:22  - I’m pro-life but can you explain why IVF is not pro-life? My wife was conceived that way and now that she’s becoming a doctor, I feel that will influence how she deals with IVF and contraception. 24:09  - I think it’s awful but I think women are going to have abortions whether we want them to or not and I want it done in a doctor’s office. 35:20  - I was pro-choice for a long time throughout my 20s and 30s. I then studied Buddhism and they talk in detail about how the soul enters at the time of the union of the sperm and egg. I am now going back to the beginning when I was baptized Catholic and comparing things to find my way 41:22  - I’m pro-life, for babies who survive late term abortions, aren’t they automatically American citizens? 46:52  - When I was younger, I went through two abortions and came to really regret them. 48:

  12:13  - The bible has passages where God is bargaining with Satan. How do I understand these passages? 16:44  - The teaching of purgatory bothers me. Where is it explicitly in the bible? 20:52  - I want to push back on who was left behind. Maybe the protestant conclusion is right. Were those who were left behind actually left behind to experience destruction? 24:01  - Mk. 10 says some will not taste death. Is that Jesus predicting his death in the 1st century and was he wrong? 38:04  - How do I respond to the claim that Mary had more children? 44:20  - How could one be baptized with fire and spirit? Could you elaborate? 46:50  - Have you asked protestants to protect their positions from the historical perspective? 52:03  - In Acts it was said that the gentiles should not eat meat of strangled animals. How does that tie to Jesus’ death on the cross?

  04:42  - I’m not Catholic because I’m confused. I’m protestant but I have gone through RCIA. I’ve recently started exploring Orthodoxy.   13:30  - I’ve never been to Mass, but I keep hearing that Catholics pray to saints and Mary.   28:45  - I have not been to church in 2 years. When I did go last week, I was chastised by the warden in front of other parishioners for being late. Is it wrong?   34:50  - I don’t understand how the saints can hear us if they’re not God. If they’re not omniscient, how can they hear so many people at once?   43:38  - I’m not Catholic because of the Catholic view on predestination.   51:53 -What was Jesus’ real last name?  

  05:28  - Can you clarify the theological status of natural marriage and Pauline privilege (1 Corn. 7:10-15) 14:30  - If God is omniscient, doesn’t that mean that I last forever in the mind of God? If that’s true doesn’t that make me immortal? 24:08  - I do respond to the question: Why pray for the dead after they die if they can no longer turn to God? 30:45  - Does God have a soul? 36:00  - What does the Church teach about exorcisms, and how to heal people from a spiritual affliction? 41:11  - If people don’t have free will after they die, then how can saints in heaven pray and have miracles? 44:58  - On praying for the dead: We don’t know if they went to heaven or hell, but we still should pray for them. 49:36  - Does Jesus need the grace of faith? 52:19  - Does God the Father have a body?

  06:52  - How to I respond to a protestant who says “God told me this is wrong” 14:45  - Do we have any knowledge of what Jesus would have been like as a child? 20:17  - I’m Pentacostal and just stumbled upon this show. What is the Catholic view on baptism? 30:26  - Are we supposed to adhere to the law of Moses? If so, why are we feasting on foods that are condemned according to the mosaic law? 35:56  - How do I respond to the protestant claim that the moment the Church embraced priestly celibacy it became demonic? 45:20  - I’ve noticed a lot of Catholic influencers have been uncharitable with the passing of P. Benedict XVI. How do we have conversations with people when emotions are still high?

  01:04  - How can Protestants be part of the body of Christ, when the council of Florence says the body of Christ is the church?    12:44  - What happened to the families of the Apostles when they dropped everything to follow Jesus?    19:00  - What would the Catholic perspective be to an argument that Rome is not in union with orthodoxy?   30:05  - Would Deuteronomy 12: 32 make Jesus a false Prophet because he abolished the old law?    41:07 – When someone is born is a new Guardian Angel created?   48:49  - Why is it important to have a relationship with Mary? 

  20:32  - How do I imagine Jesus when he is in the Eucharistic form?    24:02  - Can you help explain the Immaculate Conception?    33:44  - Why is there something rather than nothing?     39:45  - How can I share proper Catholic faith with a Lutheran Pastor?    46:08  - The term Holy Ghost is used in one Gospel, while the term Holy Spirit is mentioned in all other Gospels. What term should I use?   48:12  - Why don’t local parishes have bible studies similar to Christian churches?