This Week’s Show (March 17, 2005)

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TIDBIT: The show was very kindly guest hosted by John Martinoni but technical difficulties caused us to lose him after the second break and I had to solo-host the remainder of the show.

HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Wedding attendance (Fact Pattern: Two Catholics, one divorce, no annulment, getting married in front of a Lutheran pastor on a boat). How to explain non-attendance to husband.
  • Is the fact that the Trinity is not expressly stated in Scripture a good argument against sola scriptura? Is there a parallel between the Trinity and our human nature?
  • Should a KofC chapter donate money to build a prayer room in a hospital that does some abortion referrals?
  • Woman had non-conjoined twins, one of whom did not have a head or a heart. The latter was baptized. Friend doesn’t believe it was a human and wants to know why it was baptizaed.
  • Are confirmation names mandatory?
  • What are the Immaculate Conception, the Virgin Birth, and the Annunciation?
  • How to explain going to confession to son who doesn’t want to go?
  • How to deal with a co-worker who is stressing total depravity?
  • Could God have made Jesus pure without Mary being sinless?
  • How do deal with Fundamentalist brother?
  • How do we know if we’re guilty of apostasy?
  • Confused about previous answer regarding the humanity or non-humanity of headless, heartless twin.
  • Priest said Catholics are not bound regarding contraception because it isn’t ex cathedra. How to respond?

Author: Jimmy Akin

Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."