Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the mysteries of Transhumanism, both its promises and dangers, including what the Church says about this effort to perfect humanity through science.
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Fr. Cory Sticha welcomes Dom Bettinelli and Jimmy Akin to talk about what’s new with the Starquest Production Network, including new shows now and in the near future and possible opportunities for the community to gather.
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Every week, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore the weird, the strange, and the unusual from the perspectives of faith and reason. In this first episode, Jimmy and Dom talk about ghosts, what they could be, how they fit in a Catholic understanding of the world, and what a rational mind says about them.
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Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha dig into The Aztecs, a great historical story from the First Doctor and confront some deep issues including the morality of a time traveler not ending the practice of human sacrifice when given the chance.
Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss this two-part 10th Doctor story that asks the big question: Is the Devil real and is hell really a planet orbiting a black hole? They also discuss whether the Ood really are a slave race, the Doctor’s religion, and Rose wanting to set up house with the Doctor.
Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha join the First Doctor’s quest for the keys of Marinus, a classic hunt for the McGuffins in four different worlds: a deadly island, a beautiful trap, a screaming jungle, a snowbound mountain, and city of justice without mercy. Plus they discuss the morality of enforced consciences.
Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss this 10th Doctor (David Tennant) story that combines post-WWII optimism, the pitfalls of new technology, and shades of Cold War intrigue with an alien and a coronation.
In this episode of Catholic Answers Live (May 25, 2018, 2nd hour), Jimmy answers the following questions:
02:33 Why do we associate good with “up” and down with “bad”?
04:11 Why do some Medieval religious paintings look like they have spacemen and UFOs in them?
08:15 Could a priest or the pope bless an entire ocean and make it holy water?
16:24 How can we solve the “Trolley Problem” for self-driving cars? Does it make a difference if the five people who get hit are nuns and the one person who lives is an escaped convict?
23:28 Did Mary or Jesus ever get sick? Could they?
29:00 If we colonize another planet in the future, how would the Church on Earth communicate with Catholic colonists? What would need to be done before sending Catholics to such a colony?
35:40 If strong Artificial Intelligence (AI) is created, would it falsify the Church’s teachings on the soul? How likely is such the development of such intelligence?
45:00 Is it ever okay to lie to a Cyberman?
49:37 Is the multiverse theory at all compatible with Christianity?
In this live stream, I tackle the following questions:
00:26 What is the fundamental meaning of the Ascension?
01:09 Why did God choose to Ascend (since God isn’t in outer space)?
03:19 Why do we imagine God being “up” from an earthly perspective?
06:45 Why do we associate “up” with good or superior things?
09:48 How does the Ascension help with defending the Resurrection of Jesus?
15:50 Why do we refer to Mary being “Assumed” into heaven rather than “Ascending” to heaven?
18:25 How does the Ascension relate to Elijah going up to heaven?
20:50 Does Eucharistic adoration conflict with the purpose of the Eucharist to be received in Holy Communion?
25:38 Is heaven a place or a state? Is it one or the other or somehow both?
28:27 Is there time in heaven?
In this live stream, I tackle the following questions:
00:44 How close are Catholic and Protestant views on justification?
04:08 Why would one want to pray to Mary?
05:20 Could “I will build my Church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it” apply to the Protestant Reformation keeping the Faith alive?
09:25 Does belief in the Real Presence mean a form of Fundamentalism?
14:06 Does the fact the universe is expanding faster undermine the argument for God’s existence based on the Big Bang?
23:41 Are natural disasters due to original sin?
28:38 What should we make of the fact many Old Testament figures were polygamous?
31:39 Does European church art “cover up” the fact Jesus and other biblical figures were Middle Eastern?
37:48 Is embryo adoption ever legitimate?
40:08 Does John 5:18 show that Jesus broke the sabbath?
44:08 How should we respond to claims that the Resurrection of Jesus is based on pagan myths?