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• Could the perception of Purgatory for some people for some people involve a conscious experience of the disintegration of the body?
• Did the original King James version of the Bible have 80 books?
• If the priest does not believe that he is changing the bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ are we still receiving the Eucharist from him?
• The New Testament seems to imply both that accepting Grace is our choice and that only God decides who has an open heart… what is the explanation?  Does everyone on earth get actual Grace?
• What is the official Catholic position on the gift of Tongues?
• Is it true that on Judgement Day we will be judged with the same degree of forgiveness we show others?  Are we also to forgive persons who have committed truly evil acts?
• How do we distinguish between worshipping God and honoring Mary and the Saints when we pray?
• Where does the word "Sunday" come from?
• When did the Church decide that it was okay for women to fulfill certain liturgical roles in the Church?  Does the Church nullify certain Scriptural passages in doing this?
• How unusual was it for a young man of Jesus’ age to be "teaching" during the finding of Jesus in the Temple?
• How do Seventh Day Adventists regard the change from the Julian to the Gregorian Calendar, i.e. did it change the day of the week?
• Was Mary Magdalen a prostitute or an adultress?  What’s the difference between the two?
• Is it a sin to go shopping on Sundays?  What if that shopping is entertainment?
• Why does Jesus tell Mary Magdalen not to touch him after the Resurrection, but then encourage Thomas to touch him later?

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• What is a hermaphrodite and should they do anything to change their condition?
• Does Jn 7:16 or Jn 6:38 prove that Jesus wasn’t divine?  Did Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, or Clement of Alexandria teach that Jesus wasn’t divine?
• How does one handle being disheartened or discouraged by constantly interacting with people who oppose the Church?
• Clarify the USCCB statement "Interim Reflections of the Task Force on Catholic Bishops and Catholic Politicians"?
• When Jesus became man was there a change in God?
• Do the different beliefs of Catholics negate our description of the Church as "One" and suggest that we are as divided as Protestants?
• Considerations in voting for someone whose moral stance on important issues is okay but has previously broken the law?
• Should stillborn babies be baptised?
• What happens with infants or fetuses at the Resurrection of the Dead when our souls are reunited with our bodies?
• How to respond to Atheists who deny the necessity of a first mover?
• Biblical evidence that those invincibly ignorant of Jesus Christ can still be saved?

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• How is it that there exist different numberings for the 10 Commandments?
• Did Jesus save us when he died on the cross or when he rose from the dead?
• Do Catholics have to pay a priest to pray them out of purgatory?
• What is contemplative prayer?  What forms of Christian meditation are ok?
• Are there any other days of the year besides Sundays on which Catholics should not work?
• Can Catholics be divorced?  Is divorce and remarriage in the case of adultery okayed by Scripture?
• How is it that the NT Greek word for cross also means stake?
• What is the reason for the four rules James requires the Gentiles to adhere to in Acts 15?
• Is it licit for two baptized individuals get married outside of a Church building, e.g. on the beach?
• Before the Gospel is proclaimed, is the entire congregation supposed to make the sign of the cross on their head, lips, and heart, or only the priest or deacon?  Is one supposed to strike their breast during the Hail Holy Queen?
• What is a good Catholic Greek interlinear New Testment?  Is there something similar for the OT?
• Is the phrase "God helps those who help themselves" in the Bible?

More results from the volunteer program (Try It!).

A special holler out to Adam Nolte for doing the July 2004 shows!

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• What is the nature of the Holy Spirit and what is the proof from Scripture?
• Scriptural proof of the existance of both particular and general judgements?
• The Assumption: before or after the death of Mary?
• Veil wearing by women at Mass?
• Is it ok to hold hands during the Our Father at Mass?
• Who was Melchizedek?
• What does it mean to "bear our cross" or "bear the cross of others"?
• Is the pronoun "you" plural in Greek when Jesus gives Peter the Keys in Mt 16?  How about the similar passage in Mt 18?
• What if one were to die while living with one with whom he/she has been remarried outside of the Church while waiting for an annulment to process?
• What happened to the saints who were raised at the time of Jesus’ death, and was St. Joseph one of them?
• Should one use insurance from an employer who supports an abortion provider?
• Who wrote the book of Revelation?

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• Should bishops be directly advising Catholics to vote for Pro-Life candidates?
• Is it correct to ask departed souls and unborn children for their
  intercession?
• Can a present prayer affect a past event?
• Is everyone who is not part of the Catholic Church doomed to hell?
• Countering the Protestant notion of "once saved, always saved."
• How do we know that the gates of Heaven were closed until Christ’s
  death?  Where
  does the Bible teach that Christ preached to the dead?
• Must Catholics register at a parish?
• Does disagreement with a small number of Church teachings preclude
  one from entering the Church?
• Are financial concerns the only factor preventing the Church in
  America from abandoning its non-profit status?
• Inviting political candidates to speak from the pulpit: Protestant
  vs. Catholic approaches.
• What in the Catholic Church’s biblical basis for purgatory?
• How does civil divorce affect one’s ability to receive the Eucharist?

Okay, it’s lunchtime and I just got a call asking if I could come on the Scott Thomas show on WYLL in Chicago in an hour or so to talk about baptism of desire. (I’m guessing the Evangelicals in Chicago were watching O’Reilly last night.)

I’m scheduled to be on about 3:10 p.m., Central Time.

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• Were Moses and the Exodus historical?
• Can a canon lawyer bring up a charge of heresy against John Kerry?
• How can church buildings be allowed as polling places?
• Do the gods "of wood and of stone" in Daniel 5:4 relate to the feet
  of iron and clay in Daniel 2:33?
• Can a Mass have more than one intention?  Why can’t there be
  multiple stipends per Mass?
• Is a marriage between a Catholic and a non-Catholic Christian sacramental?
• Should observance of Halloween be discouraged?
• Were Daniel and his book historical?
• Why does Mary in the Fatima apparition invite us to consecrate
  ourselves to her
  Immaculate Heart and not to the Sacred Heart of Jesus?
• Can one grieve over a mate’s death indefinitely?
• Does Catholic Answers have authority to teach matters of doctrine?

More results from the VOLUNTEER PROGRAM. Thanks to Christopher A. St. Jean for doing the October, 2004 shows!

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Highlights:

• Did Vatican II take away "respectful" aspects of the Mass?
• Which deuterocanonicals were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls
  written in Hebrew?
• Is it a sin to vote for a pro-choice political candidate?
• If receiving the Eucharist remits venial sins, why should those sins
  be later confessed?
• How should Catholics defend confession to a member of the Assemblies of God?
• How does one respond to Orthodox Christians regarding the Lefebvrist
  schism and charges of liturgical abuse?
• What charges do Protestants make regarding the Catholic Church in
  the Middle Ages?
• Has the consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary been performed?
• Are non-Catholic Christians members of the Body of Christ?
• Does the magisterial authority of the Church compromise freedom of thought?
• How does one defend the Sunday sabbath to Seventh-day Adventists?

This is a show I taped while in Michigan visiting Steve Ray and Ed Peters. As a result, all three of us were guests.

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Highlights:

• Clarifying spiritual maxims from The Imitation of Christ.
• Did Jesus ever laugh?
• Is marriage to a witch grounds for an annulment?
• How should a church dispose of an old tabernacle? Can a person put it in their home?
• Any advice on how to earn a living without losing Christian identity?
• What is Paul talking about in 1 Corinthians 4:6? Does he support Sola Scriptura?
• In Acts 9:5, what does “it is hard for thee to kick against the goad” mean?
• Can the symbolism of the number of canonical books in the Bible be used as a proof for the Catholic canon?
• What do you think about the book The Bible Code?
• If my husband did not get declarations of nullity for his previous marriages, what is the status of our marriage?
• Did Paul observe the Sabbath?
• Were non-Catholic baptisms using the Trinitarian formula considered valid prior to the Second Vatican Council?
• Is the
       Holy Father concerned about the use of psychic impediments in nullity
       cases?

First results of the VOLUNTEER PROGRAM are in! Thanks to Al for mapping the shows in June, 2004. Here’s the first:

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Highlights:

• Is there such a thing as a conditional confirmation?
• Is it possible for a baptized person to be possessed?
• Will a person brought up Catholic who leaves the church go to Hell? What if they leave because of bad experiences in the church?
• Is the anointing with fish gall in Tobit 11:8 a physical or spiritual healing? In Matthew 27:34, were the soldiers trying to poison Jesus with the wine mixed with gall?
• Was incest practiced at the origins of humanity?
• Was there a time when the Son did not exist if he proceeds from the Father? How is this different than the angels?
• In the early church, was the jurisdiction of Rome over the entire church or just a territory around Rome?
• Do you have to be confirmed to get married in the Catholic church?
• The rubrics for the Mass of the Lord’s Supper say it should be celebrated with the full participation of the whole local community. Does that make it obligatory?
• Why is the observance of Ascension Thursday transferred to Sunday?
• What can be done to educate parents and voters on Catholic Moral theology?