
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.

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.
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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?
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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?
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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?
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