AMA w/ Jimmy Akin & Tim Staples | Catholic Answers Live | November 13, 2024

TOPIC: Ask Me Anything
GUEST: Jimmy Akin

TOPIC: Ask Me Anything
GUEST: Tim Staples

QUESTIONS ASKED:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:08:51 - What is the Catholic view of Predestination?
00:22:24 - Are claims evidence?
00:31:53 - What is the consensus of the theologians and what degree of submission are we supposed to give to it?
00:40:54 - Will you have a relationship with your spouse after death?
00:48:48 - What are the best takeaways from the book of Jonah?
00:55:00 - 5-Minute Break
01:09:30 - Does the Church allow for reception of the Eucharist outside of Mass? How has the Eucharist affected you personally?
01:21:00 - I got into a conversation with Baptists and after some back and forth they asked, from a Catholic perspective, if it's okay to be Baptist. How should I answer?
01:34:15 - What methodology do you use to know what parts of the bible to take literally?
01:43:09 - How would you respond to the question, who or what created God?

[Meauss]

16:35 - What is the Catholic view of predestination?

[popsharrison]

Genesis is true history & scientifically accurate
(see Dr. Hugh Ross) You have to interpret and get the point of view correct (the Spirit of God between the waters and the clouds; not looking down from space) then Genesis 1 jives w what we know about the history and development of Earth. Snakes can't talk; but spirits (angels/demons) can take control of animals, like Balaam's donkey; the snake didn't speak, it was Lucifer communicating through it.

[robharris]

Unfortunately the RCC is wrong about the inspiration and inerrancy of scripture; scripture is infallible, not the church. We can prove the reliability, historicity and scientific accuracy of scripture; to include the first eleven chapters of Genesis. If you don't believe in the historicity of Adam and Eve then you are at odds with Jesus and the Apostles themselves. Btw: i think about 30 bishops at the Council of Trent argued against including the Apocryphal books to the official Canon. Those books were always contested by some of the biggest names in the Church; including Gregory the Great and Jerome.