Open Forum

The callers choose the topics during Open Forum, peppering our guests with questions on every aspect of Catholic life and faith, the moral life, and even philosophical topics that touch on general religious belief.

Questions Covered:

• 07:41 - I have been approached by people on my college campus that say Jesus has already returned. Who are these people and what should I say?
• 15:02 - What about people who have no direct knowledge of Christ, are they saved? Also, are unbaptized babies saved?
• 18:40 - What is the Catholic Church’s response to Plato’s Euthyphro dilemma? Does God make things good or does God like them because they are good?
• 21:11 - How would you explain to non-Christians that cohabitation is wrong?
• 27:22 - Can you explain the prayer to St. Joseph in the Roman missal and its relation to Vatican II?
• 30:17 - My family was told that when the Easter candle touches the baptismal water (during the blessing) that this is symbolic of the marital act. Is this true?
• 33:31 - Daily Defense page 18, Early Christians believed that Jesus would return shortly, but then He didn’t. Some of the prophecies were reinterpreted and couldn’t this be an incidence of cognitive dissonance theory?
• 40:07 - Why is SSPX considered to be in schism?
• 46:30 - Why do you believe Jesus was born on A.D. 1?
• 51:50 - When we pray for people to lessen their time in purgatory, how does that work when purgatory is out of time?

Resources Mentioned:

• From Abraham to Paul: A Biblical Chronology by Andrew E. Steinmann
• The Handbook of Biblical Chronology by Jack Finegan