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:

• 01:59 - The Catechism says that the Church will enter the glory of God when it takes part in the passion and resurrection. Is this true?
• 02:57 - Does Numbers 5 support abortion?
• 05:00 - Can you suggest books about the history of the Church other than your own?
• 06:54 - Did Jacob wrestle with God? Was it an angel?
• 19:05 - What is the significance of blue priestly vestments?
• 21:00 - Can you give an answer to the claim that Jesus’s Father is the Roman Solider Panthera? Evidence for it seems to be stacking up and is causing me existential concern.
• 23:43 - Can you talk about the three kinds of commandments?
• 32:59 - Why didn’t God just not create Satan or sin in the first place?
• 43:06 - Is it good to the pray for the dead?
• 51:05 - Is it true that God created Jewish law to show people how sinful they are? What does the Catholic Church teach about the Old Testament law?

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