Open Forum

Questions Covered:

• 03:04 - Are earrings and tattoos sinful because they damage our bodies without benefit? 
• 08:40 - Are Christian conceptions of angels derived from Zoroastrian tradition? 
• 15:50 - Why does the Douay-Rheims Bible list a third and fourth book of Kings? 
• 18:33 - If our only choices are obey God or go to hell, how do we have free will? Sounds like he’s making us an offer we can’t refuse. 
• 20:11 - Does a forgotten mortal sin merit purgatory? 
• 22:20 - Are Catholics required to believe that Mary didn’t suffer labor pains? 
• 28:25 - Is the man speaking to Daniel in Daniel 10:5 considered to be Jesus? Are there any other appearances of Jesus in the Old Testament? 
• 34:25 - Where is the Garden of Eden now? 
• 36:12 - Did the early Christians tamper with the Old Testament? 
• 41:26 - The Catechism says angels are spiritual, non-corporeal beings, but the Bible seems to depict them as having bodies. How should we understand them? 
• 49:15 - What does it mean to increase in the state of righteousness after initial justification? 
• 52:25 - Why does God allow us to have loving relationships with other people if he alone satisfies all our needs and happiness?