Dropped Calls Open Forum

Questions Covered:

• 01:36 - Is there any inherent logic for St. Paul putting so much emphasis on the cross?
• 05:48 - Why is Paul in the bible if he never met Jesus?
• 09:52 - If a person is abused (physically or mentally) in the church and decides to leave, have they committed heresy?
• 15:05 - If I eat and then go to mass, can I still receive communion even If I didn’t plan on going to mass originally?
• 20:55 - Was the story of Jesus just co-opted from the story of Romulus?
• 24:11 - Why would my college professor claim that purgatory was invented in the 11th century? How do I respond to that argument?
• 28:29 - Why don’t Messianic Jews align with the Catholic faith?
• 35:45 - What is the Holy Spirit?
• 41:41 - How did you come to the conclusion that the Catholic Church compiled the bible?
• 45:12 - Are we required to believe in indulgences?
• 47:49 - My fundamentalist friend says that infant baptism is invalid because it does not have apparent fruits. What’s the rebuttal?
• 49:49 - How do we talk to protestants about deification of Mary?
• 51:41 - What is the infinite nature of God?