Weird Questions w/ Jimmy Akin | June 14, 2024 | Catholic Answers Live

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Tune into Catholic Answers Live 3-5 PM Pacific Monday through Friday to ask your question! TOPIC: Weird Questions GUESTS: Jimmy Akin More Catholic Answers: https://catholic.com Donate: https://give.catholic.com/give/573094 QUESTIONS ASKED: 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:02:30 - I noticed a few weeks ago that Jimmy was leaving the “g” off of words like “teachin” or “reasonin” and others. Is this change due to a conscious effort to return to his “roots” or is this an outcome of being immersed back into the Arkansas dialect through local conversations? 00:08:17 - Suppose a man from 500 BC was in stasis for thousands of years and wakes up when a group of archaeologists discover him. I imagine the option to be baptized and confirmed would be just as open to him as to any other man (provided he knows what the sacraments and the Gospel mean), but if the man were to die after his waking up in the 21st century without having done these things, what would be the state of his soul? 00:11:31 - We have a ghost where I work....and I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen and heard it with my own eyes. A coworker recently got a spirit box and it has picked up some interesting things but I wasn't there when they were using it. Do those things (spirit boxes} have any legitimacy to them? 00:16:40 - My question is not directly related but it made me think about Bella Dodd and her impact related to infiltration in the church along with her conversation. I just want to hear your thoughts on this. 00:19:31 - Are there any conditions that must be met for the devil to possess someone? In Other words, are there any characteristics of a person that would need to be present in order for that person to be possessed by a demon? 00:28:57 - Did Jesus ever get bitten by mosquitos, ticks! Lice or other blood-feeding pests? And if so what would the implications be of these creatures potentially being the first among creation to receive the precious blood of Christ? 00:33:25 - So I read a book about a guy that whenever he dies he is reborn but with all the memories of his previous lives. My question is that if he became a priest in one of his lives would that end at his death, or would he technically still be a priest in every life after that? 00:35:16 - Who invented smoking? More importantly, how did people discover that inhaling burning fumes from various herbs feels good? 00:39:27 - Can the belief in djinn be incorporated into the Catholic worldview? And if so, how would this affect the categories of alien and demon by adding a third possible explanation of unexplained phenomenon? 00:44:35 - What is Baphomet? 00:48:45 - My son, Jonathan would like a deep dive on Angelic swords (Genesis 3:24) Did the angels forge them? Are they still around? Did God invent swords? 00:51:42 - Would it be a stretch or not from a Catholic perspective to say that both Multiple Personality Disorder and Rabies are different ways in which demonic activity can manifest? I.e. The Personalities of those with MPD actually being demons in disguise waiting for the right moment to strike or rabies being a disease that could evolve into a form of demonic possession that can manifest in various animals 00:58:44 - In Transformers, there is a team of Constructicons where 5 robots can combine to make one giant robot. According to the official character bio, the giant robot, Devastator, has a unique consciousness that is also a composite of all 5 unique, individual robot personalities. Do you think this is a good illustration of how God works, albeit being a Quintessence as opposed to a Trinity? 01:03:40 - Chiropractic. Religion? New Age wooow? Scam? 01:08:15 - Most Christians I know would say "light as a feather, stiff as a board" is demons. Because, you know... If it's not demons, is there a natural explanation for why it works? 01:11:50 - What do you think the likelihood is that we will meet beings from other realities that God created when we get to heaven? Or should we expect that this is the only reality, and the sole occupants of heaven will be from this space-time continuum? 01:13:23 - Why did Jesus ascend into the sky and what happened to His body? Did it disappear or do he go to other planets or outer space? 01:16:14 - Was it not a good idea for Johnny to take the bet with the devil in the song “Devil went down to Georgia”, given that the Church strongly encourages not conversing with the devil or demons, even though he won the bet? 01:19:03 - If humans evolved from different humanoid species in the past, at what point did we gain a soul? 01:24:07 - Why did Peter put on his clothes before jumping in the water? 01:26:05 - In Tobit, Archangel Raphael states that it only seemed to Tobias that he was eating, but really did not. So did Raphael atomize the food he touched when having meals with Tobias or is there another explanation? 01:31:35 - Is it a sin to be psychic?