Today we discussed a BUNCH of objections to Catholicism ... I'll add a link or two under each topic if you want to do more research. Make sure you check out Jimmy's excellent podcast: https://sqpn.com/podcasts/jimmy-akins...

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Here's what we discussed:

- Papal authority and infallibility:
https://pintswithaquinas.com/what-doe...

- The Assumption of Mary
https://pintswithaquinas.com/4-things...

- Hell
https://pintswithaquinas.com/25-does-...
JPII on Hell: https://www.vatican.va/content/john-p...
Pope Benedixt XVI on Hell (especially 45-58): https://www.vatican.va/content/benedi...

- Masturbation
C.S. Lewis on masturbation:    • C.S. Lewis on Masturbation  
Catechism on masturbation: http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/para/23...

- Contraception
   • The Dark Truth about Contraceptives W...  

- Filioque
https://www.catholic.com/tract/filioque

*** Then we went into a lightning round ...

- Women cant be priests
   • The REAL Reason Women Can't Be Priest...  

- Prayers to saints
   • Do Catholics PRAY to Saints? w/ Camer...  

- Purgatory
   • PURGATORY: Everything You Ever Wanted...  
Pope Benedixt XVI on Hell (especially 45-58): https://www.vatican.va/content/benedi...

- Calling priest fathers
https://www.catholic.com/tract/call-n...
Jimmy Akin explaining this at greater length:    • Understanding "Call No Man Father"  

- Moving the sabbath to Sunday?
https://www.catholic.com/magazine/pri...
Jimmy Akin explaining this at greater length:    • Did the Catholic Church "Change the S...  

- The Rosary is repetitious prayer and that's condemned.
https://www.catholic.com/magazine/onl...
Jimmy Akin explaining this at greater length:    • Is the Rosary Just "Vain Repetitions"?  

- Jesus is just a spin off of pagan deities ... new testament not reliable
   • Is Jesus Based on the Pagan God Horus?  
Other vids and resources on this topic:
   • Is Jesus Based on the Pagan God Horus?  
   • Did Jesus Exist & Can You Trust the G...  
   • Did Jesus Exist & Can You Trust the G...  

Timestamps:
00:00 Start
6:07 Papal authority
17:26 Jimmy's Book
20:16 Marian Dogma's
41:04 Hell
44:56 Masturbation (38:48)
47:53 Are more traditional (older) beliefs better and to be more trusted, than modern understandings?
50:18 Doctrinal development
54:04 Exodus 90 fraternity
55:05 Complex questions, complex answers
58:12 Sex-abuse scandal
1:03:06 Contraception
1:12:33 Filioque(and the Son) Controversy
1:17:10 Women can't be priests
1:18:34 Prayers to saints
1:20:30 Calling priests fathers
1:22:50 The Lord's day is not the new sabbath
1:25:45 Repetition in prayer (Rosary)
1:29:59 Sacred music
1:38:54 Is Jesus a spin off of pagan deities? (e.g. Horus)
1:41:06 The reliability of New Testament documents
1:42:38 Acts a reliable travel diary according to ancient mapping data
1:45:08 Random comment about death metal
1:45:32 Taste and the Liturgy (Liturgical Law Book by Jimmy)
1:52:08 Riding a hoverboard up the Altar