Open Forum

Questions Covered:

• 04:34 - How can Catholics claim that there is no list of people in hell but invoke anathemas in the councils. How would I respond to this challenge from my Calvinist friend? 
• 15:17 - How do we know that the universe did not happen because of a necessary process? Is a personal God necessary for creation? Could it just be an impersonal being that caused creation? 
• 19:47 - How do we know that the first cause from Aquinas’ argument is God? 
• 24:04 - What bible verses back the claim that we do not adore the Virgin Mary?
• 34:24 - Can saying the Lord’s prayer during mass act as a sort of act of contrition?
• 38:15 - Who are spiritual directors? Can they be laymen? When do you know if you need one? How do you find one? 
• 44:02 - Is it possible for us to believe in the 7 days of creation, big bang, and evolution? 
• 47:30 - How is it possible for the Catholic Church to have eastern saints post schism? 
• 50:40 - Would it make sense to say that the Islamic forces interrupting communications between Christians caused the Great Schism?