#10870 Open Forum - Jimmy Akin

Questions Covered:

02:17 – A friend adopted two cocker spaniels that are Double Merles. These dogs are bred with the full knowledge that only one or two of the litter won’t be born blind or deaf, or both, and these will often be put down (which is why my friend adopted them). We agreed it was rather a cruel custom, but then I thought it was no different than how God created humanity in the full knowledge that many would need to be “put down” (to hell). Yes, we have free will, but He knew this would be the case and created us anyway, seems like there had to be a better way or at least no way at all. 
16:05 – Do you know any good stories of persons leaving the SSPX or other schismatic organizations and returning to full communion? 
17:01 – My question is: why have certain pockets of American Catholics lost their schismatic minds and Catholic Answers is silent about it. 
20:12 – If or maybe when time travel becomes possible, would you want to travel back to the first Easter weekend or would you want to travel to any when in Jesus’ life apart from those last days? 
22:28 – If Jesus was nailed through the wrists, why do some stigmatists have the wounds in the palms of their hands? And why do some artists put a nail in each hand and each foot, a total of 4. 
32:21 – Are birthstones in the same vein as astrology? 
37:27 – I’m a wishful skeptic regarding Big Foot. By “wishful skeptic” I mean, I don’t believe in Big Foot, but I wish it was real, that would be fun. What are your thoughts? Is it possible he’s real? It seems that by now we would have stumbled upon the remains of a dead Big Foot.   
46:10 – What Star Trek (non-human) species are most likely to be what aliens would look like?  

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