Catholic Answers: Ready Reasons
38 Episodes
Ready Reasons are short videos that discuss various topics within the Catholic faith. These concise videos are meant to start a conversation about the Catholic faith and lead viewer to begin their own journey towards the truths of the Catholic faith, or to deepen their understanding of it.
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Were the Magi at Jesus' Birth?
Luke and Matthew's gospels seem to contradict each other on whether or not the magi came to Jesus' birth. Trent Horn breaks down the story of the magi and explains why this isn't a reason to discredit the gospels.
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Is Mary the Mother of God?
Some people say Mary is only the mother of Jesus' humanity and because of this she isn't the mother of God. Is this true? In this Ready Reasons video, Trent explains how Mary can truly be called the mother of God.
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Was Peter Ever in Rome?
Some people say that St. Peter could not have been the bishop of Rome because he was never in Rome at all. Apologist Trent Horn gives reasons why we can believe that he not only spent time in Rome, but was martyred there as well.
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Why are Protestant Bibles Smaller?
Protestant often give Catholic's a hard time for having "added" six books to our bible, but is this what actually happened? Apologist Trent Horn explains what the deuterocanonical books are and gives solid reasons why they are part of the Bible.
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Is Reincarnation Reasonable?
Reincarnation, which literally means "to be made flesh again," is the belief that after death the soul lives on in another body, is believed by many around the world. Is it reasonable to hold this belief? Trent Horn gives reasons why we should reject the theory of reincarnation.
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Is Religion a Crutch?
Atheists sometimes attack religion by saying it's a crutch for the weak-minded. Karlo Broussard refutes this claim and explains how it is a weak argument against belief in God.
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02:08Episode 30
Is Bowing Before a Mary Statue Idolatry?
Episode 30
Protestants often say that Catholics worship Mary in their pious acts, such as when they bow before a statue of Mary. But this objection assumes that the act of bowing is necessarily an act of worship. In this Ready Reasons video, Karlo explains why this assumption is false and why Marian piety i...
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Is Consent Alone Sufficient for Evaluating Sexual Behavior?
Episode 32
As lax as our culture is when it comes to sex, it still sees consent as a necessary condition for appropriate sexual behavior. But is consent the only moral criterion for evaluating sexual behavior? In this Ready Reasons video, Karlo explains why it's not.
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03:04Episode 33
How Do We Know the Tomb Was Empty?
Episode 33
Critics of Christianity often try to explain away the early Christian claim that Jesus rose from the dead by saying they either hallucinated or had visions of the dead Jesus. In this video, Karlo explains why the historicity of the empty tomb deals a lethal blow to these objections.
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02:25Episode 34
Must Bishops Be Married?
Episode 34
Some Protestants quote 1 Timothy 3:2 as proof that the Catholic discipline of celibate bishops is contrary to the bible. But does this text show what Protestants think it does? In this video, Karlo explains why it doesn't and what Paul really meant.
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Is Jesus's Resurrection a Borrowed Idea from Judaism?
Episode 35
Christianity is often charged with being a copycat religion, especially when it comes to Jesus' resurrection. One such charge is that Jesus' resurrection is nothing but an idea borrowed from Judaism, since most first-century Jews believed that there would be a general resurrection at the end of t...
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02:10Episode 36
Are the Saints Aware of Our Prayers?
Episode 36
Seventh-day Adventists claim that the Bible proves that souls in the afterlife aren't cognitively aware of our lives on Earth, much less our prayer, and, if this is true, then invoking the saints to pray for us is futile. In this episode of Ready Reasons, Karlo shows why this objection doesn't de...
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Did the Catholic Church Change the 10 Commandments?
Episode 37
Some Protestants claim that the Catholic Church changed the second commandment in order to justify its idolatrous practice of having graven images in its places of worship. But is this true? In this video, Karlo gives reasons why the Church didn't change the second commandment and why its practic...
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02:16Episode 38
Why Can't the Universe Be a Brute Fact?
Episode 38
Some atheists try to avoid the conclusion that God exists by saying the universe needs no explanation—that it's simply a brute fact. In this episode of Ready Reasons, Karlo shows how this view is self-defeating and thus unreasonable.