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You're listening to episode 76 of Jimmy Aiken's mysterious world,

where we look at mysteries from the twin perspectives of faith and reason.

In this episode, we're talking about weird questions.

I'm Dom Betanelli and joining me today is Jimmy Aiken.

Hi Jimmy. Howdy, Dom.

Jimmy, why are we doing a weird question show this week, even though it's not a fifth Friday?

Yeah, normally we do weird question shows on fifth Fridays, but December is an unusual month,

and our experience last year showed us what you know you could predict, which is that podcasts

released between Christmas and New Year's. Not as many folks are listening to because,

you know, they've got other stuff going on. December is a busy time. People are doing vacation stuff

during that week between Christmas and New Year's. There are a lot of things going on there,

seeing family. And so podcasts don't get as many listens that week, but for those who do

on a listen, we wanted to give you something to listen to. And so for Christmas of week,

we're going to be talking about, could there be new books in the Bible? That's, and the answer

on that one is more complex than you might think. Could places like heaven and the new earth be planets

in another galaxy? Could the Pope allow for his own impeachment? Could aliens receive the Eucharist?

What would happen if a priest time travel and tried to say mass before the last supper had happened?

Why won't there be marriage in the age to come? If the Catholic Church has Nihil Abstats for books,

does it have anything similar for Catholic speakers and teachers? Can a priest give himself confession?

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