Today Matt & Jimmy kick back to discuss everything from the ethics of marijuanna usage and Aquinas’ four conditions for a genuine law, to the MKUltra program and the SSPX schism. Hold on tight, you’re in for a treat.

Ep. 596

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📚 Resources Mentioned:

Jimmy’s Mysterious World: https://www.youtube.com/@JimmyAkin
The Jimmy Akin Podcast: https://www.catholic.com/audio/tjap
Evidence for Christ: https://shop.catholic.com/evidence-for-christ/?srsltid=AfmBOorIW4PinBCTqKBGFDh7h0S83DSMhfVkk9Z0saqCNRCNaDvrQ467
Jimmy Akin article on the SSPX Schism: https://www.catholic.com/audio/tjap/excommunicated-the-sspx-in-schism-again
Theotokos Rosaries: https://dwplus.shop/TheotokosRosaries
Truthly 30 Day Free Trial: https://get.truthly.ai/TlbX/MATT30

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⏱️ Timestamps:

00:00:00 – Intro
00:13:40 – Tobacco blends & pipe shop talk
00:25:57 – Is smoking tobacco sinful?
00:29:56 – Aquinas on drunkenness & drug ethics
00:36:08 – Aquinas's four conditions for a genuine law
00:40:37 – Prohibition's poisoned alcohol (Iron Mike Malloy)
00:55:24 – CIA's MKUltra & LSD
01:16:01 – Origins of the anti-smoking movement
01:19:27 – Tobacco's ceremonial history & Nicholas Black Elk
01:28:00 – SSPX/Lefebvre schism explained
02:20:48 – Why people dislike coffee (arabica vs. robusta)
02:30:07 – Speaking apologetics without jargon
02:35:11 – New book: Evidence for Christ
02:44:48 – OT exile, lost tribes & Messianic expectation
03:00:19 – Jesus as wonder-worker
03:08:22 – Evidence for the Resurrection
03:23:46 – Argument for one God
03:39:15 – Demons vs. fallen angels
03:51:08 – Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

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