by Karlo Broussard | Oct 15, 2018 | Articles, General Ethics
I’m always amazed at how modern animated movies are not shy to interact with philosophical concepts. Sometimes they do so in objectionable ways, such as when Skipper, the main character in Penguins of Madagascar, proudly proclaims, “I reject nature. Who’s with me?”...
by Karlo Broussard | Oct 5, 2018 | Audio, Catholic Answers Live, Podcast
Audio Download Questions Covered: 16:11 – Don’t you think the Catholic Church should stop trying to influence the policy of our country and mind it’s own business? 30:35 – How can Mary hear all prayers if she is human? Wouldn’t that be possible only for...
by Karlo Broussard | Oct 1, 2018 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
In the Bible, Jesus is said to have cast out demons, raised people from the dead, and healed the blind and deaf. But to many skeptics, such things sound like the stuff of legend, too fantastic to believe. There are two ways to talk to skeptics about Jesus’ miracles: a...
by Karlo Broussard | Sep 26, 2018 | Audio, Catholic Answers Live, Podcast
Audio Download Questions Covered: 06:26 – God has the divine attribute of foreknowledge. How could he destine a created soul for hell? 19:22 – The idea that the Church can issue annulments. 36:24 – I don’t agree with the Church on the death penalty....
by Karlo Broussard | Sep 24, 2018 | Articles, General
Last week we looked at six Catholic beliefs that blogger Lea Rose Emery called “weird” in a shallow misrepresentation of Catholicism that nonetheless has been read by over 70,000 people. Let’s once more follow her advice and “take a harder look” at the remaining six...
by Karlo Broussard | Sep 17, 2018 | Audio, Catholic Answers Live, Podcast
Audio Download Questions Covered: 23:29 – Why does the Church holds beliefs about the Virgin Mary that seem supernatural? How can this be scientifically proven? 33:19 – How do the Sacraments help us to approach God? 41:35 – What are the 3 top reasons...
by Karlo Broussard | Sep 17, 2018 | Articles, General
An American comedienne named Lea Rose Emery recently shared with the world an online article entitled, “The 12 Most Absurd Things Catholics Actually Believe In.” In it she advises Catholics to wake up from their trance of going along with “weird Catholic beliefs they...
by Karlo Broussard | Sep 4, 2018 | Audio, Misc. Podcast Interviews
Matt Fradd and I geek out on Aquinas’ Fourth Way for proving God’s existence. We also talk a little bit about my new book Prepare the Way: Overcoming Obstacles to God, the Gospel, and the Church. You can listen to the interview...
by Karlo Broussard | Sep 4, 2018 | Audio, Misc. Radio Broadcasts, Podcast
The Wake Up team at Catholic Community Radio in Baton Rouge, LA interviews me about what we can say to someone who doesn’t believe Jesus existed because the only evidence for him comes from the Bible. We focus on chapter fourteen in my book Prepare the Way:...
by Karlo Broussard | Sep 3, 2018 | Articles, Christian Apologetics
When asked what it would take for them to believe in God, atheists often say that something miraculous, like a cut-off limb growing back, would move them to belief. They intuit that if being could be given where there is non-being, there must be a transcendent cause...
