Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

Could a confession made through a remote-controlled robot body be valid? Jimmy Akin takes listener questions with Cy Kellett, from the Lady in Blue and chili to time in purgatory, vampire cops and the dirt Adam was made from. The post Did the Virgin Mary Invent Chili? (& More Weird Questions) appeared first on StarQuest Media .

Could a pagan god meet Jesus, repent, and go to heaven? Jimmy Akin answers listener Weird Questions with Cy Kellett, from angels outrunning light to an alternate timeline's pope, Atlantis, the mark of Cain, and bison in tornadoes. The post Could a Pagan God Convert and Go to Heaven? (& More Weird Questions) appeared first on StarQuest Media .

Is every prayer a kind of telepathy? On Halloween, Jimmy Akin takes listener questions with Cy Kellett, from ghosts who never ask for Masses to Star Wars' religious roots, time travel, and whether Daleks have souls. The post Do Daleks Have Souls? Star Wars Catholicism & More Weird Questions appeared first on StarQuest Media .

Could a priest who traveled back in time say Mass before the Last Supper? Jimmy Akin takes listener questions on Catholic Answers Live with Cy Kellett, from Mary's DNA to Malachi Martin and the Michigan Melon Heads. The post Time-Travel Mass Before Jesus? Jesus’s DNA, Psychic Conversion & More Weird Questions appeared first on StarQuest Media .

Can science show the soul survives death? Jimmy Akin announces two fall courses for the Rhine Education Center: one on near-death experiences and reincarnation-type cases, and Introduction to Parapsychology. The post Can Science Show the Soul Survives Death? Join My New Courses appeared first on StarQuest Media .

Does a blessing survive the water cycle? Could uplifted animals have souls? Jimmy Akin and Cy Kellett take on tickling, Hitler's parents, Revelation's scorpion-tailed locusts and baptism before birth, with Dom Bettinelli. The post When Does Holy Water Stop Being Holy? (& More Weird Questions) appeared first on StarQuest Media .

Can one human being possess another? MKUltra tried. Jimmy Akin answers that and seven more listener questions — purgatory when the world ends, fallen guardian angels, brain swaps, and whether lizards were once dragons. The post Could You Possess Another Human? (And More Weird Questions) appeared first on StarQuest Media .

A man with no heartbeat knew where the nurse put his dentures. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli look at near-death experiences that came back with facts the patient had no way to know, and ask how they got them. The post Veridical NDEs appeared first on StarQuest Media .

An EgyptAir 767 fell out of a clear sky off Nantucket in 1999, and two governments read the same black boxes and reached opposite verdicts. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli weigh four theories and one Arabic prayer. The post EgyptAir 990:The Crash That Gave bin Laden the Idea for 9/11 appeared first on StarQuest Media .

Announcing Holy Troublemakers, a new podcast from StarQuest. In this weekly podcast host Dom Bettinelli will introduce you to the difficult people who built the Catholic Church. From mystics who argued with popes to missionaries who walked into places nobody sane would go, every episode tells one of their stories. The post Announcing Holy Troublemakers appeared first on StarQuest Media .

Could Jesus have incarnated on a Klingon world while he walked in Galilee? Jimmy Akin takes that question and eleven more from patrons — telekinesis, the Mary Celeste, Salem, ley lines — with Dom Bettinelli. The post Klingon or Time Lord Jesus? Mary Celeste? Salem Witch Trials? And More Patron Questions appeared first on StarQuest Media .

Early Christians read it in church beside the Gospels; a fourth-century Bible bound it in after Revelation. Then it vanished. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli open the Shepherd of Hermas — a tower, a beast, and a question about forgiveness. The post The 100-Foot Beast an Early Christian Saw in Visions (Shepherd of Hermas) appeared first on StarQuest Media .

Colored light around every living thing, readable by anyone with the right training — or by a camera at the mall. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli follow the aura from Mesmer to the selfie app, and weigh what happened under controlled testing. The post Are Auras Real? Aura Colors, Cameras, and the Tests appeared first on StarQuest Media .

A flashlight, three discs over a Missouri ranch, and a ray that cured fifteen years of back pain. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli follow Buck Nelson from Ozark farmer to saucer celebrity — and to a twist that isn't funny at all. The post Buck Nelson, the Ozark Spaceman appeared first on StarQuest Media .

You are sitting with someone as they die, and the room fills with a light that is not from this earth. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine shared death experiences — the cases where a perfectly healthy bystander sees it too. The post Shared Death Experiences appeared first on StarQuest Media .

A monk who sold his soul to write a book in one night, the naked man fleeing Jesus' arrest, and whether Jesus was just an alien with good technology: Jimmy Akin takes on eleven listener weird questions with Cy Kellett and Dom Bettinelli. The post The Devil’s Bible, Jesus Was an Alien?, Psychic Powers in Heaven, and Weird Questions appeared first on StarQuest Media .

Join Jimmy Akin this August for a four-week course on Psi and Christianity. The post Investigating the Paranormal for 2,000 Years appeared first on StarQuest Media .

Dozens of unrelated children said shining, winged figures stood over them as an EF5 tornado destroyed Joplin. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli weigh cryptids, trauma, folklore, and guardian angels behind the butterfly people. The post The Butterfly People of Joplin, Missouri appeared first on StarQuest Media .

He spent his career debunking fake mesmerists and mediums — then dreamed his brother's funeral weeks before it happened. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli trace Mark Twain's strange turn toward telepathy and ask what the Catholic has to say about it. The post Mark Twain Super-Psychic: His Shocking Telepathy & Death Dream appeared first on StarQuest Media .

The U.S. government holds real patents for putting voices in people's heads — and thousands say it's happening to them. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli separate the real physics from psychiatry, internet lore, and outright fraud. The post EXPOSED: The Government’s Patented Way to Put Voices in Your Head appeared first on StarQuest Media .

A Liverpool merchant spent 30 years tunneling beneath his own neighborhood and never said why. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli weigh seven theories about Joseph Williamson and his mysterious underground labyrinth. The post Joseph Williamson’s Tunnels appeared first on StarQuest Media .

A bottomless pit in central Washington, 80,000 feet deep and impossible to fill. In 1997, one phone call to Art Bell turned a piece of local folklore into a national mystery. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli investigate Mel's Hole. The post Mel’s Hole appeared first on StarQuest Media .

The most famous lost object in history — the Ark of the Covenant — vanished from Scripture before 586 BC and was never seen again. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine what it was, trace its history, and weigh nine theories for where it went. The post What Really Happened to the Lost Ark of the Covenant? appeared first on StarQuest Media .

Does a growing human population dilute demonic influence per person? Plus: the Magi's star, Mary after Pentecost, leavened Eucharist history, God's timelessness, and the serpent of Genesis 3. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli answer patron questions. The post What Mary Knew; God’s Choices; Autism & Names in Afterlife; & More appeared first on StarQuest Media .

Thousands of star-like flashes flicker across sky-survey plates shot before any satellite existed — some clustered, some lined up, some on famous UFO nights. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli weigh five explanations for the pre-Sputnik transients. The post Pre-Sputnik Transients appeared first on StarQuest Media .