MYS259: Could the human soul ever be scientifically detected? Could it even be weighed? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss a series of experiments that claimed to detect the departure of the soul at death, whether that&#8217;s possible, and what other researchers have found.
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* Len Fisher’s book Weighing the Soul: Scientific Discovery from the Brilliant to the Bizarre
* Jason Fung’s book The Diabetes Code
* Jason Fung’s book The Obesity Code
* Jason Fung’s book The Complete Guide to Fasting
* Jimmy’s term paper on weighing the soul
* 21 Grams Experiment (Wikipedia)
* MacDougall’s original paper
* MacDougall’s paper with original correspondence
* Ishida’s refutation of refutations
* How balance scales work (video)
* LA Herald on Twining’s replication
* Hollander’s attempted replication
* Ishida’s critique of Hollander’s results
* Rhine Research Center
* Jason Fung videos


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MYS314: It’s a fifth Friday, so Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live is asking Jimmy Akin weird questions from listeners, about topics like getting married after civilization collapses; what is Sh’ol; can Padre Pio still absolve living penitents; and more weird questions.
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* 03:21 – Can St. Padre Pio still give absolution?
* 06:48 – If a faithful Catholic couple who are not yet married (but want to be) were able to find each other, or happened to already be spending time together, during a cyberattack or catastrophic natural disaster that ended modern society as we know it, how would they go about getting married? If they had no way to find a priest, would they just have to wander around the wasteland until they found one? Or could they make their vows in the presence of whatever witnesses they could find?
* 10:20 – In Psalm 139 in the New American Bible, it says ‘If I ascend to the heavens, you are there; if I lie down in Sheol, you are there too.’ [Psalms 139:8] So, what exactly is Sheol?
* 21:00 – I heard a priest created a machine allowing him to see the events of the Crucifixion as they happened. Then the Vatican excommunicated him. Is this a true-ish story?
* 22:23 – Speaking in tongues and resting in the spirit—are they always legit or are they sometimes psychological?
* 29:24 – Mystics who claim to live without food for years. There are a few in the Catholic tradition but there are also claims of Prahlad Jani, an Indian Hindu. Is it demonic or a hoax?
* 36:48 – What is your opinion on the concept of Limbo as the eternal home of the souls of unbaptized babies?
* 42:29 – If they were still around, which human relatives (homo neanderthalensis, homo erectus, homo floresiensis, homo denisova, etc) would we likely be able to baptize if they were so inclined to be received by Christ and His Church?


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Marriage After Civilization Is Destroyed (& More Weird Questions)

MYS313: Some skeptics say that if God were real, then we’d see miracles of amputated limbs regrown and we don’t. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine a reported of just that, where a young manin 17th-century Spain regrew his leg.
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* Caleb Jackson’s book Undead: A Historical Investigation into the Most Famous Miracle in History (i.e., the Resurrection of Jesus)
* Caleb Jackson’s book Searching for a Solution to Suffering: A Christian Response to the Problem of Evil
* Cameron Bertuzzi’s Capturing Christianity channel
* Virgin Birth debate
* Benedict XIV (Prospero Lambertini)
* 1946 song The Old Lamp-Lighter
* Vittorio Messori interview about the miracle
* Salamander Limb Regeneration
* Why Can We Regrow a Liver?
* Children Regrowing Fingertips
* Can You Regrow Severed Limbs Like a Salamander?
* Regrowing Human Body Parts—Is It Possible?
* Mandy Sellars: Shrinking My 17 Stone Legs


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The Miracle of Calanda (Regrown Limb! Amputated Leg!)

MYS312: Sometimes, near death, a person with dementia will suddenly regain clarity and lucidity and give loved ones a chance to say goodbye. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the phenomenon called terminal lucidity, what could cause it, and whether it tells us anything new about the brain, soul, and consciousness.
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* Alexander Batthyany’s book Threshold: Terminal Lucidity and the Border of Life and Death
* Michael Nahm’s article Terminal Lucidity (Psi-Encyclopedia)
* Michael Nahm’s paper Terminal Lucidity in People with Mental Illness and Other Mental Disability
* Phineas Gage
* German hymn Wo Findet Die Seele Die Heimat, Die Ruh (recording)
* German text
* English text
* Jesse Bearing’s article “One Last Goodbye: The Strange Case of Terminal Lucidity”


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Terminal Lucidity (Sudden Awakenings, Dementia, Alzheimer’s, Near-Death)

MYS311: Last time, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discussed Joe Fisher&#8217;s mid-1980s experiences with spirit guides, and they continue to look at what he learned as he researched the guides and their claims and come to their own conclusions about what had entered Joe&#8217;s life.
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* Joe Fisher’s book The Siren Call of Hungry Ghosts
* Joe Fisher (Psi-Encyclopedia)
* Loren Coleman’s obituary for Joe Fisher
* Louis Proud’s article on Fisher’s Death
* Asian Hungry Ghosts


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Joe Fisher’s Hungry Ghosts! (Siren Call of the Hungry Ghosts, Guides, Mediumship, Channeling)

MYS310: Joe Fisher’s research into spirit guides led him to past life revelations and even a spirit romance. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss how Joe was encouraged to investigate these paranormal claims, the evidence he found, and what he eventually concluded.
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* Jimmy’s course Introduction to Parapsychology
* Joe Fisher’s book The Siren Call of Hungry Ghosts
* Asian Hungry Ghosts


  
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Weighing the Soul? (Scientific evidence for the human soul? Spirit? Life after death?)

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