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<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/MYS393-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />It's our annual Thanksgiving Weird Questions episode, and this time Cy Kellett is asking Jimmy Akin questions about whether the Holy Spirit has chromosomes, what sacraments angels can perform (if any), whether Zoroaster was a savior before Jesus, and what to make of the sword of St. Michael.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2025/11/the-sword-of-st-michael-and-more-weird-questions/">The Sword of St. Michael (and More Weird Questions)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

The Sword of St. Michael (and More Weird Questions)

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2022-Advent-Giving-Jimmy-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Advent begins. Help StarQuest bring faith and reason to the world. Become a $10/month patron (or increase your current donation by $10 per month) and be among the first 400 donors to receive a Mysterious World sticker signed by Jimmy and Dom. Your gift is matched up to $15,000.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2025/11/this-advent-help-starquest-continue-the-mission/">This Advent, Help StarQuest Continue the Mission</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

This Advent, Help StarQuest Continue the Mission

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<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/MYS385-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Was Kenneth Arnold’s 1947 sighting evidence of extraterrestrial craft? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli revisit the case, weigh rival explanations, and assess why his measurements still unsettle skeptics.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2025/10/kenneth-arnold-ufo-sighting-the-first-ufos/">Kenneth Arnold UFO Sighting (The First UFOs)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Kenneth Arnold UFO Sighting (The First UFOs)

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/MYS323-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Who was Enoch, what is his book, and why is it a "lost scripture"? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the mysterious Enoch, the references to him in the New Testament, and what makes his book so fascinating and mysterious.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2024/08/lost-scripture-the-book-of-enoch/">Lost Scripture: The Book of Enoch</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Lost Scripture: The Book of Enoch

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/MYS330-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />We continue our examination of the Zodiac killer who terrorized California in the late 60s. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli look at this extensive correspondence with newspapers and his bizarre claims ask why he wanted so much attention.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2024/09/the-zodiac-killer-letters-or-codes-games/">The Zodiac Killer Letters [or Codes? Games?]</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

The Zodiac Killer Letters [or Codes? Games?]

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/MYS206.1-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />In a special bonus episode, Jimmy Akin gives a brief overview of Congressional hearings in May 2022 on UFOs/UAPs and then includes the entire hearing for listeners to hear for themselves.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2022/05/congressional-ufo-uap-hearings/">Congressional UFO/UAP Hearings</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Congressional UFO/UAP Hearings

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/MYS289a-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />In this bonus episode, Jimmy Akin is a guest on the Pints with Jack podcast hosted by David Bates, where they discuss C.S. Lewis' scientific mistakes and the consequences for Christianity of finding intelligent life on other planets.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2023/12/astrophysics-cosmic-salvation-pints-with-jack/">Astrophysics &#038; Cosmic Salvation &#8211; Pints with Jack</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Astrophysics & Cosmic Salvation – Pints with Jack

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/MYS302-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />When a Satanist recently asked Jimmy Akin for help with whether he might be possessed, Jimmy offered his best advice. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss that advice and explore how one could approach a similar situation with empathy, charity, and reason, while taking this kind of situation seriously.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2024/03/a-satanist-asks-for-help-possession-obsession-vexation-infestation/">A Satanist Asks for Help (Possession, Obsession, Vexation, Infestation)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

A Satanist Asks for Help (Possession, Obsession, Vexation, Infestation)

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/MYS171-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />On the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the main alternate theories about what happened on that terrible day, including whether it was really planes that caused the deaths of nearly 3,000 people and destruction at three sites.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2021/09/the-9-11-attacks-conspiracy-911-truth-september-11-attacks/">The 9/11 Attacks (Conspiracy? 911 truth; September 11 attacks)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

The 9/11 Attacks (Conspiracy? 911 truth; September 11 attacks)

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/MYS380-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />It's a fifth Friday, so Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live is asking Jimmy Akin weird questions from listeners, about topics like what we will be doing after the Resurrection; the morality of Catholics colonizing Mars; why Lucifer rebelled; and more.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2025/08/could-catholics-colonize-mars-and-more-weird-questions/">Could Catholics Colonize Mars? (And More Weird Questions)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Could Catholics Colonize Mars? (And More Weird Questions)

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MYS184-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />As we recall the 80th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss allegations that the US had advance warning of the Japanese attack or even that President Roosevelt provoked the attack to end American isolationism. What is the truth?
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2021/12/countdown-to-pearl-harbor-fdr-advance-knowledge/">Countdown to Pearl Harbor? (FDR, Advance Knowledge)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Countdown to Pearl Harbor? (FDR, Advance Knowledge)

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/MYS351-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />In November 2024, Congress held more UFO hearings, which revealed a secret government program called Immaculate Constellation. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss what this program is, what it does, and what it all reveals is really happening with UAPs.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2025/02/immaculate-constellation-ufo-program/">Immaculate Constellation UFO Program</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Immaculate Constellation UFO Program

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/MYS230-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Seventh-day Adventist founder Ellen White reported receiving more than 2,000 visions from God and that her writings were divinely inspired. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli ask whether Ellen was a genuine prophetess and if her visions were really from God.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2022/10/testing-ellen-gould-white-seventh-day-adventist-prophetess/">Testing Ellen Gould White (Seventh-Day Adventist Prophetess)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Testing Ellen Gould White (Seventh-Day Adventist Prophetess)

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/MYS329-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />The Zodiac Killer struck fear into the heart of San Francisco in the late ‘60s, leaving a trail of cryptic letters, chilling ciphers, and unsolved murders. Who was this self-named killer, and what drove him to taunt the police and the public with his gruesome game? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli delve into the mind of Zodiac to piece together clues that could finally reveal his identity.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2024/09/the-zodiac-killer-crimes/">The Zodiac Killer Crimes</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

The Zodiac Killer Crimes

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/MYS235-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />We regularly give Patrons the opportunity to ask Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli their mysterious questions and make them available exclusively to Patrons first and then later to the whole audience.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2022/12/de-extinction-and-more-patron-questions/">De-Extinction! (And More Patron Questions)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

De-Extinction! (And More Patron Questions)

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/MYS264b-post-1-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Cameron Bertuzzi invited Jimmy Akin on his show recently to discuss the latest UAP whistleblower, David Grusch, and all things related to Christianity and UAPs. Now Cameron has graciously allowed us to bring this video to you.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2023/06/ufo-whistleblower-revelations/">UFO Whistleblower Revelations</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

UFO Whistleblower Revelations

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MYS151-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />In 1962, the Joint Chiefs of Staff sent Operation Northwoods to JFK as a daring, covert plan to stop a potential Soviet invasion. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss this now declassified plan, the shocking series of secret actions it proposed, and Kennedy's response.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2021/04/operation-northwoods-cold-war-mystery/">Operation Northwoods (Cold War Mystery!)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Operation Northwoods (Cold War Mystery!)

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/MYS275-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Belief in reincarnation is found in multiple world religions, but it is also studied from a scientific perspective today as well. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss what parapsychologists have found about cases of the reincarnation type and ask what could explain their findings.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2023/09/reincarnation-research-ian-stevenson/">Reincarnation Research (Ian Stevenson)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Reincarnation Research (Ian Stevenson)

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/MYS346a-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Continuing his annual tradition, Jimmy Akin held a marathon 4-hour livestream on his YouTube channel on Christmas Day, hanging out and answering questions for anyone who came by. And now we're sharing it with our podcast audience as well. Merry Christmas!
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2025/01/alone-together-for-christmas-2024/">Alone Together for Christmas 2024</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Alone Together for Christmas 2024

An important thank you message and update from StarQuest's Dom Bettinelli.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2020/10/an-important-update-from-starquests-dom-bettinelli/">An Important Update from StarQuest&#8217;s Dom Bettinelli</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

An Important Update from StarQuest’s Dom Bettinelli

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/MYS202-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />UFO researchers have often talked about encountering mysterious floating orbs, including at Skinwalker Ranch. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the blue orbs that induce fear and may even be causing harm and what may explain them. 
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2022/04/blue-panic-orbs-skinwalker-ranch-fatal-attack/">Blue Panic Orbs! (Skinwalker Ranch! Fatal Attack!)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Blue Panic Orbs! (Skinwalker Ranch! Fatal Attack!)

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/MYS290a-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />In what has become an annual tradition, Jimmy Akin spends a few hours on Christmas in a livestream, hanging out and answering questions, in particular for those who don't have anyone to be with for the holiday.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2023/12/alone-together-for-christmas-2023/">Alone Together for Christmas 2023</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Alone Together for Christmas 2023

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/MYS223-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />In 19th century London, residents reported a ghostly figure in outrageous costumes would accost them, sometimes bellowing blue flame in their faces, and then vanish in the night. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli ask who was Spring-Heeled Jack and did he really exist.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2022/09/spring-heeled-jack-victorian-mystery/">Spring-Heeled Jack (Victorian Mystery!)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Spring-Heeled Jack (Victorian Mystery!)

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/MYS300-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />We're celebrating our 300th numbered episode and so Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli are discussing more of our listeners' and viewers' mysterious experiences and what Jimmy makes of what you've shared with them.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2024/03/your-mysterious-experiences-300th-episode/">Your Mysterious Experiences! (300th Episode!)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Your Mysterious Experiences! (300th Episode!)

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/MYS212a-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Mysterious feedback! Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli answer your mysterious feedback on recent episodes, including Bill Ray, Our Lady of Kibeho, Steven Greer, Poltergeists, Dr. Edwin May, Inflation, and Ghost Bride.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2022/06/mysterious-feedback-special-july-2022/">Mysterious Feedback Special, July 2022</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Mysterious Feedback Special, July 2022

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/MYS238b-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />In a new Christmas tradition, Jimmy Akin welcomed everyone, especially those who might alone, to join him for a livestream festive gathering on Christmas day where he answered many questions.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2022/12/alone-together-for-christmas-2022/">Alone Together for Christmas 2022</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Alone Together for Christmas 2022

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/MYS339-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />The Vatican has said that nothing obstructs the faithful from having a devotion to Medjugorje, but hasn’t specified whether the phenomenon is of supernatural or natural origin. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine the arguments for and against and come to their own conclusions.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2024/11/investigating-medjugorje/">Investigating Medjugorje</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Investigating Medjugorje

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/MYS181-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Fifty years ago, Dan Cooper boarded a short flight to Seattle and then hijacked the plane. After getting $200,00 in ransom, he parachuted out of the plane, never to be seen again. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli ask who he really was, how he pulled off the plot, and what happened to him after.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2021/11/d-b-cooper-the-hijacker-who-got-away/">D.B. Cooper: The Hijacker Who Got Away</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

D.B. Cooper: The Hijacker Who Got Away

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MYS327-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />It's a fifth Friday, so Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live is asking Jimmy Akin weird questions from listeners, about topics like mechanical telepathy; Neanderthals in Genesis; aliens in the afterlife; convert popes; and more weird questions.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2024/08/neanderthals-in-genesis-weird-questions/">Neanderthals in Genesis? (Weird Questions)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Neanderthals in Genesis? (Weird Questions)

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/MYS226a-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />In this mysterious bonus episode, Jimmy Akin and Cy Kellett discuss the origins of astrology, what it is and isn't, and whether it's permissible for Catholics to follow astrology.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2022/10/can-catholics-follow-astrology/">Can Catholics Follow Astrology?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Can Catholics Follow Astrology?

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/MYS336-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />We're back with more Halloween-related weird questions as Cy Kellet of Catholic Answers Live asks Jimmy Akin about topics like baptizing Frankenstein's monster, poltergeist phenomena, children seeing ghosts, soul-sucking pumpkins, and more!
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2024/11/baptizing-frankensteins-monster-weird-questions/">Baptizing Frankenstein’s Monster (Weird Questions)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Baptizing Frankenstein’s Monster (Weird Questions)

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/MYS271-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />It's our 5th anniversary and to celebrate this milestone, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli have collected amazing mysterious experiences from our listeners to share some of them and then discuss them from the faith and reason perspectives.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2023/08/your-mysterious-experiences-5th-anniversary/">Your Mysterious Experiences! (5th Anniversary)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Your Mysterious Experiences! (5th Anniversary)

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MYS344-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />During Christmas week, we're bringing you another round of weird questions for Jimmy Akin posed by Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live, including time travel and inserting yourself into the Bible, Adam and Eve and belly buttons, lost letters of St. Paul, Jimmy's most wanted lost books of history, and more.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2024/12/inserting-yourself-into-the-bible-weird-questions/">Inserting Yourself Into the Bible (Weird Questions)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Inserting Yourself Into the Bible (Weird Questions)

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/MYS377-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Can we sense the future—before it happens? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli confront the scientific chaos sparked by Daryl Bem’s mind-bending 2011 precognition study and unpack the data, the fury, and what it all means. 
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2025/08/feeling-the-future-precognition-daryl-bem-psi-research/">Feeling the Future (Precognition, Daryl Bem, Psi Research)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Feeling the Future (Precognition, Daryl Bem, Psi Research)

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/MYS159-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Zombies have become a staple of pop culture, but as Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss, they are a real and recognized phenomenon in the nation of Haiti. What are these zombies, what causes them, and are they really the dead brought back to life?
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2021/06/zombies-real-haitian-zombies/">Zombies! (Real, Haitian Zombies!)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Zombies! (Real, Haitian Zombies!)

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/MYS358-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />What really happened at the infamous house on Ocean Avenue? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli unfold the unsettling tale as they analyze the chilling events behind the Amityville Horror through the lenses of faith and reason. Get a compelling look at one of America’s most talked-about supernatural cases.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2025/04/the-amityville-horror/">The Amityville Horror</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

The Amityville Horror

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/MYS166-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />The Bible records the story of Moses and Exodus, the foundational event in the Jewish faith, but some skeptics say it never happened. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine the evidence to determine whether the Exodus really occurred.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2021/08/the-exodus-did-it-happen/">The Exodus! (Did It Happen?)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

The Exodus! (Did It Happen?)

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2022-Advent-Giving-Jimmy-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Jimmy Akin has a special message as we approach the Christmas season. If you enjoy Mysterious World and want it to continue, it's very important that we hear from you this Advent and Christmas.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2022/12/a-special-advent-message-from-jimmy-akin/">A Special Advent Message from Jimmy Akin</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

A Special Advent Message from Jimmy Akin

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/MYS222a-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Mysterious feedback! Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli answer your mysterious feedback on recent episodes, including the Green Children of Woolpit, Blue Panic Orbs, animal afterlife, Isdal Woman, How We Found the Universe, UFO/UAP Hearings, and more.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2022/09/mysterious-feedback-special-september-2022/">Mysterious Feedback Special, September 2022</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Mysterious Feedback Special, September 2022

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/MYS234a-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Mysterious feedback! Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli answer your mysterious feedback on recent episodes, including the Cuban missile crisis; Close Encounters of the Third Kind; Urim and Thummim; Robert Righi; Kabbalah; Eucharistic Miracles; and more.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2022/11/mysterious-feedback-november-2022/">Mysterious Feedback, November 2022</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Mysterious Feedback, November 2022

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Rhine-Promo-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Jimmy Akin will be teaching a course on an Introduction to Parapsychology at the Rhine Institute starting October 2023 and you can be part of it! Check it out at http://rhineedu.org
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2023/09/study-parapsychology-with-jimmy-akin/">Study Parapsychology with Jimmy Akin</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Study Parapsychology with Jimmy Akin

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/MYS194-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Dr. Steven Greer for years has led the "Disclosure" movement to have the US government reveal what it knows about extraterrestrials, says he's conducting diplomacy with aliens on behalf of the human race and says he can summon the peaceful aliens and can teach others to do so as well. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli ask who is Dr. Greer, are the aliens really friendly, and can we really summon aliens?
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2022/02/steven-greer-summoning-aliens-cseti-ce5/">Steven Greer: Summoning Aliens? (CSETI, CE5)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Steven Greer: Summoning Aliens? (CSETI, CE5)

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/MYS335-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />We're on the verge of Halloween, so Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live is asking Jimmy Akin weird questions from listeners about Halloween topics like Samhain, favorite candies; Dracula; Annabelle; and Addams Family or Munsters; and more.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2024/10/halloween-weird-questions/">Halloween Weird Questions!</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Halloween Weird Questions!

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2023-Advent-Giving-Jimmy-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Jimmy Akin has a special message as we approach the Christmas season. We need to hear from Mysterious World listeners this Advent and Christmas at sqpn.com/give today.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2023/12/a-special-message-from-jimmy-akin-2/">A special message from Jimmy Akin</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

A special message from Jimmy Akin

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/MYS387-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />A mysterious Tennessee farmer who received startling visions of the future no one believed. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli revisit the story of John Hendrix with new information about his incredible claims and their connection to a big event in American history.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2025/10/the-tennessee-prophet-john-hendrix/">The Tennessee Prophet John Hendrix</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

The Tennessee Prophet John Hendrix

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/MYS378-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />A rural Oklahoma family faced nightly terror—food theft, rock attacks, and prowlers peering in windows. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli weigh Bigfoot vs. bear, hidden motives, and eerie mimicry. Could this siege change what we believe? 
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2025/08/honobia-bigfoot-siege/">Honobia Bigfoot Siege</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Honobia Bigfoot Siege

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MYS343-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />In Japan, 1954, a man arrives at airport customs with a passport from country that doesn't exist. He's arrested, but then vanishes. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli ask who was the man from Taured and could have come from a parallel world as some claim?
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2024/12/the-man-from-taured/">The Man from Taured</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

The Man from Taured

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/MYS275a-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Dr. Ben Carson has Jimmy AKin on his show to discuss UFOs and recent claims by retired Air Force officer David Grusch about a secret gov't UFO recovery program, as well as Jimmy's perpsective on the existence of extraterrestrial life and its compatibility with religious beliefs. 
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2023/09/exploring-the-ufo-phenomenon-with-dr-ben-carson/">Exploring the UFO Phenomenon with Dr. Ben Carson</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Exploring the UFO Phenomenon with Dr. Ben Carson

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/MYS390-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />How do science and magic intersect? St. Albert the Great wanted to understand. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli, joined by Dr. Justin Sledge, unpack St. Albert the Great’s mystical side—his writings on magic, alchemy, and the hidden powers of nature. 
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2025/11/st-albert-the-great-magic/">St. Albert the Great &#038; Magic</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

St. Albert the Great & Magic

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MYS294-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />In 1982, 7 people suddenly died in Chicago, having taken Extra Strength Tylenol just before, and police learned the pills had been tampered with. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss what happened, who was responsible, and how these events changed American permanently.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2024/01/1982-chicago-tylenol-murders/">1982 Chicago Tylenol Murders</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

1982 Chicago Tylenol Murders

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/MYS269a-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Here's more of Jimmy Akin's conversation with Fr. Nathan Castle that didn't fit in our previous episode, but which Jimmy thought was interesting enough to offer as a bonus to our audience.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2023/08/more-with-fr-nathan-castle/">More With Fr. Nathan Castle</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

More With Fr. Nathan Castle

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/MYS236a-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Mysterious feedback! Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli answer your mysterious feedback on recent episodes, including Shadow People, Patron questions, Spring-Heeled Jack, Edgar Cayce, God's Wife, weird questions, and more!
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2022/12/mysterious-feedback-december-2022/">Mysterious Feedback, December 2022</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Mysterious Feedback, December 2022

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MYS292-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Many reports of near-death experiences sound positive and uplifting and blissful. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss those that are reported as distinctly negative and distressing. What happens in them, what do they mean, and what are their implications?
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2024/01/back-from-hell-negative-near-death-experiences-ndes/">Back from Hell? Negative Near-Death Experiences (NDEs)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Back from Hell? Negative Near-Death Experiences (NDEs)

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/MYS274a-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />In this bonus episode, we bring you this discussion between Emerson Green and Jimmy Akin about ten common objections to UFO phenomena and alien visitations. Thank you to Emerson for letting us share this show with our audience.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2023/09/alien-apologetics-with-emerson-green/">Alien Apologetics with Emerson Green</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Alien Apologetics with Emerson Green

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/MYS232a-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Mysterious feedback! Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli answer your mysterious feedback on recent episodes, including Art's Parts, Time Travel Prayer, Patron Questions, the Haunted House of Marin County, Harriet Tubman, Bilocation, and more.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2022/11/mysterious-feedback-october-2022/">Mysterious Feedback, October 2022</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Mysterious Feedback, October 2022

Do AI have a soul? In this mysterious bonus episode, Jimmy Akin and Cy Kellett discuss recent claims about artificial intelligence programs, including one at Google, that have a soul.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2022/09/can-artificial-intelligence-have-a-soul-2/">Can Artificial Intelligence Have a Soul?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Can Artificial Intelligence Have a Soul?

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/MYS388-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />For thousands of years, people have sought to communicate with spirits in basically every culture and religion. But is all spirit communication forbidden to Christians? Jimmy Akin gets to the truth of the matter on what the Bible says, what different Christians have held, and what the Church says today.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2025/10/spirit-communications/">Spirit Communication</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Spirit Communication

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MYS221-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Ever thought you saw a shadowy figure out of the corner of your eye? Or the shadowy silhouette of a person directly in front of you? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the Shadow People, what they are, and where they come from.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2022/08/shadow-people-aliens-ghosts-demons-something-else/">Shadow People! (Aliens? Ghosts? Demons? Something Else?)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Shadow People! (Aliens? Ghosts? Demons? Something Else?)

Seinfeld - Season 5

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<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MYS307-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />After hearing many stories of people reporting After Death Communications from deceased loved ones, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine the reports from the faith and reason perspectives. Are they just imagination? Is it the grief talking? Could it be demons?
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2024/04/analyzing-after-death-communications/">Analyzing After Death Communications</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Analyzing After Death Communications

<h2 id="article3">Article 3. Whether God exists?</h2>
Objection 1.&nbsp;It seems that&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608a.htm">God</a>&nbsp;does not&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608b.htm">exist</a>; because if one of two contraries be&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08004a.htm">infinite</a>, the other would be altogether destroyed. But the word "God" means that He is&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08004a.htm">infinite</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06636b.htm">goodness</a>. If, therefore,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608b.htm">God existed</a>, there would be no&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05649a.htm">evil</a>&nbsp;discoverable; but there is&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05649a.htm">evil</a>&nbsp;in the world. Therefore&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608a.htm">God</a>&nbsp;does not&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608b.htm">exist</a>.
Objection 2.&nbsp;Further, it is superfluous to suppose that what can be accounted for by a few principles has been produced by many. But it seems that everything we see in the world can be accounted for by other principles, supposing&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608a.htm">God</a>&nbsp;did not&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608b.htm">exist</a>. For all&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10715a.htm">natural</a>&nbsp;things can be reduced to one principle which is&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10715a.htm">nature</a>; and all&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15506a.htm">voluntary</a>&nbsp;things can be reduced to one principle which is&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09580c.htm">human</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12673b.htm">reason</a>, or&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15624a.htm">will</a>. Therefore there is no need to suppose&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608b.htm">God's existence</a>.
On the contrary,&nbsp;It is said in the person of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608a.htm">God</a>: "I am Who am." (<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/bible/exo003.htm#verse14">Exodus 3:14</a>)
I answer that,&nbsp;The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608b.htm">existence of God</a>&nbsp;can be&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12454c.htm">proved</a>&nbsp;in five ways.
The first and more manifest way is the argument from motion. It is&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03539b.htm">certain</a>, and evident to our senses, that in the world some things are in motion. Now whatever is in motion is put in motion by another, for nothing can be in motion except it is in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01124a.htm">potentiality</a>&nbsp;to that towards which it is in motion; whereas a thing moves inasmuch as it is in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01124a.htm">act</a>. For motion is nothing else than the reduction of something from&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01124a.htm">potentiality</a>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01124a.htm">actuality</a>. But nothing can be reduced from&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01124a.htm">potentiality</a>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01124a.htm">actuality</a>, except by something in a state of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01124a.htm">actuality</a>. Thus that which is&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01124a.htm">actually</a>&nbsp;hot, as fire, makes wood, which is&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01124a.htm">potentially</a>&nbsp;hot, to be&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01124a.htm">actually</a>&nbsp;hot, and thereby moves and changes it. Now it is not possible that the same thing should be at once in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01124a.htm">actuality</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01124a.htm">potentiality</a>&nbsp;in the same respect, but only in different respects. For what is&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01124a.htm">actually</a>&nbsp;hot cannot simultaneously be&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01124a.htm">potentially</a>&nbsp;hot; but it is simultaneously&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01124a.htm">potentially</a>&nbsp;cold. It is therefore impossible that in the same respect and in the same way a thing should be both mover and moved, i.e. that it should move itself. Therefore, whatever is in motion must be put in motion by another. If that by which it is put in motion be itself put in motion, then this also must needs be put in motion by another, and that by another again. But this cannot go on to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08004a.htm">infinity</a>, because then there would be no first mover, and, consequently, no other mover; seeing that subsequent movers move only inasmuch as they are put in motion by the first mover; as the staff moves only because it is put in motion by the hand. Therefore it is&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10733a.htm">necessary</a>&nbsp;to arrive at a first mover, put in motion by no other; and this everyone understands to be&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608a.htm">God</a>.
The second way is from the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10715a.htm">nature</a>&nbsp;of the efficient&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03459a.htm">cause</a>. In the world of sense we find there is an order of efficient&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03459a.htm">causes</a>. There is no case&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08673a.htm">known</a>&nbsp;(neither is it, indeed, possible) in which a thing is found to be the efficient&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03459a.htm">cause</a>&nbsp;of itself; for so it would be prior to itself, which is impossible. Now in efficient&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03459a.htm">causes</a>&nbsp;it is not possible to go on to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08004a.htm">infinity</a>, because in all efficient&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03459a.htm">causes</a>&nbsp;following in order, the first is the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03459a.htm">cause</a>&nbsp;of the intermediate&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03459a.htm">cause</a>, and the intermediate is the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03459a.htm">cause</a>&nbsp;of the ultimate&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03459a.htm">cause</a>, whether the intermediate&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03459a.htm">cause</a>&nbsp;be several, or only one. Now to take away the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03459a.htm">cause</a>&nbsp;is to take away the effect. Therefore, if there be no first&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03459a.htm">cause</a>&nbsp;among efficient&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03459a.htm">causes</a>, there will be no ultimate, nor any intermediate&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03459a.htm">cause</a>. But if in efficient&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03459a.htm">causes</a>&nbsp;it is possible to go on to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08004a.htm">infinity</a>, there will be no first efficient&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03459a.htm">cause</a>, neither will there be an ultimate effect, nor any intermediate efficient&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03459a.htm">causes</a>; all of which is plainly&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05781a.htm">false</a>. Therefore it is&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10733a.htm">necessary</a>&nbsp;to admit a first efficient&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03459a.htm">cause</a>, to which everyone gives the name of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608a.htm">God</a>.
The third way is taken from possibility and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10733a.htm">necessity</a>, and runs thus. We find in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10715a.htm">nature</a>&nbsp;things that are possible to be and not to be, since they are found to be generated, and to corrupt, and consequently, they are possible to be and not to be. But it is impossible for these always to exist, for that which is possible not to be at some time is not. Therefore, if everything is possible not to be, then at one time there could have been nothing in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05543b.htm">existence</a>. Now if this were&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15073a.htm">true</a>, even now there would be nothing in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05543b.htm">existence</a>, because that which does not&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05543b.htm">exist</a>&nbsp;only begins to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05543b.htm">exist</a>&nbsp;by something already&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05543b.htm">existing</a>. Therefore, if at one time nothing was in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05543b.htm">existence</a>, it would have been impossible for anything to have begun to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05543b.htm">exist</a>; and thus even now nothing would be in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05543b.htm">existence</a>&nbsp;&mdash; which is absurd. Therefore, not all beings are merely possible, but there must&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05543b.htm">exist</a>&nbsp;something the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05543b.htm">existence</a>&nbsp;of which is&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10733a.htm">necessary</a>. But every&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10733a.htm">necessary</a>&nbsp;thing either has its&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10733a.htm">necessity</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03459a.htm">caused</a>&nbsp;by another, or not. Now it is impossible to go on to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08004a.htm">infinity</a>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10733a.htm">necessary</a>&nbsp;things which have their&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10733a.htm">necessity</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03459a.htm">caused</a>&nbsp;by another, as has been already&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12454c.htm">proved</a>&nbsp;in regard to efficient&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03459a.htm">causes</a>. Therefore we cannot but postulate the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05543b.htm">existence</a>&nbsp;of some being having of itself its own&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10733a.htm">necessity</a>, and not receiving it from another, but rather causing in others their&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10733a.htm">necessity</a>. This all&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09580c.htm">men</a>&nbsp;speak of as&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608a.htm">God</a>.
The fourth way is taken from the gradation to be found in things. Among beings there are some more and some less&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06636b.htm">good</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15073a.htm">true</a>, noble and the like. But "more" and "less" are predicated of different things, according as they resemble in their different ways something which is the maximum, as a thing is said to be hotter according as it more nearly resembles that which is hottest; so that there is something which is truest, something best, something noblest and, consequently, something which is uttermost being; for those things that are greatest in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15073a.htm">truth</a>&nbsp;are greatest in being, as it is written in Metaph. ii. Now the maximum in any genus is the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03459a.htm">cause</a>&nbsp;of all in that genus; as fire, which is the maximum heat, is the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03459a.htm">cause</a>&nbsp;of all hot things. Therefore there must also be something which is to all beings the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03459a.htm">cause</a>&nbsp;of their being,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06636b.htm">goodness</a>, and every other perfection; and this we call&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608a.htm">God</a>.
The fifth way is taken from the governance of the world. We see that things which lack&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08066a.htm">intelligence</a>, such as&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10715a.htm">natural</a>&nbsp;bodies, act for an end, and this is evident from their acting always, or nearly always, in the same way, so as to obtain the best result. Hence it is plain that not fortuitously, but designedly, do they achieve their end. Now whatever lacks&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08066a.htm">intelligence</a>&nbsp;cannot move towards an end, unless it be directed by some being endowed with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08673a.htm">knowledge</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08066a.htm">intelligence</a>; as the arrow is shot to its mark by the archer. Therefore some&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08066a.htm">intelligent</a>&nbsp;being&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05543b.htm">exists</a>&nbsp;by whom all&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10715a.htm">natural</a>&nbsp;things are directed to their end; and this being we call&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608a.htm">God</a>.
Reply to Objection 1.&nbsp;As&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02084a.htm">Augustine</a>&nbsp;says (Enchiridion xi): "Since&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608a.htm">God</a>&nbsp;is the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06640a.htm">highest good</a>, He would not allow any&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05649a.htm">evil</a>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05543b.htm">exist</a>&nbsp;in His works, unless His&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11251c.htm">omnipotence</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06636b.htm">goodness</a>&nbsp;were such as to bring&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06636b.htm">good</a>&nbsp;even out of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05649a.htm">evil</a>." This is part of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08004a.htm">infinite</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06636b.htm">goodness</a>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608a.htm">God</a>, that He should allow&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05649a.htm">evil</a>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05543b.htm">exist</a>, and out of it produce&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06636b.htm">good</a>.
Reply to Objection 2.&nbsp;Since&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10715a.htm">nature</a>&nbsp;works for a determinate end under the direction of a higher agent, whatever is done by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10715a.htm">nature</a>&nbsp;must needs be traced back to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608a.htm">God</a>, as to its first&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03459a.htm">cause</a>. So also whatever is done voluntarily must also be traced back to some higher&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03459a.htm">cause</a>&nbsp;other than&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09580c.htm">human</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12673b.htm">reason</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15624a.htm">will</a>, since these can change or fail; for all things that are changeable and capable of defect must be traced back to an immovable and self-necessary first principle, as was shown in the body of the Article.

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