Scriptural Mormonism: Jimmy Akin: Intellectual Fraud

Sunday, December 22, 2024

Jimmy Akin: Intellectual Fraud

As everyone knows, I tried to get Jimmy Akin to have a moderated debate with me on two occasions (on one occasion, I even was willing to defend the authenticity of the Book of Abraham), and on both occasions, he wanted to gish gallop. Don’t take my word for it; you can read the exchanges here.

Recently, Christian Wagner (who is one of my favorite Catholic content creators on YouTube) has had a to-and-fro with Jimmy Akin concerning Mary’s freedom from actual/personal sin, and I honestly believe any Catholic who takes Akin seriously anymore is coping and seething. How so? Akin does not have a clue about basic Mariological issues, such as thinking that the Debitum Peccati debate has to do with Mary’s freedom from personal sin(!) See this book by Juniper Carol for more. On this, see:

Response to Jimmy Akin. (Part 1)

St. Alphonsus Liguori AGAINST Jimmy Akin (a prime demonstration of Akin's penchant for quote mining)

This year has not been kind to Akin; another two Roman Catholic apologists have demonstrated that he has lied through his teeth concerning Catholic teaching to make it palatable to Protestants.

John Salza, "Addressing Jimmy Akin's Statements on Catholic Anathemas"

Robert Sungenis and John Salza, "Akin White Debate Justification 2004 Part 1"

Robert Sungenis and John Salza, "Akin White Debate Justification 2004 Part 2"

Sungenis appeared on the Reformed Protestant podcast, "Iron Sharpens Iron" to discuss Akin's dissembling about "anathemas" in Catholic theology on Jun 21, 2024:

June 21, 2024 Show with Dr. Robert Sungenis on “Did Jimmy Akin Accurately Represent the Roman Catholic Church’s Teachings at His Recent Debate with Dr. James R. White”