Pints With Aquinas

Why I Had to Become Catholic (Georgia Howe) | Ep. 594

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Aug 31, 2026
Georgia Howe, a Daily Wire journalist, Morning Wire co-host, and former emergency nurse, recounts her journey from secularism and political isolation to Catholicism. She explores determinism, free will, evolution, Scripture, and the search for authoritative interpretation. Her story also touches on the papacy, confession, the Eucharist, parish life, and why Catholicism feels like a lifelong homecoming.
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ANECDOTE

C.S. Lewis Made Biblical Language Click

  • C.S. Lewis’s “Horrid Red Things” reframed Georgia Howe’s view of biblical language as crude signposts pointing toward deeper truths.
  • A child’s warning about poison illustrates why an imprecise description can still convey reliable knowledge.
INSIGHT

Determinism Became A Dealbreaker

  • Repeated philosophical arguments led Georgia Howe toward determinism and the idea that prisons might be unnecessary.
  • Her conviction that moral agency is real became a nonnegotiable test for any adequate worldview.
ANECDOTE

Tim Keller Challenged Her Christian Doubts

  • Tim Keller challenged skeptical Google employees to apply skepticism to their doubts about Christianity.
  • His arguments for the resurrection moved Georgia Howe from general secularism toward mere Christianity.
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