A couple of days ago, Empire actor and monumental fraud Jussie Smollett was cleared of all charges. In the most unbelievable act, Smollett had all 16 charges dropped. They kept his bail money and told him that he had to do community service which is an obvious sign that he’s guilty.
Category Archives: Apologetics
A Good Reason to Become Catholic
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Joseph de Maistre
So I’ve been thinking a lot about political issues lately. After all, I’m a big fan of Joseph de Maistre. In the last couple of years we’ve had people on the alt-right say that the West needs to be saved from Islam and other non-white populations coming here. What do I think about the West? What would be considered saving the West? It has nothing to do with skin colour but returning it to Christendom. Anything else would ultimately be detrimental to the West.
Erdogan and the Hagia Sophia
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The Hagia Sophia
A Christian Church turned into a Mosque by Muslims, turned into a Museum by Masons.
In the wake of the horrible events in New Zealand, Turkish President Recep Erdogan has dabbled in the idea of reopening the historic Cathedral/Mosque/Museum known as the Hagia Sophia as a mosque. This has recently been blocked by Turkish courts so it appears that Erdogan is just rattling his sabre here.
A Theory About Monophysitism and Islam
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I’m currently reading the book Byzantine Theology by John Meyendorff. I’m doing this because I’m really trying to put myself in the mindset of the Christian world that the early Muslims invaded. One thing that stands out in the Byzantine world at the time was the huge heresy of monophysitism. By the 7th century this heresy was nothing new. It had been an issue in Christendom for centuries and remained an important issue for centuries after.
Rabbinical Double Standards
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Jesus Christ
You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.
– Matthew 7:5
The Islamic Love-Hate Relationship With Isnad Chains
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A Shia let me look at her book
What do I think of Isnad chains? Well, to be honest I don’t know. In the late ninth century scholars like Bukhari were finally coming into an Islamic age of literacy. It was now time to put the traditions of Muhammad to paper(or vellum). Bukhari and others then went around the Muslim world collecting sayings of Muhammad and his companions.
Mike Winger, James 2, and Justification
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About a month ago I discovered who Mike Winger was. Shortly after that Vocab Malone had him on his livestream. I’ve watched quite a few of his videos. Like most people who attend Calvary Chapel, he’s very anti-Catholic. However, he seems like a nice guy so I think he’s worth watching.
Eucharist vs Hajj
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I just finished reading a book called The Mass of the Early Christians by Mike Aquilina. I read the book in two sittings and I’m not a fast reader. It’s a book that documents the history of the Christian practice of the Eucharist. As someone who values history, it is important to look at the history of such a sacred Christian practice. Every group that calls themselves Christian takes part in this ritual in one manner or another.
Observations on William Tyndale and Steven Anderson
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FAsuQmnMNM
Pastor Steven Anderson is an American Baptist Pastor who is part of the King James Only movement. He has absolute faith in the King James Bible; a translation that I’m not too fond of. But he believes in the perfection of this 17th century document.
Surah 61 and 62 on the Torah
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I’ve been reading the Quran a lot lately. Because of the ordering of the surahs, the early ones seem to take forever whereas the later ones go by super quickly. Anyone who has read it will know what I mean. It seems that after about Surah 50, it’s smooth sailing until the end. As most people know, Muslims say that the Torah is corrupt, even though that view is entirely absent from the Quran. I was plowing through the later surahs the other day and found two back to back surahs that really help explain the Quranic view.