https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upV3gofC6Vg
Last week was my birthday. I had some people over for a party at my house and the topic of Islamicize Me came up. Of course Islamicize Me is the mockumentary about Islam and the teachings of Muhammad produced by apologist David Wood. I recently wrote a post on this series and my thoughts on it so I won’t go over that again.
As one can gather from the title, I have published my first video on Youtube. Yesterday my country turned 151 years old so there was a festival downtown. I found out on Facebook that some Muslims were going to set up a dawah booth. I thought that this was a good opportunity for some debate. I took a little walk downtown and engaged them in debate. How did I do? Well, the viewers can look for themselves and make their conclusions but I want to share how I thought that I did.
When Christians or Western Secularists deal with Western Muslims who give dawah, one common thing to do is to point out the fact that Muhammad had sex with Aisha when she was nine. Some will call him a pedophile for doing that. I want to assess this whole scenario. I want to deal with this because recently a Christian and a Muslim who frequently comment on this blog had an argument surrounding this issue. I want to give my take on it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcBW2r8-abk
No country in the world uses battleships anymore. You’re probably wondering why? They’re expensive, slow and are sitting ducks for navy planes. In the Russo-Japanese War(In which one of my ancestors fought in and was awarded the Cross of St. George) and World War I battleships were the way to go but now they’ve received an honorable burial. In many ways, dawah is like a battleship. It has extreme weaknesses.
The Crucifixion Of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Christians and Muslims disagree about whether or not Jesus Christ died on a Roman cross. One thing that Christians like to quote are the passion predictions found in the synoptic gospels. Here is an example of one such prediction:
My free Quran form the Local Mosque
Having debated a lot of people on many topics, I want to share some wisdom that I’ve accumulated over the years. This advice is to not waste time on the peripherals, go for the jugular. To put things in simpler terms, don’t nitpick.
The sign of Jonah is used by many Muslim apologists to try to force an error into the mouth of Jesus to show that the NT contains a false prophecy and that we need to go to their seventh century text for the answers. I really wish that they wouldn’t do this because it’s nitpicking. It’s not going for the whole picture, but nitpicking at the peripherals. Still, they’re wrong on this one.
My Russian Bible
Anyone who’s been reading this website in the last six months knows that I’ve been reading a lot from the Old Testament. As I’ve mentioned before, it has only strengthened what I believe. I would say that it’s made me a better apologist as well.
The Alhambra in Grenada
One very controversial act in history was the expulsion of the Jews and the Moors from Spain in 1492. From then until the early 1800’s, Spain was a bastion for Catholicism in the world. They probably did more than any other country in history for Catholicism and for that I’m thankful. Their greatness was not only in political, military, and colonial power, but in faith as well. They were able to produce amazing saints such as St. John of the Cross, St. Teresa of Avila, St. Ignatius of Loyola, and so many others. Imagine a country as Catholic as Poland with the military power of the United States. That’s what Spain was for over three centuries.
The Hagia Sophia
A Christian Church turned into a Mosque by Muslims, turned into a Museum by Masons.
When trying to spread the Catholic faith, one of the biggest problems that arises is betraying the religion of the tribe. Catholicism can easily be shown to be a universal faith. It has a dynamic presence on every continent and is therefore compatible with any culture in the world. It’s not affiliated with a certain culture or regional area. However, for many cultures, Catholicism is completely foreign.