In the not too distant future, citizens of the Republic of Ireland will vote on whether or not to repeal the eighth amendment. The eighth amendment bans abortion in the vast majority of cases. With this amendment gone, Irish citizens will have a clear path to abortion. Based on all of the polling data I’ve seen, abortion will most likely be legalized.
Category Archives: Catholicism
Muslims Should Embrace St. Paul
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St. Paul The Apostle
For most Muslims, the Apostle Paul is the big baddy in the New Testament. Why is this? Islamic sources reference Jesus Christ, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the earthly disciples of Christ and says they’re all Muslims. However, the apostle Paul is never mentioned. I suppose this means Muslims can take a stand with or against Paul. However, as we’ll see it’s always against.
Musings on Nationalism
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In 2014 I was on a trip to Europe. I only spent two days in Serbia, but I really loved it there. I’m definitely going to go back. I was particularly attracted to the anti-Western mentality that they had there. One thing that I noticed was the religiosity. Serbia is a deeply religious country. They are part of the Eastern Orthodox communion and the Orthodox faith forms an integral part of their society. It’s pretty impressive. I wish all Catholic countries were this observant.
Luke 13:33 – Refuting a Bad Muslim Argument
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A prophet cannot die outside of Jerusalem. Jesus died outside of Jerusalem. Either Jesus is a false prophet or he didn’t die since the Gospels say that he died outside of Jerusalem! Checkmate Christian apologist!
Did Jesus Rise From the Dead? David Wood vs. Shabir Ally
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYL5TZ9jJqg
On March 3, 2018, David Wood and Shabir Ally debated on the topic Did Jesus Rise From the Dead? For those who don’t know, Shabir Ally takes a very unorthodox position on this issue. It’s a very modern position not found in the classical Islamic period. While most Muslims would say that someone else was made to look like Jesus, Shabir Ally has another theory. Jesus was placed on the cross, left to die, taken down, received no medical attention, then is assumed into heaven from the tomb. Apologists such as Yusuf Ismail, Sami Zaatari, and Zakir Hussain have all debated this topic and do not accept this theory. Instead they go with a more traditional substitution theory.
The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World by Bart Ehrman
A Review
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Bart Ehrman has another book out entitled: The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World. It’s essentially Bart Ehrman’s latest attack on the Christian faith. It’s a history of the early Church. More accurately, it’s a liberal history of the early Church.
Muslims on the Crucifixion – A New Argument
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0-7D75ftmk
Shabir Ally’s argument that Jesus was put on the cross but didn’t die doesn’t seem to be attracting many supporters. He seems to be the only Muslim apologist arguing like this these days. However, there are some new slick Muslim arguments against the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. For those Christians out there who don’t know, Muslims deny the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Even atheist, agnostic, and Jewish historians and scholars will say that Jesus died by crucifixion. Even better, we have the entire New Testament narrative from the first century which gives us a clear unambiguous testimony to the crucifixion of Jesus.
Jews For Judaism Needs to Shut Down
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As an apologist, one of my objectives is to deal with other apologists. I encounter the work of many people and groups. One group is a Jewish group called Jews for Judaism which is run by Rabbi Michael Skobac. They arose shortly after the founding of Jews for Jesus to counter their missionary efforts. At this point in time, I would say that their organization no longer serves a purpose.
What Muslims and Liberals do to Jesus Christ
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Any Christian apologist who deals with Islam will point out that Muslims engage in double standards regarding the use of anti-supernaturalist leftist Biblical “scholarship”. However, before Muslims started doing that, both at a popular and scholarly level, they actually shared quite a bit in common with the Liberals in how they viewed Jesus Christ.
Psalm 22, James White, and Islam
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I started studying apologetics in depth in 2008. Of course, I had been studying Scripture, Christianity, and Church history prior to that. The interesting thing is that I didn’t start my apologetics with Islam. I mainly dealt with non-Trinitarian cultic 19th century groups such as the Two by Two’s(Google them), Mormons and Jehovah’s Witnesses. Eventually I got interested in Old Testament Prophecy so that led me to study the Jewish objections to Jesus. I encountered the work of people like Rabbi Tovia Singer, Jews for Judaism and others.