Ahmed Deedat
Ahmed Deedat always liked to use John 14:28 as an argument against the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of Deedat, Zakir Naik picked up on it and it’s now a popular verse to “refute” the Trinity. What does the passage really say?
Wayne Gretzky(#99) scoring on Don Edwards(#1)
In my last post, I talked about how Muslim apologists and other leaders apply a rule called the 99-1 rule. The 99-1 rule is a rule where a Muslim apologist or speaker will tell a group of Muslims a lie. While 99% of them will just accept it without thinking twice, 1% of them will look it up and discover the truth. The 1% doesn’t matter because the 99% will be enough to shout them down. The phrase was coined by David Wood and it’s absolutely brilliant. See my last post for more information on this rule.
David Wood has come up with a brilliant concept to describe the method of most major dawah figures in the world today. It’s called the 99-1 rule. It basically goes like this. A Muslim in a position of authority will preach total nonsense. Say there were 100 Muslims in the audience; about 99 of them will take it on faith, while one person will look it up and find the truth. The one doesn’t matter because the 99 can shout down the 1. Problem solved. I now see this method employed to an amazingly large degree.
On Sunday, right wing media sensation Mike Cernovich posted this Tweet. It says the following:
St. Catherine of Siena
In the cultural debate about Islam, many people are quick to say that Islam is oppressive to women. Muslims are quick to respond by saying that the majority of coverts in the West are women. I find this to be true through my personal research. The reasons for this are a topic for another post. Regardless of this, there seems to be a lot of female Muslims in the West, whether they’re converts or born into the faith.
The Forgotten Trinity by James White
In defending the doctrine of the Trinity against Islam or another heretical group, there are several resources that I recommend. There are actually five sources that I recommend but the fifth one is the Bible so it’s a given. One needs to know the Bible in order to defend the Trinity, or any other doctrine for that matter. Of my four additional sources that I’m going to recommend, two are from the ancient church and two are from modern apologists.
Something that I try to engage in is empathy. I like to put myself in the shoes of others and wonder how they think. I’ve been talking to a lot of Muslims lately. I want to see where they stand in regards to the Hadith. I’m not talking about apologists or scholars. I’m talking about the average Muslim who grows up in the West or in a Muslim country.
The Quran – The Holy Book of the Islamic Faith
In my last post, I talked about how popular Muslim speaker Yusuf Estes said some absolutely ridiculous things about the origins of the Catholic Church. I mentioned that it was sad and pathetic that so many Muslims would swallow this nonsense hook, line, and sinker. However, I also mentioned that more sober minded, well read and educated Muslims would find this equally absurd as us Christians do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOZ_x5hN7sg&t=1s
On the weekend, David Wood and Anthony Rogers did a livestream on YouTube. The YouTube was to refute a claim that Yusuf Estes made on some television show that I believe was filmed in Dubai. In this clip Estes said that the Catholic Church was started by Alexander the Great in Rome three centuries before Christ. He also claims that this is on the Catholic website.
St. John of Damascus
When Christians and Muslims debate, Muslims are pretty good at framing the debate. It seems like the vast majority of the time, the topic is either neutral or the Christians are on the defensive. Hardly ever is the Islamic position attacked.