Category Archives: Religion

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Random Thoughts on Ariana Grande

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As a reader of this blog, you’ve probably noticed that I put up pictures or videos relating to posts.  In trying to find one for Ariana Grande’s new music video God is a Woman, I ran into some troubles.  I was going to put up a link to the music video but it I didn’t want to promote it.  I suppose the fact that it has tens of millions of views in just a few days shows that whether I promote it or not won’t make a difference.  My second thought was to put a picture of Ariana Grande up top, however a quick Google search of her shows that it’s impossible to find a picture of her in even semi-modest attire so I couldn’t do that either.  So basically I just ended up selecting a picture of some religious books and a rosary.

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Richard Dawkins isn’t Racist – He’s a Fraud

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I never did like The God Delusion, in fact I didn’t finish because it was such a bad book, and I finish the vast majority of books that I start.  It’s sitting on one of my bookshelves collecting dust.  I keep telling myself that I’ll finish it one day but it’s getting less and less likely.

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A Great Idea for Shabir Ally, Reza Aslan, or Mustafa Akyol

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A book by Mustafa Akyol

I suppose this idea could be entertained by any Islamic scholar or apologist when you think about it.  Over the last several decades Islamic scholars and apologists have been reading not just our scriptures, but our Biblical scholarship.  They’ve used this material to attack the Christian faith and try to prove Islamic doctrine.  I actually have a suggestion that these Muslims might be interested in.

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If Muhammad Were a Biblical Prophet he Would Have Done This

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The Last Supper

In my last post, I talked a lot about how Muhammad never mentioned that a covenant with Ishmael existed.  The idea of a covenant seems foreign to Islam, however they’re very important in the Bible, in both the Old and New Testament.  They actually show why Muhammad is not a Prophet by Biblical standards.

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What Muhammad Left Out

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdEZbHYG5eY&t=5626s

I recently re-watched one of my favorite debates which included David Wood and Zakir Hussain.  The debate took place many years ago and was called Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac and the Covenant.  I remember being impressed with a lot of David Wood’s answers.  However, in re-watching the debate, I was a bit disappointed in something that David Wood did, or rather didn’t do.

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What Would Luther Think About This?

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I recently read this article about the decline of the mainline Protestant religion in Minnesota.  It also talked about the Catholic Church.  The three Protestant groups it mentions are the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, the United Methodist Church, and the Presbyterian Church.

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Medjugorje Just Won’t Leave Me Alone

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A picture I took in Medjugorje

Last weekend I was in my hometown.  On Sunday, my mother and I went to the Byzantine Catholic Church as we usually do when I’m home.  The last thing I expected was for the priest to give an entire homily on the controversial and unapproved supposed Marian apparitions at Medjugorje, which is found in modern day Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Blog Numbers Since James White’s Webcast

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In August of 2016 James White did a one hour piece responding to an article that I had written.  When this happened his fans swarmed my page.  I have to admit, I had my hands full responding to all of their criticisms but at the same time I really liked the amount of views that I was getting on my blog.

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What Did the Early Muslim Empire Look Like?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRLFeldPG3Y

In 2014 when I was in Albania, I noticed something interesting.  While 60% of the Albanian people are Muslim, 10-15% of the people are Catholic and 10-15% belong to the Orthodox Church.  The Muslims are not religious in the slightest.  It seemed that the Christians were more devout.  Either way, I could tell the difference between the Orthodox and Catholic churches with ease.  They simply had different architecture.  The Catholic churches looked more like a Church one would find in Italy or France and the Orthodox Churches looked more like the churches that I had just seen in Serbia a few days prior.

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What David Wood and Christopher Hitchens Have In Common

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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.