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!
Category Archives: Religion
Calling All Muslim Apologists: Three Debates I’d Like to See
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After watching the debate between Shabir Ally and David Wood, I started thinking about what kind of debates I’d like to see Muslims engage in. The more debates that I thought of, the more I noticed something interesting. In these ideal debates, not one of them was with an apologist defending Christianity. The more I though about it, every Muslim debate that I’ve seen was with an apologist defending the Christian viewpoint. Here are the three debates that I’d like to see.
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.
Paul Williams Refutes Himself
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgPBcJ0c4zQ
When someone like Paul Williams decides to believe in an ahistorical religion and then become an apologist for it, he runs into problems. I used to comment frequently on his blog but ceased doing so for several reasons. However, I do check it out on occasion and I recently found some interesting things.
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.
Bart Ehrman and the Temple of Allat
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59txpioPYJI
Recently, I wrote about revisionist theories of Islamic origins. Ironically, this weekend I started to read Bart Ehrman’s new book. I’m about halfway done so expect a review soon. Ehrman’s book got me thinking more about Islamic revisionist history. Why is that? Doesn’t Ehrman only attack the Christian faith? In the intro of the book, Ehrman talks about how Christians in the late fourth Century destroyed the Temple of Allat in Palmyra, which is in modern day Syria.
Who Was Caliph Abdul Malik?
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Possibly Caliph Abdul Malik depicted on a coin
In the last five to ten years, revisionist theories about Islamic origins have trickled down to the popular level. They’ve usually only been in academia but now their scholarship can easily be found in books published by mainline publishers and not only by a particular University Press. The reason that these theories exist, is because of the huge gap between the life of Muhammad and the first Islamic details about him. Ibn Ishaq’s biography of Muhammad dates back to Ibn Hisham’s redaction, two centuries after Muhammad’s death. The canonical Hadith collections take another half century before they are put into circulation. In other words, sources about Islam are 200-300 years after Muhammad lived. These are extremely late sources.
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.
Further Thoughts on the McDowell vs Vines Debate
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In the debate that I previously reviewed, I explained how I thought Sean McDowell did a good job of sticking to the text and not going for the red herrings of Matthew Vines. I agreed with McDowell’s answers, though I would have had a slightly different answer to one of the challenges of Vines.