St. Cyril of Jerusalem
I have often spoken about Muhammad’s Trinity blunder in Surah 5. In this surah in verses 73, 75, and 116 we see that Muhammad thought that the Trinity was Allah, Jesus and Mary instead of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Monday was a hard day. I couldn’t stop staring at social media at pictures and videos as one of the greatest churches in Christendom burned and burned. It started out fairly small. I though that they’d get it under control but it just kept spreading.
I was sent a conversion story about a young Englishman named Jacob Williams. He converted to Islam and he shares the reason why in First Things Magazine. He’s also quite fond of Western culture. There used to be a guy on Twitter named the Muslim Traditionalist. I don’t think he’s been active for a while but he was an interesting fellow. He’s a fan a Joseph de Maistre. Jacob Williams might very well be as well.
Ex-Pope Benedict
A couple of days ago, former Pope Benedict XVI came out with an essay on the crisis of clerical abuse in the Church. It makes one wonder why he’s doing this as an ex-Pope and not when he actually was one. The essay can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSPiqPmsJzo&t=1s
The English language is not the only Western language in which Islamic dawah is being conducted. There is of course the French language. Millions of Muslims live in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Switzerland. In North Africa in countries like Morocco and Algeria, French is widely spoken. Being a Canadian who grew up speaking French, I can also help the French speaking regions fend off dawah efforts.
My French Quran
As my readers know, my last post was about refuting the misuse of Surah 3, particularly verse 78 in the debate over Bible corruption. I posted my new post on Twitter like I always do and Islamic Apologist Paul Williams decided to respond. Well, he didn’t really respond to the points, only to my tweet.
Surah 3
The only thing keeping Islam from utter falsification in terms of apologetics is the myth of Bible corruption. The Quran affirms the Torah and Gospel in multiple areas with Surah 5:68 being the clearest example. The fact that the Torah, Gospel, and other previous scriptures are mentioned endlessly and there is no statement of corruption, backs up what Surah 5 says.
A couple of days ago, Empire actor and monumental fraud Jussie Smollett was cleared of all charges. In the most unbelievable act, Smollett had all 16 charges dropped. They kept his bail money and told him that he had to do community service which is an obvious sign that he’s guilty.
On March 13, 2019 the Catholic Church reached six years with Pope Francis. I just want to say that it’s been a long six years. The man is the most liberal Pope in the history of the church. I’ve seen friends of mine leave the church under his leadership.
I’m currently reading the book Byzantine Theology by John Meyendorff. I’m doing this because I’m really trying to put myself in the mindset of the Christian world that the early Muslims invaded. One thing that stands out in the Byzantine world at the time was the huge heresy of monophysitism. By the 7th century this heresy was nothing new. It had been an issue in Christendom for centuries and remained an important issue for centuries after.