https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69G6zQorM48
Before Christmas I wrote a post about Surah 2:62 and Surah 3:85 and how they contradict each other. I invited Muslims to harmonize these passages. Luckily I was able to find the work of elite Islamic apologist Yusha Evans. He explains how these verses are reconciled in the above video.
Codex Vaticanus
I’ve been doing a lot of research on the reformation lately. I’m trying to figure out whether it had more to do with religion or politics. I come from a German family so although I was raised Catholic, I heard about Luther from my dad and his side of the family growing up.
My French Quran
I’m going through the Quran yet again and I keep finding stuff that sticks out at me. I recently just saw a mistake in the Quran that I considered adding to my arsenal. I went through my usual evaluation to see how good it was.
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:
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.
My icon of St. Athanasius of Alexandria
People who know me personally often ask what theologians to read. Obviously there are many good Christian theologians throughout the 2,000 years of the Christian faith. I’ve always said that 1,000 to 1,300 AD was the golden age of Christianity. While I still stand by that, there have been great thinkers throughout the history of the Church.
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.