My free Quran form the Local Mosque
Having debated a lot of people on many topics, I want to share some wisdom that I’ve accumulated over the years. This advice is to not waste time on the peripherals, go for the jugular. To put things in simpler terms, don’t nitpick.
The sign of Jonah is used by many Muslim apologists to try to force an error into the mouth of Jesus to show that the NT contains a false prophecy and that we need to go to their seventh century text for the answers. I really wish that they wouldn’t do this because it’s nitpicking. It’s not going for the whole picture, but nitpicking at the peripherals. Still, they’re wrong on this one.
My Russian Bible
Anyone who’s been reading this website in the last six months knows that I’ve been reading a lot from the Old Testament. As I’ve mentioned before, it has only strengthened what I believe. I would say that it’s made me a better apologist as well.
The Alhambra in Grenada
One very controversial act in history was the expulsion of the Jews and the Moors from Spain in 1492. From then until the early 1800’s, Spain was a bastion for Catholicism in the world. They probably did more than any other country in history for Catholicism and for that I’m thankful. Their greatness was not only in political, military, and colonial power, but in faith as well. They were able to produce amazing saints such as St. John of the Cross, St. Teresa of Avila, St. Ignatius of Loyola, and so many others. Imagine a country as Catholic as Poland with the military power of the United States. That’s what Spain was for over three centuries.
The Hagia Sophia
A Christian Church turned into a Mosque by Muslims, turned into a Museum by Masons.
When trying to spread the Catholic faith, one of the biggest problems that arises is betraying the religion of the tribe. Catholicism can easily be shown to be a universal faith. It has a dynamic presence on every continent and is therefore compatible with any culture in the world. It’s not affiliated with a certain culture or regional area. However, for many cultures, Catholicism is completely foreign.
St. Ignatius of Antioch who struck out three times….
I remember back in the day when I was in elementary school. I wasn’t the greatest student and always feared report card day. In the teacher’s comments I often got “Disruptive in Class” next to my percentage grade.
The above video is quite telling. Basically what Brown is showing us is that what flies under the banner “conservative” these days is not what it was 30, 20 or even 10 years ago.
The Temple of Dushares in Petra
Some opponents of Islam have dug deep into revisionist history. One of them is Jay Smith who has been working with Dan Gibson in developing a theory that the real Mecca is actually Petra. Do I accept this theory? Right now I don’t because there is simply not enough evidence. Now, they seem to bring more and more evidence every time they present but in my opinion it’s still insufficient.
There is an Evangelical civil war going on in the realm of apologetics. On one side is James White who fewer and fewer apologists seem to want to affiliate with. The other side is the David Wood, Vocab Malone, Jon Mcrae and Sam Shamoun camp. This split happened a couple of years ago when James White did an interfaith event with Muslim theologian Yasir Qadhi. While I thought that this interfaith event was a mistake, I do believe that White’s opponents were too harsh on him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJS47-LE7vk
David Wood has been busy on his YouTube channel recently. He’s currently putting out a 30 day series over Ramadan called Islamicize Me, which is a parody of the documentary Supersize Me. However, instead of eating fast food for 30 days straight they’re following the commands of Muhammad for 30 days, including the weird hadith commands that most Muslims don’t know about or ignore. However, I’m more interested in the serious work that he’s been putting out like the video above. It’s a video of David Wood, Sam Shamoun, and Al Fadi going over Islamic arguments.