In the Jesus said… post below patrobin makes some very astute points and asks three very good questions. So good in fact that I want to make a separate post for them. Enjoy..
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Jesus Is Not God Bible Verses
Nearly all Christians believe Jesus was and is God. That is what the institutional church has always taught. Christians professedly rely strongly on the Bible for this belief. Yet there is not a single Bible verse which states unequivocally, “Jesus… Read More ›
John and the Synoptics
In this video, Professor Mark Goodacre helps us understand John’s use of the Synoptics. Mark Goodacre is a New Testament scholar and Professor at Duke University. He has written extensively on the Synoptic Problem; that is, the origins of the… Read More ›
Books bought/not bought from Foyles in London today
In the end I didn’t buy this book as my Arabic is not good enough to follow the discussion, but it is a new scholarly work that a must read for those who can. As an undergraduate studying the Bible… Read More ›
Sam Shamoun’s inconsistency and double standards
Readers will know all about the trenchant criticism leveled at Muslims when we cite respected mainstream Bible scholars like Professor Bart Ehrman. Christian polemicist Sam Shamoun and others accuse us of hypocrisy and double standards. But lo and behold Sam… Read More ›
Evangelical scholar Mike Licona’s vain boasting about believing in gospel miracles which he dismisses as mere ‘special effects’ on at least one occasion.
Christian apologist and NT scholar Mike Licona likes to think of himself as a traditional orthodox Christian scholar as we can see in his tweet just published. He boasts that he is unashamedly in the miraculous camp. But this is… Read More ›
Is the Trinity Consistent with the Old Testament – Yusuf Ismail and Jonathan Debate
A friendly debate between Muslim Yusuf Ismail and Trinitarian Jon McLatchie hosted by Rudolph Boshoff. This debate features discussions on the concept of agency, the identity of the angel of the Lord and the Son of Man title amongst other… Read More ›
Mike Licona highlights non-trinitarian Bible verse
Perhaps unwittingly (then again perhaps not) Mike Licona highlights a New Testament verse that clearly states that Jesus has a God.
So much for the lofty cadences and uplifting Shakespearean majesty of the King James Bible…
So much for the lofty cadences and uplifting Shakespearean majesty of the King James Bible…..or maybe…. one of the translators found a page from King James’ royal diary recounting his frolicking with his favorite male courtiers
My debate with a hapless Christian translated into Malay alhamdulillah
Brother Paul Williams berdebat dengan seorang Missionari Kristian mengenai bukti Triniti di dalam Bible.
Did you know that St Paul in the New Testament taught that only men are made in the image of God?
Did you know that St Paul in the New Testament taught that only men are made in the image of God? Women are merely made in the image of men. St Augustine a Doctor of the Catholic Church explains why… Read More ›
Pope throws the Catholic tradition under the bus..
Look at how Francis throws the Catholic tradition under the bus in light of “new understanding of Christian truth.” God in the Bible and St Thomas Aquinas would disagree. But this pope knows better. The Jesuit Review reports Pope Francis… Read More ›
Debate Disaster: Jonathan McLatchie Debates Yusuf Ismail
As a Muslim, I seldom agree that Muslims should debate topics where the Old or New Testaments are the determining criteria for the truth because it puts us at a disadvantage where we grant authority to something which does not… Read More ›
Holy Qur’an Experiment in New York City
People just don’t like what they hear. Watch and see.
“scholarship since the 19th century…Trinitarianism can only be found in the NT if the reader…puts it there.”
Isaac Newton was a fierce critic of the Trinitarian corruption of Christianity: A review by A.N. Wilson John Calvin believed that human nature was a ‘permanent factory of idols’; the mind conceived them, and the hand gave them birth. Isaac… Read More ›
Speakers Corner: [ 01/10/17 ] Br-Paul and Mike from Canada on a Wonderful discussion
Filmed yesterday at Speakers Corner. I want to stress that I have had a haircut since then 😦
Lydia rightly smells a rat, but is patronizingly dismissed by Dr Mike Licona
Did Jesus go around Galilee and Judaea saying things like “before Abraham was born, I AM?” Did he say “I am the way, and the truth, and the life”? And what about all the other exulted I AM claims made… Read More ›
Eyewitnesses and the Gospels
QUESTION One of the major points of your work (if I understand correctly) is that the contents of the New Testament are at a vast remove in time, place, and source from any eyewitness account of Jesus’ life. But when… Read More ›
Was John the Son of Zebedee Capable of Writing a Gospel? (No!)
QUESTION: You mention in your book Forgeries and Counter Forgeries that John most likely did not write the Gospel attributed to him as he almost certainly could not write in Greek. I seem to remember you writing that the Greek… Read More ›
Reliability of the Qur’an and Revisionist Theories
“In comparison with the Bible, the Quran exhibits much greater textual stability, and variant readings found in different manuscripts are largely trivial in pronunciation or vocabulary. A number of theories have been advanced in recent years by European writers, questioning the… Read More ›
Jesus and Biblical genocide
‘Now go and attack Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have; do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’” 1 Samuel 15.
A Variant of One Letter
Can one letter make a difference? Over the years I have demonstrated various textual issues with the New Testament. One of the more common questions I am frequently asked is to what extent a variant of one letter can impact… Read More ›
Zacchaeus: A Story of How to Get Saved
Dr Peter Enns is an American biblical scholar and theologian. Here he tells the Bible story of Zacchaeus and how he was saved. I notice how different this gospel message of salvation is from the gospel Paul preached. Muslims would… Read More ›
Toronto Baptist Seminary’s Tony Costa Blinded by Islamophobia?
Tony Costa is a prime example in how Christians who attack Islam just serve to underline not only their illiteracy of Islam but their illiteracy of the Bible. Hello Tony Costa! The Bible teaches the WRATH of God is on… Read More ›
Richard Bauckham: Sermon on the Mount is NOT Historical
For folks to note, Prof. Richard Bauckham believes the Sermon on the Mount is not historical. Refreshing to know and obviously important for Christians who lean on him for their “early high Christology” arguments. [There was a Christian apologist who… Read More ›
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