Just an Ordinary Church Service Where Everybody Gets Whipped A whole congregation line up, one by one, Christians get lashed by a Priest. Watch the video: Source: Kenyans.co.ke “When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had… Read More ›
Christianity
How Paul’s Personal Problem Became Corner Stone Of Christianity!
How Paul’s personal problem became Corner Stone of Christianity! “when the commandment came, sin sprang to life, and I died. And the commandment which was meant to bring life, in my case brought death.” – Paul Question Mark Introduction God revealed Laws… Read More ›
Rape And Forced Marriage In Deuteronomy 21:10-14
Kaleef K. Karim The answer to the above is that, Yahweh does not condemn rape. It actually encourages/allows rape-forced marriage. The passage below mentioned is thrown around by evangelists, according to them this passage gave captives a right, they were… Read More ›
Resurrection did not happen, say quarter of Christians
Today’s BBC News reports: A quarter of people who describe themselves as Christians in Great Britain do not believe in the resurrection of Jesus, a survey commissioned by the BBC suggests. However, almost one in 10 people of no religion… Read More ›
The Gospel of Jesus: An Easter weekend Muslim Christian dialogue
In the Christian calendar Easter time approaches once again. Here I dialogue with a Christian apologist about the gospel message.
The King of the Jews
Rev Professor John Hick (1922 – 2012) was a philosopher of religion and theologian born in England who taught in the United States for the larger part of his career. In philosophical theology, he made contributions in the areas of… Read More ›
‘A paradox of world-historical proportions’
Hans-Joachim Schoeps (1909 – 1980) was a German-Jewish historian of religion and religious philosophy. He was professor of religions and religious history at the University of Erlangen.
Mustafa Akyol – The Islamic Jesus: How the King of the Jews Became a Prophet of the Muslims
The International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) invited Mustafa Akyol on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, to deliver a talk on his newly published book, The Islamic Jesus: How the King of the Jews became a Prophet of the Muslims. Mustafa… Read More ›
Spiritual regeneration
As a former born again Christian myself I find Julian Bond’s insight to ring true. Julian is a Christian writer based in the UK.
Did Earliest Christians Believe (Alleged) Crucifixion To Be Indispensable?
Did earliest Christians believe (alleged) crucifixion to be Indispensable? An account of the earliest biblical Christians who did not believe crucifixion to be imperative! Question Mark Introduction, Background and Premise Paul had made it indispensible for his followers… Read More ›
A Brief Insight into the New Testament’s Prototyping
The New Testament of today is described as follows regarding the NA28 GNT: “The intention of this edition lies not in reproducing the “oldest text” presented in the oldest manuscript but in reconstructing the text of the hypothetical master copy… Read More ›
Christian and Islamic view of the man on the cross
The Qur’an is not a work of literary narrative, as is the Bible. As a scripture that provides guidance (huda) and a reminder (tadhkira) to humankind, it gives more emphasis to spiritual edifications than to providing a full account of… Read More ›
The Engineering Behind Jesus’ (p) Title As “Lamb Of God”
Examining the Engineering behind Jesus’ (p) title as “Lamb of God” Question Mark Introduction We have been arguing on good grounds that gospels elicit internal evidences – in fact, hard evidences – which alludes that its verses have… Read More ›
Jesus Did Not Abolish Kosher?
Did Jesus (p) abolish Jewish Kosher? Question Mark Introduction It is highly probable that the Christian next-door is into an all-inclusive dietary practice. S/he would not be scrupulous with the foods being consumed as Jew (or a Muslim) would… Read More ›
Mary, Joseph The Carpenter’s Child Bride?
Kaleef K. Karim Recently we wrote a few articles on the history of marriage i.e., when girls were married off. You can click on them articles, here and here. This article examines how old Joseph the Carpenter was, when he… Read More ›
Thomas Aquinas and the gospels
Thomas Aquinas (1225 – 1274) was an Italian Catholic priest and Doctor of the Church. He was an immensely influential philosopher, theologian, and jurist in the tradition of scholasticism. The Catholic Church reveres Thomas Aquinas as a saint and regards… Read More ›
Irish Christian vs English Muslim | Religious Debate | Speakers Corner
Filmed a year ago at Speakers Corner it has now been viewed over 250,000 times. That’s me snarling on the right. It might have the highest views ever for a Speakers Corner video.
Graphic: NT Reliability Comparison to Ancient Documents
Question: This image has often been used to demonstrate the reliability of the New Testament. What is your response to this? Answer: This infographic relies on two of the three defective principles that beginners make when it comes to textual criticism, namely… Read More ›
Ancient Israelite Child Marriages
In Biblical times people were married at a very young age. Girls were usually betrothed before they reached puberty – majority of the time the marriage would have consummated when the girl reached puberty, and that was usually between the… Read More ›
Reading Psalm 110:1
Dale Martin is an American New Testament scholar. He is Professor of Religious Studies at Yale University.
Mistranslations of Text
Christian translators have manipulated many parts of Scripture to “force” it to conform with their prejudicial notion that it is replete with references to Jesus if one were merely open-minded enough to see it. Let’s take a look at some… Read More ›
Jesus, the Law, and a “New” Covenant
‘Jesus of Nazareth was a Torah-observant Jewish teacher whose followers, after his death, came to adopt a variety of attitudes toward the Law of Moses. Some of them insisted on strict observance; others argued that only parts of the Law… Read More ›
Br Mansur and Paul debate with a Christian. Speakers Corner
Filmed just a few hours ago at Speakers Corner in London. Next Sunday I’m told that one of Jay Smith’s missionary associates Lizzie is coming to debate me at Speakers Corner. Should be fun! By the way, for the very first time… Read More ›
Evolution of Jesus in early Christianity
This is an excellent lecture by Professor Bart Ehrman with regards to the evolution of Jesus during early history. A must watch for Christians and Jews.
Jesus the messiah and Isaiah 53, Psalm 22
Christians point ‘to passages in the Bible that talked about one who suffered and was then vindicated, passages such as Isaiah 53 and Psalm 22. Jews, though, had a ready response: these passages are not talking about the messiah. And you… Read More ›
Question the creation..
St Augustine (died AD 430): Question the beauty of the earth, the beauty of the sea, the beauty of the wide air around you, the beauty of the sky: question the order of the stars: question the living creatures that move… Read More ›
Rev Dr Gavin Ashenden: Why I left the Church of England
Speaking exclusively to Christian Concern, Rev. Dr Gavin Ashenden explains his decision to leave the Church of England. His reasons are sensible and easily justifiable. The interesting question is where will he choose to go next? To Rome, or Orthodoxy, or… Read More ›