This hilarious video proves that Christians like Lizzie and Jay Smith are closet Marcionites (an early Christian heresy). As Yahya Snow puts it: “The utter lack of regard for the teachings of the Old Testament and the willingness to throw… Read More ›
History
Islam and the myth of French secularism
Mehdi Hasan on why “laicite” is an easy excuse for Muslim-bashing. From a recently proposed ban on Muslim women wearing burkinis to banning face veils in public, France has cracked down on Islamic practices in the public sphere. The French… Read More ›
Orientalist scholarship
“The impression of the author left by reading Dr. Crone’s work is that of a clever undergraduate at a student debate, intent to win on the points at issue, but neither over-careful in interpreting the historical sources, nor with any… Read More ›
New book: ‘The Islamic Jesus: How the King of the Jews Became a Prophet of the Muslims’
When Reza Aslan’s bestseller Zealot came out in 2013, there was criticism that he hadn’t addressed his Muslim faith while writing the origin story of Christianity. In fact, Ross Douthat of The New York Times wrote that “if Aslan had actually… Read More ›
Incest & Widow Burning: How Much Can Muslims Stomach?
Jonathan Brown on 03 October 2016 Jonathan Brown is the Alwaleed bin Talal Chair of Islamic Civilization in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and he is the Associate Director of the Alwaleed bin Talal Center for… [more]… Read More ›
A Man Attested by God: The Human Jesus of the Synoptic Gospels
Author of the new book A Man Attested by God The Human Jesus of the Synoptic Gospels, a thought-provoking alternative perspective on the full humanity of Jesus Christ, J. R. Daniel Kirk holds a PhD in New Testament from Duke University… Read More ›
Jesus prophesied the coming of the Paraclete
The Qur’an says: “And remember when Jesus, the son of Mary, said: ‘O Children of Israel! I am the Sent One of God to you; I confirm the Torah that is before me, and I give glad tidings of (another)… Read More ›
The God Julius Caesar
Reblogged from Professor Bart Ehrman’s Blog I mentioned in a previous post the scarcely-remembered-these-days Diogenes Poliorcetes (Diogenes, the Conqueror of Cities), who was acclaimed as a divine being by a hymn-writer (and others) in Athens because he liberated them from… Read More ›
Battle of Hastings: How did the Normans defeat the Saxons in 1066?
#otd 1066 @King_Harold66 won decisively at Stamford Bridge – so how did he go on to lose at Hastings? #Battle1066 pic.twitter.com/m8kGNGMmzi — English Heritage (@EnglishHeritage) September 25, 2016
New book claims the Old Testament drew extensively on Plato’s writings
New book claims the Old Testament drew extensively on Plato’s writings and other texts from the Great Library of Alexandria in 270 BC. Religion News Service reports September 21, 2016 NEW YORK–LONDON — Plato and the Creation of the Hebrew Bible, from… Read More ›
Why did Uthman burn the manuscripts of the Holy Quran? Deedat answers
A rather good answer by Ahmed Deedat.
Mike Licona on the Toughest Gospel Contradiction Claim
An honest Christian Bible scholar admits he has no solution to some of the contradictory accounts in the New Testament. This problem will come as no surprise to Christians (and others) who have studied the text closely. The Bible obviously contains… Read More ›
The ‘Christian Persecution Complex’ revealed
“In The Myth of Persecution, Candida Moss, a leading expert on early Christianity, reveals how the early church exaggerated, invented, and forged stories of Christian martyrs and how the dangerous legacy of a martyrdom complex is employed today to silence… Read More ›
Dr Shabir Ally’s Excellent Synopsis of the Trinity Belief in History
A new video by Yahya Snow who comments: “As an enthusiast for researching the Trinity belief I felt this synopsis by Dr Shabir Ally in a debate was brilliantly concise and detailed enough to get in the salient points that… Read More ›
Why did Uthman burn the Quran? – Dr Yasir Qadhi
Orientalists often question the historical authenticity of the Qur’an by accusing Uthman ibn Affan (ra) – The 3rd Caliph of Islam, of burning copies of the Qur’an in his reign. Shaykh Yasir Qadhi answers – The historical compilation of the… Read More ›
What on earth is Tom Wright on about?
Here’s another quote from the forthcoming book of the great NT Wright (biblical scholar and evangelical Christian). Am I the only one to see a problem here? Wright says that after Jesus died, the actual terrestrial world we live in was… Read More ›
Recommended Reading List: Islam
I have chosen this selection from books I have read over the years. Beginners: Abdel Haleem, trans. The Qurʼan (New York: Oxford UP, 2005). Laurence Brown, The First and Final Commandment, A search for truth in revelation within the Abrahamic religions… Read More ›
Gospel Inflation
A Christian minister asked a really interesting question on Twitter just now: he notes ‘that Jesus is portrayed as referring to God as Father roughly 170 times while the OT does only about 11’. What are we to make of this, he… Read More ›
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