Is Islam Rational? Paid Members Public
Is Islam Rational? By Dallas M. Roark, Ph.D. There is a chasm that is difficult to bridge between Islamic ideology and the West. Very basic to understanding this divide is what happened in history. The West has been influenced by two great inspirations: Greek thought and the Christian faith.
Does the Qur'an have a revelation from God? Paid Members Public
Does the Qur’an have a revelation from God? Dallas M. Roark, Ph.D. The Qur’an says, “Read: and thy Lord is the Most Bounteous, who teacheth by the pen, teacheth man that which he knew not.” (96:3-5) “He said: The knowledge thereof is with my Lord
What are prophets? Paid Members Public
What are prophets? by Dallas M. Roark, Ph.D. The first occurrence of the word “prophet” appearing in the Bible relates to Abraham in the book of Genesis. The context of the story concerns Abraham and Abimelech. Sarah was a beautiful woman and because of this Abraham instructed Sarah to
Who Can Claim to Be a Prophet? Paid Members Public
Who Can Claim to Be a Prophet? By Dallas M. Roark, Ph.D. Recently, a newspaper in the Arab Emirates reported: “A Saudi man mounted a prayers platform at the Grand Mosque in Islam’s holiest shrine in the Gulf kingdom and told thousands of worshippers that he was a
Some Paradoxes of Islam Paid Members Public
Some Paradoxes of Islam By Dallas M. Roark, Ph.D A paradox involves two ideas that are inconsistent with each other, or they may be contradictions to each other, or they may be said to be illogical. We shall propose several claims of Islam that fit the descriptions above. Paradox
Outrageous Love Paid Members Public
Outrageous Love By Dallas M. Roark, Ph.D. The Qur’an: No son did God beget, nor is there any god along with Him: (if there were many gods), behold, each god would have taken away what he had created, and some would have lorded it over others! Glory to
Open Letter to Saudi Muslims Paid Members Public
Open Letter to Saudi Muslims I recently read of the martyrdom of Fatima Al-Matayri who was killed in August, 2008, because of her belief in Jesus as the Christ, the Son of God, the Savior from sin. Saut Ul-ukdud 12/8/2008 – 1:11am A Saudi citizen working
Did Muhammad Exist? Paid Members Public
Did Muhammad Exist? A Book Review What a strange question. Everybody assumes that Muhammad existed. Does not Islam affirm his existence? Why would anyone question it? Strangely enough there are many questions about Muhammad, the Qur’an, and the hadiths (traditions) that arose about Muhammad that led some scholars and