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YASIR QADHI & HIS GOD BAAL Members Public

In his book on Muhammad’s life, notable Muslim scholar Yasir Qadhi mentions how paganism supposedly began in Arabia. He states that a man from the tribe of Khuza’a had imported an idol of the god Hubal, which was given to him by the Amalekites. He further acknowledges that

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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ATHANASIUS ON THE ANGEL OF GOD Members Public

In this post I will demonstrate that Athanasius did affirm that Jesus appeared in the Hebrew Bible as the Angel of God. At the same time, however, I will show that Athanasius did not hold to the view that the texts which were (and still are) commonly employed to prove

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
angelsjesus-christtheology

YASIR QADHI, MUHAMMAD & TABUK Members Public

In this post I will be quoting from the sirah produced by noted Muslim scholar Yasir Qadhi in respect to Muhammad’s expedition against Tabuk. I do so since Qadhi does a fine job of refuting the oft-repeated lie that the reason why Muhammad sent his jihadis to kill

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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LUTHER, CALVIN & THE MASS Members Public

In this post I will cite from both Martin Luther and John Calvin admitting that the Eucharist was viewed to be Christ’s propitiatory sacrifice by the Church universally, with Calvin virtually admitting that this has been the belief from time immemorial. Calvin even dared to claim that this was

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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AUGUSTINE & OT THEOPHANIES Members Public

In the post I will share St. Augustine’s belief that it was created angelic beings whom God sent forth to speak to the OT saints on his behalf. I will then offer some comments and pushback. All emphasis will be mine. Chapter 11.— The Essence of God Never Appeared

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
angelschurch-historytheology

INVOKING MUHAMMAD: MAN IN NEED & THE BLIND MAN Members Public

The following lengthy extract is taken from ENGLISH BOOK: Counter refutation on topic of Waseela By Aamir Ibrahim, pp. 41-77. The author provides a thorough refutation to the attempt by Salafi Muslims to weaken the narrations where a blind man and a man in need prayed to Muhammad directly,

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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SIRACH & THE TALMUD Members Public

In this post I quote select passages from the Babylonian Talmud where the rabbis affirm the authority of Ecclesiasticus, also known as Ben Sirach, and even quote from it to establish doctrine. The rabbis even placed Sirach in the section called Writings (ketuvim). כָּתוּב בַּתּוֹרָ

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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𝐃𝐈𝐃 𝐈𝐆𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐔𝐒 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒? Members Public

These quotes are from Capturing Christianity’s response video to James White’s casting doubt on the existence of this holy Martyr and disciples of the beloved Apostles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tg4V70LcDo&t=30s. Charles Gore (1900) “[W]e cannot but congratulate ourselves that now for

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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