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A Contradiction regarding Clean Foods? Paid Members Public
A Contradiction regarding Clean Foods? Sam Shamoun & Jochen Katz Bassam Zawadi seeks to interact with one of our answers to a question on eating pork. Basically the author tried to show that Mark 7:18-23 shows Jesus declaring all food clean. Here is the passage "Are you so
Was Jesus Omniscient? Paid Members Public
Was Jesus Omniscient? Sam Shamoun Bassam Zawadi wrote an article regarding Mark 13:32 and Jesus' omniscience (here). In it he has tried to address my articles regarding how this text affects the omniscience of the Son (here) and the Holy Spirit (here). For the most part, we would
Is there an Islamic Demand for Obedience to the OT Laws? Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun Bassam Zawadi has made an attempt to respond (*) to my article (*) regarding the issue of whether Jewish and Christian converts to Islam are required to observe the Law of Moses, even if this means that they must break specific Quranic commands to do so. We will see here
Did Muhammad Confirm the Torah? Paid Members Public
Addressing the Smokescreens of a Muslim Polemicist Sam Shamoun It seems that Zawadi never learns and just doesnt know when to give up, no matter how many times he has been refuted. He is trying so hard to disprove the fact that his own religious scripture along with specific traditions
Jesus Christs Descent into Hades: A Response to a Muslim Inquiry Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun Bassam Zawadi produced a paper (*) discussing certain passages which suggest that the blessed Lord Jesus descended into hell after he physically died. It is true, of course, that many early church fathers believed and taught that Christ did indeed descend into the realm of the dead, the place
Does being called "good" imply being God? Paid Members Public
Does being called "good" imply being God? Sam Shamoun Bassam Zawadi has written an article regarding Jesus’ claim that he is the Good Shepherd in order to disprove that Christ is God (here). In particular, he wants to make the claim look absurd by pointing out that Joseph
Bassam Zawadi on Jeremiah 8 Paid Members Public
Bassam Zawadi on Jeremiah 8 Sam Shamoun Bassam Zawadi has recently written a paper where he tries to prove from Jeremiah 8:8 that the Torah, or Law of Moses, was corrupted (here). In it, he also addressed some Christian responses to this common Muslim abuse of the Jeremiah text,
Honoring Jesus as God: The Meaning of John 5:23 Paid Members Public
Honoring Jesus as God The Meaning of John 5:23 as taken from Bible Expositors Sam Shamoun Since Bassam Zawadi loves quoting Bible expositors when it suits his purpose we have decided to include the views of specific commentators regarding the meaning of John 5:23, supplementing our answer to