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Revisiting the Issue of the Quran and the Falsification Test Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun This is a brief reply to another one of Bassam Zawadi’s attempts of defending the indefensible. Zawadi tries to take a stab at refuting my article which details how the Quran fails a Muslim falsification test. Zawadi writes: First of all, there is a big difference between
Addressing Paul Williams’ False Accusations Pt. 6 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun We now come to the final part of our rebuttal. Williams attempts to defend Muhammad’s teaching that Allah will torture Jews and Christians as a sacrifice for the sins committed by Muslims. In order for the readers to follow along we will again quote one of the
Addressing Paul Williams’ False Accusations Pt. 5 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun We continue our discussion. What Williams does next is absolutely astounding. He tries to call into question the Eucharistic passages found in the Gospels by claiming that Paul may have influenced them! He writes: 1) Let us look at the earliest account we have in Paul’s first
Addressing Paul Williams’ False Accusations Pt. 4 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun We continue our reply to Williams’ assertions. Williams claims that Matthew was embarrassed by the way Mark narrated the story of the young man Jesus, and so decided to change some of the dialogue between them. Hence, instead of the rich man calling Jesus “Good master,” Matthew has
Addressing Paul Williams’ False Accusations Pt. 3 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun We resume our discussion. Williams would also like me to address his misuse of Jesus’ words to the rich young ruler that is found in Mark 10:17-25 and Matthew 19:16-24 (as well as Luke 18:18-25). Since he takes a cheap shot at me by stating
Addressing Paul Williams’ False Accusations Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun We continue with our rebuttal. Williams quotes the parable of the tax collector and the Pharisee found in Luke 18:9-14 as a further illustration that a person is justified before God without the need for Jesus’ vicarious sacrifice. We will address this along with William’s blatant
Addressing Paul Williams’ False Accusations Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun Paul Bilal Williams has published the first part of his “reply” to my series of rebuttals where he does hardly more than accuse me of not addressing specific Biblical texts which he raised in his debate with Dr. Steve Latham titled, “Salvation in Christianity and Islam”, pts. 1
Having Eyes He’s Still Unable To See Pt. 3 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun We have now come to the final part of our response. Jesus did two other miracles which the OT ascribes to Yahweh alone, such as cleansing people of leprosy and other infectious skin diseases: “And He was preaching in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and casting out demons.