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A Leading Muslim Taqiyyist Strikes Back! Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun This will be a very short reply to Muslim taqiyyist Sami Zaatari who has come out with a “response” where he shamefully twists my words in order to mislead his readers and thinks he can actually get away with it! He quotes a part of my reply to
Answering A Fool According To His Folly Paid Members Public
Taking Another Look At The Quran’s Contradictory Creation Accounts Sam Shamoun Readers’ Discretion Advised The Holy Bible says that there is a time and place in which to ignore a fool: “Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Or you will also be like him.” Proverbs 26:
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
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