theology
Doctrinal studies addressing key themes in Christian belief through Scripture and sound exegesis.
MUHAMMAD: ARIUS’ DISCIPLE Paid Members Public
Specific ahadith testify that Muhammad (allegedly) thought of himself as a defender and promulgater of Arianism, meaning the views held by the 4th century AD heretic Arius who taught that Christ as the Logos was the first creature of God, through whom he created the ages and everything else. This
THE PAGAN GODS ALLAH AND AHAD Paid Members Public
MORE PROOF OF ISLAM’S PAGAN ROOTS The following references are all taken from Ahmad Al-Jallad’s book, The Religion and Rituals of the Nomads of Pre-Islamic Arabia: A Reconstruction Based on the Safaitic Inscriptions, published by Brill, Leiden/New York, 2022. All emphasis will be mine. RODAW: ALLAH THE
AHAD: A PRE-ISLAMIC PAGAN DEITY? Paid Members Public
In this post I will be citing snippets from the fabulous work of epigrapher Ahmad Al-Jallad in respect to some of the pre-Islamic Arabian inscriptions he and his colleagues have discovered, which prove quite devastating to the traditional Muslim narrative. Ahmad Al-Jallad is a philologist, epigraphist, and historian of language.
ISLAMIC SADISM: PUNISHMENT OF THE GRAVE Paid Members Public
According to the hadiths Muhammad believed that unbelievers are tormented in their graves. Believers, however, are given respite: Narrated Masruq: ‘Aisha said that a Jewess came to her and mentioned the punishment in the grave, saying to her, “May Allah protect you from the punishment of the grave.” ‘Aisha then
FRANCIS TURRETIN ON THE PERPETUAL VIRGINITY OF MARY Paid Members Public
This post is courtesy of Perry Robinson of energetic procession: https://energeticprocession.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/sometimes-you-feel-like-a-nut-francis-turretin-on-the-perpetual-virginity-of-mary/. The perpetual virginity of Mary often comes up in Protestant and Catholic arguments. When I was Reformed, I didn’t think much of it. I didn’t think it ought to be
JESUS AS GOD’S SON: THE BIBLICAL DATA Paid Members Public
In this post I will be listing all of the verses where Jesus is described as the Son of God. The purpose isn’t to exegete the meaning of the texts, but to simply provide a handy list of all the pertinent references to Christ being identified as God’s
MORE ISLAMIC PROOF THAT JESUS CLAIMED TO BE GOD! Paid Members Public
In this post I will share some additional evidence from the Quran and sunnah that Jesus did claim to be God Almighty in the flesh. The Muslim scripture identifies Allah as the master and ruler of the day of judgment, which shall be the day when all mankind will appear
MUHAMMAD’S UNJUST AND IMMORAL RULES ON ADULTERY Paid Members Public
The Quran mandates that there must be four witnesses to an adulterous act before anyone can be condemned for adultery: The woman and the man guilty of illegal sexual intercourse, flog each of them with a hundred stripes. Let not pity withhold you in their case, in a punishment prescribed