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Doctrinal studies addressing key themes in Christian belief through Scripture and sound exegesis.

ISLAMIC ANAL SEX: A CASE OF DISHONESTY Members Public

In this post I am going to highlight the dishonest and deceitful tactics of Muslims in their attempts of concealing the grossly immoral, vile, shameful teachings of their prophet. In al-Bukhari, the son of the second caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab expounds on the meaning of Q. 2:223, which describes

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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How Reliable were the Early Church’s Oral Traditions? Members Public

Gregory Boyd November 3, 2021 How reliable were the early church’s oral traditions? In terms of assessing the reliability of the Gospels, this is an extremely important question. First century Jewish culture was what scholars today would call an “orally dominated culture.” While a certain percentage of people could

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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MORE OF MUHAMMAD’S BLASPHEMOUS FAIRYTALES EXPOSED Members Public

In this post I will share another of Islam’s fairytales, one that focuses on Muhammad’s alleged night journey where he was taken by night from the Kabah to the Temple in Jerusalem, and from there throughout the seven heavens where he supposedly met his lord. The fable will

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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IS ALLAH IN HEAVEN OR ABOVE IT? Members Public

Certain Muslims, particularly those who identify as Salafis, claim that their god is above his throne which is above the seven heavens in a manner that befits his majesty. These Islamic anthropomorphists deny that Allah is in any of the seven heavens, even though they believe that he does descend

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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ALLAH’S NEGATIVE ATTRIBUTES Members Public

In this post I will highlight some of the negative descriptions of Allah, or names which depict the Muslim deity and an evil, capricious, arrogant and heartless tyrant who does not resemble the true God revealed in the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ. For the most part, I shall

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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THE NOT SO MIRACULOUS AND PERFECTLY PRESERVED QURAN Members Public

The following excerpt is taken from Qadi ‘Iyad Ibn Musa al-Yahsubi’s Kitab Ash-shifa bi ta’rif huquq al-Mustafa (Healing by the recognition of the Rights of the Chosen One), translated by Aisha Abdarrahman Bewley (Madinah Press, Inverness, Scotland, U.K.; third reprint 1991, paperback), PART THREE. On what is

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Sam Shamoun
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Al Wala’ wa’l Bara’: Islam’s Doctrine of Hate Members Public

Can Muslims take Jews and Christians as their friends? Do the so-called authentic texts of Islam permit Muhammad’s followers to befriend and love individuals from another religion? Or are Muslims expressly forbidden by their god from taking non-believers as friends, comrades, protectors etc.? Love and Hate for Allah’s

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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The Council of Antioch on Christ’s Divinity Members Public

In the year 268 AD, a provincial council was convened at Antioch, Syria where the Apostles of the risen Lord often frequented and where believers were first called Christians: “Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul: and when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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