John 5:2 and the Date of the Fourth Gospel: A Response to a Christian Apologist Originally Posted on the “Quran and Bible Blog“ بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْم “This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who wrote them… Read More ›
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‘Extreme teaching! Lamin & Paul Vs Christian Speaker’s corner Hyde park’
Last week at Speakers’ Corner
Four years ago (15 Feb. 2015) on a beach in Libya, twenty-one Coptic Christians were slain for their faith by affiliates of Daesh.
The list of their names is as as follows: Milad Makeen Zaky Abanub Ayad Atiya Maged Solaiman Shehata Yusuf Shukry Yunan Kirollos Shokry Fawzy Bishoy Astafanus Kamel Somaily Astafanus Kamel Malak Ibrahim Sinweet Tawadros Yusuf Tawadros Girgis Milad Sinweet Mina Fayez… Read More ›
Some brief comments on ‘Jesus and the Word: a metaphysical reflection on the Gospel of John’ by Chris de Ray
New Testament scholar Maurice Casey once claimed that “The Gospel attributed to St. John is the only New Testament document in which the deity and incarnation of Jesus are unequivocally proclaimed.” This statement is somewhat misleading. If the proclamation of… Read More ›
Christian colonization of Americas killed so many it cooled Earth’s climate
Today’s Guardian: Research finds killing of native people indirectly contributed to a colder period by causing deaths of around 56 million by 1600 ‘Large-scale depopulation’ resulted in vast tracts of agricultural land being left untended, researchers say. European colonization of… Read More ›
Did Jesus Think He was God?
Dale Martin is an American New Testament scholar. He is Woolsey Professor of Religious Studies at Yale University. Professor Dale Martin says it’s unlikely that Jesus taught his followers that he was divine since after his death, different disciples had… Read More ›
Guest article by Sam Shamoun: Bart Ehrman and the Trinity Pt. 2
Bart Ehrman and the Trinity Pt. 2 I resume my discussion of Ehrman’s statements concerning the text of 1 John 5:7. The other point that I want to make is that Ehrman’s argument actually ends up proving that John’s Gospel… Read More ›
Guest article by Sam Shamoun: Bart Ehrman and the Trinity
As I mentioned on January 12 I have invited Christian polemicist Sam Shamoun to write an article on BT. Here it is. As usual it is open for comments – with one proviso. Any abuse will result in the comment… Read More ›
Plato and Paul on the human predicament
I wrote this on my blog last week. Thought I’d post it here as well, as it may be of interest to some of you. For some reason the formatting got a bit messed up after I pasted the text… Read More ›
Bertrand Russell: ‘Why I am not a Christian: The Defects in Christ’s teaching’
I must admit that even as a Christian I was aware of these problems in Christ’s purported teaching – and I shuddered. Eventually I found refuge in Islam. Bertrand Russell did not and became an atheist. Bertrand Russell was British philosopher,… Read More ›