The ignorant and deceitful are mud-slinging at Joesph Smith. I am not a Mormon, yet I can see through the propaganda onslaught against Joseph Smith. Sadly, many evangelical Christians have resorted to such dubious tactics...not only is their claim of pedophilia unscholarly itis incorrect too.
Video by Yahya Snow
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Friday, 15 January 2010
To Debate or Not to Debate...
Since my return to apologetics I have had a number of debate “challenges” directed my way from people of varying reputations. In all honesty, amongst the ones which tickled my fancy have been two written debate challenges; one debate with a popular secularist and the other from a Christian apologist named Anthony Rogers (aka Semper Paratus).
The latter is more intriguing as Anthony is willing to debate concerning the Trinity, this does seem to be an interesting phenomenon amongst Christian apologists in recent times; they seem more willing to tackle the real focal issues of detraction when it concerns the Muslims amongst others.
As Anthony and I have had exchanges in the past I do feel I know him and he deserves a separate response not only out of fine courtesy but out of the fact that Anthony has a great array of phraseology and is a very well accomplished writer; indeed his writing style is something to behold. As a keen article writer, I personally feel it would be extremely interesting to enter into a written discussion with Anthony. I do want to stress my appreciation of Anthony’s writing style does not equate to agreement with his content
However, personal feelings should always be left aside when deciding what course of action to take in the realm of Islamic propagation and apologetics; every action is judged by its intention, hence our intentions in this noble field should always be free from ego and other worldly concerns. Nevertheless it is an opportunity to witness to Anthony and Anthony’s supporters and one should always take up the chance to deliver the message of the Prophets to all who have not heard it or those who have yet to understand it and thus accept it.
Moving onto the practicalities, Anthony’s time line for the debate was far from practical given all my commitments. I am sure we can come to some sort of agreement on the timeline which is suitable for both parties. I do fear this debate will have to be delayed significantly as Anthony is due a response from myself concerning John 1:1-19 (he, S.Shamoun and D.Wood are all due a response related to this issue) and his colleague, Hogan, is due a couple of responses too. In order to maintain chronological order and fairness I feel I must churn out the other responses before any such written dialogue can go ahead.
I must also say my current mode of witnessing/propagation and apologetics has been yielding fine results (all praise is due to God) so I am reluctant to move away from such a potent methodology; a methodology which is getting Christians to rethink some of the misinformation concerning Islam which is out there (unfortunately much of this misinformation is being disseminated by our Christian brothers/sisters) as well as getting them to rethink Christian doctrines. Hence, I do plan to continue down this path and this has been evidenced through my reluctance to debate anybody (up to now I have not accepted any debate challenges). I do feel a dialogue with Anthony is required and/or a refutation of his material should be carried out.
I must add my slight concern regarding the topics Anthony suggested, surely a more encompassing topic should be chosen rather than limiting a discussion on the Trinity to a certain section of the Bible. I would suggest:
Did Jesus teach the Trinity?
This topic should not be limited to a certain Book; logic should be allowed to come into play as well as other sources. Is Anthony up for this particular dialogue?
Finally I would like to finish on a personal note which is a rather sad state of affairs L. Anthony did suggest I was banned from a particular blog due to bad conduct; I do want to clear my name here. I have many Muslims and Christians who will vouch for my fine behaviour in discussion and respect for the Bible and other religious books. I have enclosed a link to what was deemed as “bad conduct” by an administrator/owner of the blog in question (D.Wood). The readers can decide for themselves whether it was bad conduct on my part or merely the result of a glass chin on the part of D.Wood.
I would also like to point out my banning only came into play as soon as I started refuting some of the material espoused/or produced directly by those concerned with the blog. Indeed this refutation material was potent and did get Christians thinking and asking questions. This fact combined with D.Wood’s huge efforts in censoring my highly respectful YouTube video to a lady who newly converted to Christianity leaves me with the impression that the censoring of my material was due to other reasons. It seems as though others sympathise with my plight too.
I would also like to point the readers to my condemnation of ignorant Muslims who insult the Bible (even if these insults are a response to Christian insults). The Muslim way (and the scholarly way) is not to ridicule or mock other faiths. You shall always find me following this great teaching. I am indeed a friend and brother to the Christians. I have a copy of the NIV Bible and I keep it in a lofty place in my room and treat it with care. The same rules apply to other books ie the Book of Mormon
Anthony also suggested I take every opportunity to criticise the Trinity; any arguments against the Trinity are always constructive and never produced out of malice. People can view my material for themselves, my material is produced for both Muslims and Christians to benefit from. I ask all to browse through it and look at it in an unbiased fashion…give it a chance…search for the Truth and the Truth shall free you.
Note to Anthony: In the discussion section to your debate challenge a commenter did claim he posted a message on my YouTube channel and was awaiting approval…I can assure him no such message came to me (possibly due to a glitch on YouTube or due to his link, YouTube does not allow links of that nature). If he wants to try again he may do so but I do want to assure him he was not censored by me.
May Allah guide us further. Ameen
Ban worthy discourse?:
https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6590312557191237519&postID=8397958699663275226
The much censored video message encouraging a Christian lady to give Islam a chance (everybody can benefit from this video as it leads to a number of fine links, do take your time to browse through the material on offer):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQjhA-KU0w0
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
The Unfair Allegation of Pedophilia against Joseph Smith by Yahya Snow
Joseph Smith was not a pedophile
I am no Mormon and nor do I have any affiliations/loyalties to Joseph Smith or with the LDS Church. I do want to state it is clear Joseph Smith was not a pedophile if you look from an intellectually honest view point.
We must remember our social norms concerning the age of consent/marriage are relatively recent constructs and are governed by laws which are equally recent, thereby rendering the judgment of past personalities by our current (and still changing) social laws and norms as intellectually dishonest. So, we must do away with our own subjective experiences (social norms) and contexts and look at the bigger picture.
Smith married seven ladies under the age of eighteen and the youngest was fourteen. According to my social norm (in the UK the age of consent is sixteen) Smith’s marriage to the fourteen year old would have been incongruous and a contravention of current UK law. We must remember our current age of consent laws were not in regulation during the time of Smith.
English common law was being utilized as a rough standard during the time of Smith, which had the age of consent down as ten; thus Smith broke no age of consent law during his time. Are we really going to condemn him based on a modern law which was constructed well after his death? Of course it would be folly and unscholarly to do so. Therefore branding Smith as a pedophile would be equally unscholarly and unfair.
In the past, the age of consent was not really an age but a biological sign, i.e. puberty and physical stature. So those critics who condemn Joseph Smith as a pedophile are being inconsistent if they do not also condemn their forefathers as pedophiles too. Are they really going to go that far? Of course not; the allegation of pedophilia levelled at Smith is generally borne out of one of two spawning points.
The first of these being the spawning point of ignorance; those who look superficially at their current age of consent and judge Smith (or any other past personality) by their recent laws without realising their laws were not in place at the time of Joseph Smith, thus rendering them myopic and their argument as invalid.
The second of these spawning points is more sinister, namely religiously motivated hatred; those who do not agree with Smith’s religion (mainly the evangelical Christians in this particular case) wish to malign the founder in an effort to gain converts from Mormonism to their respective faith(s). This is indeed a sad state of play highlighting the poor nature of some supposedly “religious” people.
The basic message is; Smith was not a pedophile and those who make such claims should be given a wide birth as they are unreliable.
Note: This short article was written by a Muslim.
Joseph Smith was not a pedophile
I am no Mormon and nor do I have any affiliations/loyalties to Joseph Smith or with the LDS Church. I do want to state it is clear Joseph Smith was not a pedophile if you look from an intellectually honest view point.
We must remember our social norms concerning the age of consent/marriage are relatively recent constructs and are governed by laws which are equally recent, thereby rendering the judgment of past personalities by our current (and still changing) social laws and norms as intellectually dishonest. So, we must do away with our own subjective experiences (social norms) and contexts and look at the bigger picture.
Smith married seven ladies under the age of eighteen and the youngest was fourteen. According to my social norm (in the UK the age of consent is sixteen) Smith’s marriage to the fourteen year old would have been incongruous and a contravention of current UK law. We must remember our current age of consent laws were not in regulation during the time of Smith.
English common law was being utilized as a rough standard during the time of Smith, which had the age of consent down as ten; thus Smith broke no age of consent law during his time. Are we really going to condemn him based on a modern law which was constructed well after his death? Of course it would be folly and unscholarly to do so. Therefore branding Smith as a pedophile would be equally unscholarly and unfair.
In the past, the age of consent was not really an age but a biological sign, i.e. puberty and physical stature. So those critics who condemn Joseph Smith as a pedophile are being inconsistent if they do not also condemn their forefathers as pedophiles too. Are they really going to go that far? Of course not; the allegation of pedophilia levelled at Smith is generally borne out of one of two spawning points.
The first of these being the spawning point of ignorance; those who look superficially at their current age of consent and judge Smith (or any other past personality) by their recent laws without realising their laws were not in place at the time of Joseph Smith, thus rendering them myopic and their argument as invalid.
The second of these spawning points is more sinister, namely religiously motivated hatred; those who do not agree with Smith’s religion (mainly the evangelical Christians in this particular case) wish to malign the founder in an effort to gain converts from Mormonism to their respective faith(s). This is indeed a sad state of play highlighting the poor nature of some supposedly “religious” people.
The basic message is; Smith was not a pedophile and those who make such claims should be given a wide birth as they are unreliable.
Note: This short article was written by a Muslim.
Saturday, 9 January 2010
The Book You NEED
An ex-Christian evangelist converted to Islam. He shares a short message with us. Let us praise the Lord.
Note: I have exams...hence the lack of content generated by myself recently. My exams finish on the 13th...so, God-Willing, I will be bringing further material to the table in order to witness the Truth of Islam amongst other things
For those who are thinking of converting to Islam...please do convert to Islam...please go to your local Islamic centre or mosque.
Note: I have exams...hence the lack of content generated by myself recently. My exams finish on the 13th...so, God-Willing, I will be bringing further material to the table in order to witness the Truth of Islam amongst other things
For those who are thinking of converting to Islam...please do convert to Islam...please go to your local Islamic centre or mosque.
Tuesday, 5 January 2010
The Bible: Jesus is NOT God
Some food for thought for those who read the Bible. More and more Christians are questioning the Trinity and its origins. Surprisingly enough the Bible is leading to this doubt, concerning the Trinity, in the minds of many Christians. Of course, the Muslims encourage this wholesome questioning and searching for the Truth. We indeed believe we have a fuller understanding of Jesus.
Thursday, 31 December 2009
Biblical Errors Confirmed by Bart Ehrman (Biblical Scholar)
I have been saying it for some time now, Christians who believe the Bible to be the exact inspired Word of God are dwindling in number as Biblical scholarship proves the Bible to be unreliable. Intellectual honesty tells you not to trust the Bible as a source of 100% reliability. Former devout Christian, Bart Ehrman (Biblical scholar) confirms the lack of reliability when it concerns the Bible.
Wednesday, 30 December 2009
Christian Priest Debates a Muslim :)
A funny clip from a debate between a Muslim and a Chritian priest. Surely the Christian priest has read the Bible, right?
Sunday, 27 December 2009
Negeen Invited to Islam
Links:
Links to Yusuf Estes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NB0n5...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkuZ1u...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJzuJ5...
Website of Yusuf Estes:
http://shareislam.com/
Links to Dr Jerald Dirks:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOZSrP...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m4KW-...Joshua Evans:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW99U4...
Links to Yahya Snow's two blogs:http://thefactsaboutislam.blogspot.com/
http://yahyasnow.wordpress.com/
Saturday, 26 December 2009
Become a Muslim if You Love Jesus
An ex-Christian preacher's site teaching us about Islam:http://shareislam.com/More on the brothers and sisters of Jesus in Mark 3:35 here:http://thefactsaboutislam.blogspot.co... .
Video is by Yahya Snow
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
Jesus has Muslim Brothers, Sisters and Mothers
The Bible Confirms: Muslims are the Brothers and Sisters (and Mothers) of Jesus by Yahya Snow
This may come as a surprise to those who are unaware of the contents of the Bible as well as unaware of whom the Muslims are but rest assured it comes as no surprise to those who are familiar with Prophetic Monotheism.
In order to explain the title let us look into the statement attributed to Jesus within the Gospel of Mark (3:35). Herein Jesus teaches us that his brothers, sisters and mothers are those who follow the Will of God.
Mark 3:35 says "For whoever does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother."
Reliability?
We should also acknowledge that this verse is from the Gospel of Mark, this Gospel is thought to be the most reliable of the four as it is the earliest but it is also clear that even this Gospel has been adulterated (or changed) by the scribes; this is seen through the footnotes in the NIV Bible (indicating manuscript differences) especially the last ten verses of the Gospel of Mark (16:9-19) which are forged additions by a scribe(s).
Nevertheless the statement attributed to Jesus in Mark 3:35 does have the ring of authenticity to it as it chimes well (agrees) with what another Prophet taught; Prophet Muhammed taught something similar [2], this also hints to us that this was a general Prophetic teaching.
Of course, it should also be said that the sincere companions and followers of Jesus are Muslims too. And all Prophets are Muslims. So indeed all those who have submitted to the Will of God are Muslims and are brothers and sisters. One big happy family!
As a side note, this verse from the Gospel of Mark does reinforce the view that the followers of Jesus thought of Jesus as a Prophet rather than God as God would not declare people to be his mothers, sisters or brothers. It also shows that Jesus did not view himself to be God as this is not a statement one would expect of God but one would have expected a statement like this from a Prophet, hence Jesus thought himself as a Prophet.
Note: All Biblical quotes are taken from the New International Version of the Bible
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References
[1] Sahih Bukhari Volume 4, Book 55, Number 652
[2] Ramûzu’l-Ehadis p. 361, 4460
Do you believe in the incarnation? If so please view:
http://thefactsaboutislam.blogspot.com/2010/09/islam-eliminates-conundrum-of.html
T
he uninformed may ask; how does this relate to the Muslims? Well, the word ”Muslim” simply means one who has submitted to the Will of God, so we come to know that “whoever does the Will of God” is a Muslim.
Thus we realise that Jesus is referring to Muslims in this passage so we should pass on these glad tidings to the Muslims as Muslims are indeed the brothers, sisters and mothers of Jesus. We also realise from hadith literature that all Prophets are brothers [1], so essentially Jesus is confirming that he is the brother of all the other Prophets too as all Prophets do the Will of God, i.e. all Prophets are Muslims.
Sharia Law against terrorism
Christians having dreams and converting to Islam
Learn about Islam
Email: yahyasnow@yahoo.co.uk
This may come as a surprise to those who are unaware of the contents of the Bible as well as unaware of whom the Muslims are but rest assured it comes as no surprise to those who are familiar with Prophetic Monotheism.
In order to explain the title let us look into the statement attributed to Jesus within the Gospel of Mark (3:35). Herein Jesus teaches us that his brothers, sisters and mothers are those who follow the Will of God.
Mark 3:35 says "For whoever does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother."
Reliability?
We should also acknowledge that this verse is from the Gospel of Mark, this Gospel is thought to be the most reliable of the four as it is the earliest but it is also clear that even this Gospel has been adulterated (or changed) by the scribes; this is seen through the footnotes in the NIV Bible (indicating manuscript differences) especially the last ten verses of the Gospel of Mark (16:9-19) which are forged additions by a scribe(s).
Nevertheless the statement attributed to Jesus in Mark 3:35 does have the ring of authenticity to it as it chimes well (agrees) with what another Prophet taught; Prophet Muhammed taught something similar [2], this also hints to us that this was a general Prophetic teaching.
Of course, it should also be said that the sincere companions and followers of Jesus are Muslims too. And all Prophets are Muslims. So indeed all those who have submitted to the Will of God are Muslims and are brothers and sisters. One big happy family!
As a side note, this verse from the Gospel of Mark does reinforce the view that the followers of Jesus thought of Jesus as a Prophet rather than God as God would not declare people to be his mothers, sisters or brothers. It also shows that Jesus did not view himself to be God as this is not a statement one would expect of God but one would have expected a statement like this from a Prophet, hence Jesus thought himself as a Prophet.
Note: All Biblical quotes are taken from the New International Version of the Bible
FEEDBACK: yahyasnow@hotmail.com
References
[1] Sahih Bukhari Volume 4, Book 55, Number 652
[2] Ramûzu’l-Ehadis p. 361, 4460
Do you believe in the incarnation? If so please view:
http://thefactsaboutislam.blogspot.com/2010/09/islam-eliminates-conundrum-of.html
T
he uninformed may ask; how does this relate to the Muslims? Well, the word ”Muslim” simply means one who has submitted to the Will of God, so we come to know that “whoever does the Will of God” is a Muslim.
Thus we realise that Jesus is referring to Muslims in this passage so we should pass on these glad tidings to the Muslims as Muslims are indeed the brothers, sisters and mothers of Jesus. We also realise from hadith literature that all Prophets are brothers [1], so essentially Jesus is confirming that he is the brother of all the other Prophets too as all Prophets do the Will of God, i.e. all Prophets are Muslims.
Sharia Law against terrorism
Christians having dreams and converting to Islam
Learn about Islam
Email: yahyasnow@yahoo.co.uk
Sami Zaatari Suspended from YouTube
Sami's account has been suspended for the time-being. He has a new (temporary) account whilst he tries to regain his old account. His new username is samizaaatari. Please do support him, it seems as though YouTube made a mistake; Zaatari had been away for three weeks and upon return uploaded a video and subsequently was suspended without prior notice. It does seem Zaatari will resolve this and regain his old channel but do be sure to subscribe to his new channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/samizaaatari
Friday, 18 December 2009
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Ex DJ Becomes a Muslim Scholar!
Why did I choose Islam?
Why I'm no longer a Christian?
Why should anybody choose to be a Muslim?
Imam Suhaib Webb is our guest on today's show ,Imam Webb was born and raised in the State of Oklahoma, USA. Suhaib William Webb accepted Islam at the age of twenty.
He graduated in Education from the Central Oklahoma University and has studied Arabic and Islamic Sciences under many notable scholars.
He is currently studying Shariah at Al- Alzhar University (Egypt). He is the author of the best selling CD album 'Mothers of the Believers'.
The Topic: How I Came to Islam ...
For more information visit the official Deen Show
http://www.thedeenshow.com/objective.php
Also see the article refuting the allegations of homosexuality levelled at the Prophet Jesus here: http://thefactsaboutislam.blogspot.com/search/label/100%25%20Proof%20Jesus%20was%20Not%20Gay
Some thoughts on the Gospel of Mark are here http://thefactsaboutislam.blogspot.com/2009/10/does-gospel-of-mark11-14-refute-trinity.html
Why I'm no longer a Christian?
Why should anybody choose to be a Muslim?
Imam Suhaib Webb is our guest on today's show ,Imam Webb was born and raised in the State of Oklahoma, USA. Suhaib William Webb accepted Islam at the age of twenty.
He graduated in Education from the Central Oklahoma University and has studied Arabic and Islamic Sciences under many notable scholars.
He is currently studying Shariah at Al- Alzhar University (Egypt). He is the author of the best selling CD album 'Mothers of the Believers'.
The Topic: How I Came to Islam ...
For more information visit the official Deen Show
http://www.thedeenshow.com/objective.php
Also see the article refuting the allegations of homosexuality levelled at the Prophet Jesus here: http://thefactsaboutislam.blogspot.com/search/label/100%25%20Proof%20Jesus%20was%20Not%20Gay
Some thoughts on the Gospel of Mark are here http://thefactsaboutislam.blogspot.com/2009/10/does-gospel-of-mark11-14-refute-trinity.html
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