John 3:16 – Now what do you say to THAT, you stupid heathen? (Part 7 of Dr. Laurence Brown’s refutation of John 3:16) Okay, you’ve got the format of these articles by now, right? Here’s John 3:16: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him …
In the midst of the growing 19th and 20th century awareness of the differences between Trinitarian doctrine and the period of origins, a person might be surprised to find one group who claim to be followers of Christ Jesus reading the following in the Holy Quran: “O People of the Book! Commit no excesses in …
“[The Bible] has noble poetry in it; and some clever fables; and some blood-drenched history; and a wealth of obscenity; and upwards of a thousand lies.” —Mark Twain, Letters from the Earth, Vol. II Let’s begin by putting “two of every sort (of animal) into the ark,” and then … Oh, wait. Was that “two …
Both read the Bible day and night, But thou read’st black where I read white. —William Blake, The Everlasting Gospel Of course, Blake’s sentiment in the quote above is nothing new. The New Testament contains enough inconsistencies to have spawned a dizzying variety of interpretations, beliefs and religions, all allegedly Bible-based. And so, we find …
Jesus Freaks (Recollections of a convert to Islam) When I was a child, growing up in the sixties and seventies just a few blocks away from the notorious Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, I was surrounded by the hippie movement. It was a “turn on, tune in, drop out” age of sexual freedom, cultural revolution …
Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions. —Benjamin Disraeli, Coningsby The critical difference between Jesus’ teachings and the Trinitarian formula lies in elevating Jesus to divine …
Biblical Inaccuracy and John 3:16 (Part 1 of 5) For many, the Christian-Muslim debate revolves around the issue of biblical inaccuracy. I am one of many authors who have addressed this topic in everything from brief pamphlets to full-length books. For the purpose of this article, however, I would like to focus on just one …
Biblical Inaccuracy and John 3:16 (Part 2 of 5) In this article we continue our examination of Biblical inaccuracy, taking as an example the famous verse, John 3:16: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” Something that …
Biblical Inaccuracy and John 3:16 (Part 3 of 5) The following is a summary of what we have covered to date in this series of articles: Episode 1: The gospel known as ‘John’ almost certainly was not written by the disciple John; Episode 2: Bible translators illegitimately capitalized ‘him’ in John 3:16 (“For God so …
(Part 4 of 5) The lynchpin of John 3:16 and, for that matter, of the entire Christian concept of redemption by faith, is the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ. John 3:16 tells us: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but …
