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Christian Gadfly
by Al-Furqan al-Haqq
What is our purpose? Why are we here? How can you know if something is true? Why does truth have value? What problems face us? What is the solution? In this day and age these questions have never been more ignored and yet more needing to be answered.
Episodes
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Why I Don't Care About Atheists (3)
A lot of Christian apologists feel the need to spend all their time addressing the issues brought up by atheists. As someone who used to be an atheist, that is all well and good and I'm glad they're doing what they're doing, but not for me. This video explains why I have no passion for that…
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1984 Game: Can you Win? (2)
King Kong and Christian Gadfly play a game trying to apply 1984 quotes to current events. Can we do it? Can we succeed?
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An Irishman and a Rancher Discuss Dolly Parton, Trump, Cancel Culture, Evolution Joe Rogan, and Teleology (1)
I had the pleasure of having a conversation with a Texas cattle rancher and an Irishman. We talk about everything going on in the world today.
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Break Time
I will be taking a break. My life is a mess. Hope to be back in the fall.
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Faith and Reason Part 1 (21)
In this episode we start to navigate the relationship between faith and reason. We start looking at the tensions, address why it needs to be addressed, and then start looking at definitions.
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Credo Ut Intelligam Part 3 (20)
Is the human mind a computer? I argue no from the philosophical argument of "understanding" and from the scientific work of Wilder Penfield.
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Credo Ut Intelligam Part 2 (19)
In this section we start looking at C.S. Lewis's argument from reason and his views on how to property use the ideas of Christian thinkers from history. Does ground and consequent logic create a problem for naturalism? Find out in this episode.
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Credo Ut Intelligam Part 1 (18)
St. Anselm once said, "I believe in order that I might understand". Is this quote naive nonsense or is there something more to it? We spend the next few episodes digging in.
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Jim Jones (17)
Was Jesus a cult leader? How is he different and similar to Jim Jones?
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Paul and the Faithfulness of God Greco-Roman (16)
In this episode we look at the ways that Greeks viewed the world. We look at the three big questions of Greek philosophy and the four major schools of Greek philosophy.
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Paul and the Faithfulness of God Part 7 (15)
What did Paul mean when he used words like "elected" "redeemed" or "justification"? What did these words mean to an early Jew? See how it comes together with our final episode over the Jewish worldview. Next time portion of episodes will look at the Greek and Roman worldview.
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Paul and the Faithfulness of God Part 6 (14)
This episode is about the importance of zeal for the ancient Jews and how they believed that the glory of the Lord would appear in the temple, the exile would end, and the nations would join in worship of Yaweh when the kingdom came.
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Paul and the Faithfulnes of God Part 5 (13)
In this episode we talked about the relationship between temple/creation and wisdom/kings. We also talked about how Jesus’s actions in judging the temple and calling himself the temple would have been interpreted in an ancient Jewish context. We looked a little bit at Old Testament prophecies to...
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Paul and the Faithfulness of God Part 4 (12)
This episode looks at the presence of Yaweh and the role of the divine garden.
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Paul and the Faithfulness of God Part 3 (11)
In this episode we delve into what "zeal" meant for a first century Jew, looking at the examples of Phineas, Elijah, and the Maccabees. We discuss how election, monotheism, and eschatology, define them a bit, and look at how it was believed that zeal would exemplify and manifest those three things.
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Paul and the Faithfulness of God Part 2 (10)
This one finishes up Philemon by looking at the slavery. Then there is a discussion about the importance of understanding a worldview if you're going to do proper theology. The episode finishes up thinking for a moment about how you would need to understand the American Revolutionary War to...
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Paul and the Faithfulness of God Part 1 (9)
In this episode we will compare a letter from Pliny the Younger to a letter from Paul. What was Paul's place in the Roman world? How did his worldview differ from the worldview around him. Once we learn that we can then go on to reading Paul's letters and figuring out what he's actually trying to...
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Fine Tuning 2 (8)
This time we will look at the process that makes deuterium, helium 4, resonance, and carbon 12. Hope you enjoy!
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Fine Tuning 1 (7)
What is fine tuning? Are there ways to argue for God using the natural world? Find out this episode.
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Highlights of the Quran (6)
I go through parts I've highlighted of Surah 2 as I read.
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Christchurch Shooter (5)
In 2017, Brenton Tarrant went into a mosque in New Zealand and opened fire killing many and injuring many more. Why did he do it? What were his beliefs? What did he believe about European Culture? What did he believe about Islam? Why was his action morally wrong? Find out this episode.
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Islam and Human Rights (4)
Is there a connection between a country being Muslim majority and there being human rights violations? Are there more restrictions on free speech? Homosexuality? Out of marriage sex? Is Islam more inherently violent than Christianity? Is there Islamic violence still ongoing today? In this episode...
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Roaches and Shadows (3)
99.9% of Muslims maintain that the Quran has been perfectly preserved to the letter since the time of Muhammed and that this is how we can know that their religion is true and others are false. This is contrary to all sorts of evidence. A few very intelligent Muslims scholars are willing to admit...
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Islamic Censorship (2)
Is there a pattern of censorship amongst Islamic apologists dating back to the time of Uthman? Listen and find out this episode.
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Hafs 1924 Cairo Edition (1)
The standard worldwide Quran today is the Hafs Cairo 1924 edition. But was this always the case? What is the history of this manuscript? How reliable is it? Does it cohere with what we know from the hadith? What did Hafs contemporaries say about him? Find out this episode. Much information was...
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Early Quranic Manuscript Variants (63)
The most famous Muslim apologist in the world is Zakir Naik. His youtube has over 2 million subscribers. He also claims that the Quran was perfectly preserved from the time of Muhammed until today. Does his story live up to the hadith? Does it live up to the early Quranic manuscripts? Find out…
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Miracle of 19 (62)
Is there a supernatural connection between the Quran and the number 19? Find out in today's episode. Hatun Tash Website https://www.dcciministries.com/author/hatun/ Hatun's video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h4iQsPfaYQ Daniel Brubaker's Channel on Quran Manuscript Variants...
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Ilhan Omar (61)
Ilhan Omar is big news if the United States today. Today we look at one of her questions, one of her speeches, and then listen to the Islamic preacher Daniel Haqiqatjou
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Letter to America Pt 2 (60)
Why did 911 happen? We can finally read the letter to see why.
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Letter to America (59)
Why did 911 happen? Was religion a factor? Are we missing something?
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911 and Islam (58)
In this episode, after learning all we have, we rewind back to September 11, 2001. It's ironic that we can all say 911 and remember the destruction that happened, but when we start asking why it happened there is complete and total confusion. We are told "extremists" and "terrorists", but extreme...
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Mosab Hassan Yousef v President Obama (57)
Are we at war with Islam? Different people are saying different things. Who is telling the truth?
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Maghazi and Beyond (56)
We look further at the phase of Muhammad's life after the Median phase. What about the Crusades? The Christians did that so everybody is the same, right?
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The Sunnah (55)
What is the Sunnah? ABC says that he was a good man, is this true? Does this match the historical record?
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The Torn Sheikh (54)
Yassir Qadhi is a brilliant mind and a Muslim Sunni Sheikh with multiple degrees. He is receiving death threats after an online interview with Muhammad Hijab. The English speaking Muslim world is in a panic. And there are leaked correspondence discussing him in wikileaks with the secret service...
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Perfect Preservation of the Quran (53)
Was the Quran perfectly preserved? Who is Mary in the Quran? Was the Al Aqsa mosque already built in Muhammad's lifetime? Another video to watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfgV9cNf1vc
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The Quran in Islam (52)
Why is burning a Quran so inflammatory? Is the Quran inerrant? Does it have any contradictions? Another video for you to see. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfgV9cNf1vc
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The Cross and Islam (51)
How do we know if a historical claim is reliable? What is the different between Eastern and Western Epistemology? Once we've established a test, how does the Koran hold up to historical inquiry in regards to Jesus's death by crucifixion? More to see on the Quran at this video....
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The Beliefs of Islam (50)
The next in this series goes into the following questions. What are the basic beliefs of Islam? What are some similarities between Islam and Christianity? What are some differences? Is the Quran inerrant, according to the Quran? How is it different than the Bible in this regard? What does it…
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Muslim Friends Islamic Belief (49)
How should we treat Muslims? What is Islam? What isn't Islam? How can we know?
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Buddism Part 2 (48)
I continue on in my analysis of Buddhism. Have you ever posted a Buddhist quote on Instragram? Do you actually know anything about Buddhism?
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Bhuddism Part 1 (47)
What is Buddhism? What does it mean to be Buddhist? What needs to be true in order for Buddhism to be true? Can it be falsified? Should it be falsified?
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Genesis 18 Part 1 (46)
I start going through Genesis 18 here. We look at how hospitable Abraham was. He runs to serve. He says he'll give a little and gives a lot. We get to hear from Rashi and talk about Sarah's womb (might as well after discussing Abraham's penis).
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Aliens and Ghosts (45)
I found a bookmark in a book I got from my grandfather and it got me thinking. This podcast will discuss aliens and ghosts.
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Mark 1 Part 3 (44)
We continue in Mark noting how Jesus interacts with the sabbath, chooses his disciples, and talk a little bit about how names were related to black magic in the 1st century.
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Mark 1 Continued (43)
We continue Mark going into the baptism, the monarchical significance of it, ties to creation, Adam, Abraham, Solomon, and how all of this sets up the rest of the gospel and the temple discourse.
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Intro to Mark (42)
I take a break from Genesis to talk about what the Jewish expectation was when they used the words "good news". I also tie together concepts from creation, Abraham, and the prophets to set the foundation for how to read the gospels as they were originally intended when describing Jesus's life.
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Genesis 17 and Abraham's Penis (41)
This is where I go into God's promise to bring kings from Abraham. I also talk more about Abraham's penis then you've probably ever wanted to talk about penises.
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Depression (40)
This episode takes a break from the Genesis narrative's progressive to focus in on Hagar's feelings and connect them to depression in general and other stories in the Bible that have characters in an analogous situation. This episode primarily focuses on Elijah's similar journey in the desert and...
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Genesis 16 part 2 (39)
Hagar has escaped into the desert, alone crying and pregnant. Will she survive?
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What is our purpose? Why are we here? How can you know if something is true? Why does truth have value? What problems face us? What is the solution? In this day and age these questions have never been more ignored and yet more needing to be answered.
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Al-Furqan al-Haqq
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What is our purpose? Why are we here? How can you know if something is true? Why does truth have value? What problems face us? What is the solution? In this day and age these questions have never been more ignored and yet more needing to be answered.
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