August 21, 2016 agoerner
Appreciating the textual tradition of the Quran, such as copyist errors, should open doors for Muslims to understand that the textual tradition of the Christian and Jewish Scriptures does not invalidate them from being the Word of God.
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July 22, 2015 agoerner
Fragments of what may be world’s oldest Quran have been found at the University of Birmingham. Radiocarbon dating puts the fragments somewhere between 568 and 645 AD. These Quranic pages went unrecognized in the university library for almost 100 years.
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September 18, 2014 agoerner
Muslims believe the "Day of Alastu" is one of the most important events in history. In this video I discuss the Islamic Day of Alastu and what it means for history and the Muslim view of sin. Like the Muslim...
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August 11, 2014 agoerner
Muslims believe in the perfect preservation of the Quran. However, preservation of the Quran is rooted in an imperfectly preserved tradition.
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July 9, 2014 agoerner
The claim that the angel Gabriel spoke to Muhammad is a historic claim. But does the historic evidence justify this claim? Is there historic evidence against it? Why would the angel Gabriel contradict previous revelation? Why did Muhammad die in...
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