YouTube - Mary Jo Sharp vs. Tabasum Hussain: Women in the Bible and the Qur'an, Part Two

This is part 2 of the debate between Mary Jo Sharp and Tabasum Hussain regarding "Women in the Bible and the Qur'an" This is the first rebuttal period. The debate really heats up with each scholar give it her best shot to defend against the claims made by the other and simultaneously making the point their own Holy text has a higher view of women than the other. I thought Dr. Sharp was great. She stuck to just the Qur'an and the Hadith. However Dr. Hussain meandered off the Bible and the Jesus a lot. I notice that a lot of male Muslim apologist argue much the same way. At least Hussain is more respectful about it. The problem is that Dr Tabasum Hussain seems to me to be an anomaly - almost a contradiction. She is a Muslim, highly educated woman yet she was born and raised in the west. Had she been born in a Muslim country, would she had have had the same opportunities? To be fair many women in the West don't get the same opportunities either. I think Sharp is handling the debate correctly because both Christian and Muslim men have misused their authority and power, therefore the debate should center around what the Bible and Qur'an actually says and what Jesus and Muhammad said.






YouTube - Mary Jo Sharp vs. Tabasum Hussain: Women in the Bible and the Qur'an, Part Two

Iron Sharpens Iron: Louis C. Love, Jr.: The Doors of the Church are Opened (And How I Walked In)!: An African American's Journey into Reformed Christianity

This was a great video on Iron Sharpens Iron of Pastor Louis C. Love, Jr.  on how he as an African American begain to agree with the theology of Calvinism (aka The doctrines of Grace). I really enjoyed him. It's been my experience that my African-American ancestors accepted God's sovereignty in their lives although they may not had articulated a systematic theology as the reformed denominations have. How else could you accept your station in life as a slave or a persecuted minority and a sovereign all-powerful God unless you believe that God has a purpose for everything and that he will deliver you? It has been my experience that most African-American churches are not theologically centered but deal mostly with emotion. WE say we believe the Bible. We say we want to live Holy and that Jesus redeemed us, but few of us really think through what all of those things mean.  Listen to the interview from the link below. The Pie chart above shows the religions of African Americans.

Iron Sharpens Iron: Louis C. Love, Jr.: The Doors of the Church are Opened (And How I Walked In)!: An African American's Journey into Reformed Christianity

Moral Relativism? / Messenger Puppet

I found the graphic above without much explanation.  It's obviously that the point being made is that in the Bible God is credited with killing more people than the number of people who the Bible says were killed by Satan. Fine I agree. The graph does not explain how the final tally was arrived, but let's grant that it's true. My response is "So!!!" God can literally do whatever He pleases and any time anywhere.There isn't a single human being who doesn't deserve death. The fact that we live at all is because God's grace and mercy which He is not obligated to give to us.

Moral Relativism? / Messenger Puppet