DEBUNKING
ISLAM
BLOG POST
by Felicity Blaze Noodleman
Los Angeles, CA
11.21.14
BLOG POST
by Felicity Blaze Noodleman
Los Angeles, CA
11.21.14
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"It is difficult to forget 9/11. I was in 10th grade at a college prep school in the D.C. area. During my second period sex education class it was announced that something was wrong . . . something had happened. Class stopped and everyone assembled in the gymnasium for an announcement. There was lots of fear and confusion. Classmates had parents who worked in the Pentagon. School was canceled, and parents picked us up. As we all stood around in the gymnasium waiting, another student came up and told me there were rumors of car bombs in the district . . . that this was an all out attack. It was a day of fear."
http://www.washingtoninst.org/6164/911-and-the-ruins-of-memory/
It seems that our nation has received a calling to defend ourselves and the world from an evil which is as old Human Kind it self. Since Cain killed his brother Able God has set a curse upon all those who kill, murder and defile the word of God and humankind itself. The Islamic world should make no mistake about it . . . the United States has two guiding lights to this end. The world of Islam will never be the same when America is finished ending the violence which Muslims have begun! To quote the Prophets who were sent from God so many times in the past to those nations of Persia and Syria among others . ."Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations." Ezekiel 14:6
Debunking any philosophy is never an easy task. First we must weigh the evidence against the known universal truths generally accepted by Human Kind and what ever is left over, or in other words will not fit the format should be thrown out and be considered as untrue. Islam is no different and stands in judgment before Human Kind and before the God of Heaven and Earth.
As Americans we strongly believe in principle that each individual has the right to worship as we choose. We also believe in the separation between Church and State. It is at this point that we begin to have problems with Islam. This religion violates both of these principals which have been written into the United States Constitution. Islam seeks to be both a religion and a government. Islam also executes those who are non believers. Even those who are Muslims who practice Islam differently (those who are a different sect of the religion) run the risk of being executed.
This Barbaric behavior is older that Islam itself. History seems unclear about dates and events concerning Islamic origin but it seems 610 AD is when the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, who was in his 40's, began to write Revelations which he received in what is now known as the Koran. Many aspects of this religion seem to be borrowed from other religions and incorporated into the Koran and are known today as Islam.
1. The Fallacy of False Assumptions: In logic as well as in law, "historical precedent" means that the burden of proof rests on those who set forth new theories and not on those whose ideas have already been verified. The old tests the new. The already established authority judges any new claims to authority.
4. The Fallacy of Irrelevance: When you introduce issues which have no logical bearing on the subject under discussion, you are using irrelevant arguments.
Examples:
This argument is erroneous for several reasons.
6. The Fallacy of Force: The Qur'an commands Muslims to wage war against non-Muslims and apostates (Surah 5:33; 9:5, 29).
7. The Fallacy Of Confusing Questions of Fact with Questions of Relevance: Whether something is factually true is totally different from the issue of whether you feel it is relevant. The two issues must be kept separate.
8. Phonic Fallacies: The phonetic sound of a word should not be used to twist its meaning. For example,
a. Some Muslims try to prove that the word "Allah" is in the Greek New Testament because of the Greek word alla. But while the word is pronounced "alla," it only means "but" in Greek. It has nothing to do with the Arabic "Allah."
9. "Red Herring" Arguments: When a Muslim is asked to defend the Qur'an, if he turns around and attacks the reliability of the Bible, the Trinity, the deity of Christ, the Crusades, etc., he is introducing irrelevant issues that have no logical bearing on the truthfulness of Islam. He is trying to divert attention from Islam to other issues.
Furthermore, he is assuming that if he can refute the Bible, then the Qur'an wins by default. If he can refute the Trinity, then Allah wins by default. But this is logically erroneous. You cannot prove your position by refuting someone else's position. The Bible and the Qur'an could both be wrong. Muslims must prove their own book.
10. Straw Man Arguments: When you put a false argument into the mouth of your opponent and then proceed to knock it down, you have only created a "straw man" argument, Muslims sometimes either misunderstand or deliberately misquote the arguments Christians give them.
Example:
Some Muslims have built a "straw man" argument that claims that we teach, "The Qur'an teaches that Allah is the Moon-god and that Muslims knowingly believe in and worship the Moon-god and his daughters." They then knock down this "straw man" argument and claim victory. Of course, we never said such nonsense. What we have said is that while the Qur'an claims that Allah is God and Muslims think they are worshipping the one true God, in reality they are worshipping a false god preached by a false prophet according to a false book.
As Americans we strongly believe in principle that each individual has the right to worship as we choose. We also believe in the separation between Church and State. It is at this point that we begin to have problems with Islam. This religion violates both of these principals which have been written into the United States Constitution. Islam seeks to be both a religion and a government. Islam also executes those who are non believers. Even those who are Muslims who practice Islam differently (those who are a different sect of the religion) run the risk of being executed.
This Barbaric behavior is older that Islam itself. History seems unclear about dates and events concerning Islamic origin but it seems 610 AD is when the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, who was in his 40's, began to write Revelations which he received in what is now known as the Koran. Many aspects of this religion seem to be borrowed from other religions and incorporated into the Koran and are known today as Islam.
Common Logical Fallacies
Made By Muslims
by Robert A. Morey
© 1996 Research and Education Foundation
© 1996 Research and Education Foundation
http://www.chick.com/information/religions/islam/fallacies.asp
About Robert Morey
A consummate religious leader and scholar,Robert Morey has completed advanced studies on a wide range of Christian and Islamic topics. Based on his studies and over 35 years of experience as an evangelical pastor, Robert Morey founded the Research and Education Foundation (Faith Defenders) in 1982. Robert Morey has received many endorsements from top Christian theologians and preachers, and he has given talks at institutions in over 30 countries. Additionally, Robert Morey is a prolific author and has published over 55 books.
Robert Morey’s
education includes courses of study in philosophy, theology, apologetics, and
Islam. Robert Morey holds degrees from Covenant College, Westminster
Theological Seminary, and Louisiana Baptist University. Additionally, Robert
Morey has studied at L’Abri Fellowship International sites in Switzerland and
the Netherlands, and he received an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Faith
Theological Seminary in 1996.
Christians must be prepared to answer the
typical objections made against the Gospel. Most of the objections are based on
simple logical fallacies. The following is a list of some of the most common
fallacies used by Muslims.
Note: The average Muslim does not know that his
arguments are logically erroneous. He is sincere in his beliefs. Thus you must
be patient and kind in sharing with him why his arguments are invalid.
1. The Fallacy of False Assumptions: In logic as well as in law, "historical precedent" means that the burden of proof rests on those who set forth new theories and not on those whose ideas have already been verified. The old tests the new. The already established authority judges any new claims to authority.
Since Islam came along many centuries after Christianity, Islam
has the burden of proof and not Christianity. The Bible tests and judges the
Qur'an. When the Bible and The Qur'an contradict each other, the Bible must
logically be given first place as the older authority. The Qur'an is in error
until it proves itself.
Some Muslims violate the principle of historical precedent by
asserting that Islam does not have the burden of proof and that the Qur'an
judges the Bible.
2. Arguing in a circle: If you have already
assumed in your premise what you are going to state in your conclusion, then
you have ended where you began and proven nothing.
Examples:
#1 Proving Allah by the Qur'an and then proving the Qur'an by
Allah.
#2 Proving Muhammad by the Qur'an and then proving the Qur'an by
Muhammad.
#3 Proving Islam by the Qur'an and then proving the Qur'an by
Islam.
3. False Analogy:
Comparing two things as if they are parallel when they are not really the same
at all.
Examples:
Examples:
#1 Many Muslims erroneously assume that Muslims and Christians
share the same concepts of God, revelation, inspiration, textual preservation,
the Bible, prophethood, biblical history, conversion, etc...
#2 Because a false analogy is drawn between Islam and
Christianity, some Muslims think that any argument which refutes the Qur'an
will likewise refute the Bible; any argument which refutes Muhammad will also
refute Jesus Christ, etc...
#3 For example, many Muslims claim that Muhammad and all prophets
were sinless. They even deny that Abraham was an idol worshipper. Thus when a
Christian points out all the wicked things that Muhammad did (mass murder,
child abuse, lying, etc.), the Muslims will say, "If you are right, then
you must also reject your biblical prophets for doing wicked things as
well."
What he is really saying is, "If you reject my prophet, then
you must reject your prophets as well. If Muhammad was a false prophet, then
your prophets are false as well."
The root problem is that the Muslim concept of prophethood is not
the same as the Christian concept of prophethood. We teach that prophets sin
like anyone else. Thus while Islam is refuted by the sins of Muhammad,
Christianity is not jeopardized at all. The Muslim is guilty of setting up a
"false analogy."
Whenever a Muslim responds to a Christian attack on the Qur'an,
Muhammad, or Allah by flipping the argument around and applying it to the
Bible, Jesus or the Trinity as if Islam and Christianity either stand or fall
together, he is guilty of the fallacy of false analogy. Islam can be false and
Christianity be true at the same time.
4. The Fallacy of Irrelevance: When you introduce issues which have no logical bearing on the subject under discussion, you are using irrelevant arguments.
Examples:
#1 Some Muslims argue, "The Qur'an is the Word of God because
the text of the Qur'an has been preserved perfectly." This argument is
erroneous for two reasons:
a. Factually, the text of the Qur'an has not been preserved
perfectly. The text has additions, deletions, conflicting manuscripts, and
variant readings like any other ancient writing.
b. Logically, it is irrelevant whether the text of the Qur'an has
been preserved because preservation does not logically imply inspiration. A
book can be perfectly copied without implying its inspiration.
#2 When Muslims attack the character and motives of anyone who
criticizes Islam, they are using irrelevant arguments. The character of someone
is no indication of whether he is telling you the truth. Good people can lie
and evil people can tell the truth. Thus whenever a Muslim uses slurs such as
"mean," "dishonest," "racist," "liar,"
"deceptive," etc., he is not only committing a logical fallacy but
also revealing that he cannot intellectually defend his beliefs.
#3 When confronted with the pagan origins of the Qur'an, some
Muslims defend the Qur'an by answering, "So what! Didn't you Christians
get Christmas from the pagans?"
This argument is erroneous for several reasons.
a. It is a false analogy to parallel the pagan origins of the
rites commanded in the Qur'an with the present day holidays nowhere commanded
in the Bible. What some modern day Christians do on Dec. 25th has no logical
bearing on what the Qur'an commands Muslims to do (eg. the Pilgrimage, the
Fast, etc.).
b. It is irrelevant that some Christians choose to celebrate the
birth of Christ. Since the Bible nowhere commands it, it is a matter of
personal freedom. But Muslims are commanded in the Qur'an to believe and
practice many things which came from the paganism of that day.
c. The Muslim by using this argument is actually admitting that
the Qur'an was not "sent down" but fabricated from pagan sources.
This means he has become an unbeliever (Surah 25:4-6).
#4 Some Muslims argue that the Qur'an is the Word of God because
it contains some historically or scientifically accurate statements. This
argument is irrelevant. Just because a book is correct on some historical or
scientific point does not mean it is inspired. You cannot take the attributes
of a part and apply it to the whole. A book can be a mixture of true and false
statements. Thus it is a logical fallacy to argue that the entire Qur'an is
true if it makes one true statement.
When a Muslim argues that history or science "proves"
the Qur'an, this actually means that he is acknowledging that history and
science can likewise refute the Qur'an. If the Qur'an contains just one
historical error or one scientific error, then the Qur'an is not the Word of
God. Verification and falsification go hand in hand.
#5 The present meaning of a word is irrelevant to what it meant in
ancient times. The word "Allah" is a good example. When confronted by
the historical evidence that the word was used by pagan Arabs in pre-Islamic
times to refer to a high god who was married to the sun-goddess and had three
daughters, some Muslims will quote dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc. to prove
(sic) that "Allah means God." They are thus using modern definitions
to define what the word meant over a thousand years ago! What "Allah"
means now has no bearing on what it meant before Muhammad.
5. The Fallacy of
Equivocation: If we assume that everyone has the same definition of such words
as God, Jesus, revelation, inspiration, prophet, miracle, etc., we are
committing a very simple logical fallacy.
#1 When a Muslim says, "Christians and Muslims worship the
same God," he is committing the fallacy of equivocation. While Christians
worship the Triune God of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Muslims worship a
Unitarian deity. Obviously, they are worshipping different Gods.
#2 When a Muslim says, "We believe in Jesus too," he is
committing the fallacy of equivocation. The "Jesus" of the Qur'an is
not the Jesus of the Bible. Islam preaches "another Jesus" (II Cor.
11:4). The Jesus of the Bible is God the Son who died on the cross for our
sins. But the "Jesus" of the Qur'an is not God the Son and he did not
die on the cross for our sins. Thus it is erroneous for Muslims to tell
Christians that they believe in Jesus, too.
#3 When a Muslim assumes that Christians have the same concept of
revelation as Muslims, he is guilty of the fallacy of equivocation. According
to Islam, the Qur'an was written in heaven by Allah and has no earthly sources.
When we prove that it comes from earthly sources, this threatens the
inspiration of the Qur'an.
On the other hand, the Bible does not claim that it dropped out of
heaven one day. It openly quotes from earthly sources. It uses pre-existing
sources without any difficulty whatsoever, Thus while the Qur'an is threatened
by historical sources, the Bible is actually confirmed by them.
#4 When a Muslims tells you that the word "Allah" has
only one meaning: "the one, true, universal God," he is assuming a
fallacy. The word "allah" has many different meanings.
a. It can be used as a generic term like the English word
"God." Thus it can be applied to any god or goddess regardless if a
true or false god is in view. (ex. The "Allahs" of Hinduism.)
b. The Nation of Islam uses it to refer to Wallace Dodd Ford,
Elijah Muhammad, and Louis Farrakhan as "Allah" and teaches that all
black people are "Allahs."
c. It has been used by some Christians in Arabic speaking
countries as a generic name for the Holy Trinity.
d. It was used in pre-Islamic times by pagan Arabs to refer to the
moon-god who was the father of al-Lat, al-Uzza and Manat.
e. It is used by Muslims to refer to their god.
Islam and Christianity do not worship the same God. The Christian
worships the Holy Trinity while the Muslim worships a unitarian deity.
6. The Fallacy of Force: The Qur'an commands Muslims to wage war against non-Muslims and apostates (Surah 5:33; 9:5, 29).
Some Muslims use a false analogy to answer this argument. They
respond by saying, "Well, what about the Crusades? You Christians use
violence just like Muslims."
It is logically erroneous to set up a parallel between Muslims
killing people in obedience to the Qur'an and Christians killing people in
disobedience to the Bible. While the Qur'an commands Jihad, the New Testament
forbids it.
7. The Fallacy Of Confusing Questions of Fact with Questions of Relevance: Whether something is factually true is totally different from the issue of whether you feel it is relevant. The two issues must be kept separate.
Examples:
#1 When a Christian argues that some of the beliefs and rituals of
the Qur'an came from pre-Islamic Arab paganism, the Muslim will deny it at
first. But as more and more evidence is given, the Muslim will often do a
flip-flop and begin arguing, "So what! Didn't you Christians get Christmas
from the pagans?" The Muslim has now committed three fallacies:
a. The "So what!" argument is dealing with the issue of
relevance, not fact. You must stop the Muslim at that point and ask him,
"Since you are now dealing with the issue of whether the pagan origins of
the Qur'an are relevant, does this mean that you are now agreeing to the fact
of the pagan origins of Islam?"
b. The Muslim has also committed the fallacy of equivocation, The
Bible is not threatened by historical sources. It freely refers to them and
even quotes them (Acts 17: 28). But the Qur'an denies that it has any earthly
historical sources (Surah 25:4-6).
c. He also committed the fallacy of false analogy. The Bible and
the Qur'an are two totally different books. The inspiration of the Bible does
not depend upon the fate of the Qur'an because what Muslims claim for the
Qur'an is not what Christians claim for the Bible.
8. Phonic Fallacies: The phonetic sound of a word should not be used to twist its meaning. For example,
a. Some Muslims try to prove that the word "Allah" is in the Greek New Testament because of the Greek word alla. But while the word is pronounced "alla," it only means "but" in Greek. It has nothing to do with the Arabic "Allah."
b. Some Muslims have claimed that the word "Allah" is in
the Bible because the Biblical word "Allelujah." They then
mispronounce the word as "Allah-lujah" But "Allelujah" is
not a compound Arabic word with "Allah" being the first part of the
word. It is a Hebrew word with the name of God being "JAH" (or Yahweh)
and the verb "alle" meaning "praise to." It means
"praise to Yahweh." The Arabic word "Allah" is not in the
word.
c. The same error is found in the Muslim argument that the word
"Baca" (Psa. 84:6) really means "Mecca." The valley of Baca
is in northern Israel.
d. Some Muslims have tried to go from "Amen" to
"Ahmed" to "Mohammed!" Such nonsense is beyond belief.
9. "Red Herring" Arguments: When a Muslim is asked to defend the Qur'an, if he turns around and attacks the reliability of the Bible, the Trinity, the deity of Christ, the Crusades, etc., he is introducing irrelevant issues that have no logical bearing on the truthfulness of Islam. He is trying to divert attention from Islam to other issues.
Furthermore, he is assuming that if he can refute the Bible, then the Qur'an wins by default. If he can refute the Trinity, then Allah wins by default. But this is logically erroneous. You cannot prove your position by refuting someone else's position. The Bible and the Qur'an could both be wrong. Muslims must prove their own book.
10. Straw Man Arguments: When you put a false argument into the mouth of your opponent and then proceed to knock it down, you have only created a "straw man" argument, Muslims sometimes either misunderstand or deliberately misquote the arguments Christians give them.
Example:
Some Muslims have built a "straw man" argument that claims that we teach, "The Qur'an teaches that Allah is the Moon-god and that Muslims knowingly believe in and worship the Moon-god and his daughters." They then knock down this "straw man" argument and claim victory. Of course, we never said such nonsense. What we have said is that while the Qur'an claims that Allah is God and Muslims think they are worshipping the one true God, in reality they are worshipping a false god preached by a false prophet according to a false book.
Conclusion
The average Muslim has been deceived by Muslim
apologists who use such logical fallacies without regard to reason, fact or
honesty. But there are many Muslims who want to be rational in their religion
and thus have an open mind to rational discourse. Once they see that their
arguments are based on logical fallacies, they will be open to the wonderful
news that Jesus Christ is the Son of God who died for our sins on the cross.
http://www.chick.com/information/religions/islam/fallacies.asp
In conclusion; for a religion which claims some of the same Patriarchs as Judaism, the Koran which was written some six hundred years after the time of Jesus Christ seems to be lacking the inspiration found in the Torah, and other Jewish Inspired literature (the Christian Old Testament) and the Christian New Testament.
Another problem with Islamic teaching from the Koran is the lack of any commandment from Allah (God) such as "Thou Shalt not kill". The Islamic part of the world is covered in the blood of their fellow human beings which has been done in the name of their God.
The Islamic world has always had a problem with embracing false Gods and Idol worship. They have always rejected and killed the Prophets who were sent to them by God and this still continues today with the false religion of Islam. Until they repent and accept the one true God there will never be peace in their world.
In conclusion; for a religion which claims some of the same Patriarchs as Judaism, the Koran which was written some six hundred years after the time of Jesus Christ seems to be lacking the inspiration found in the Torah, and other Jewish Inspired literature (the Christian Old Testament) and the Christian New Testament.
Another problem with Islamic teaching from the Koran is the lack of any commandment from Allah (God) such as "Thou Shalt not kill". The Islamic part of the world is covered in the blood of their fellow human beings which has been done in the name of their God.
The Islamic world has always had a problem with embracing false Gods and Idol worship. They have always rejected and killed the Prophets who were sent to them by God and this still continues today with the false religion of Islam. Until they repent and accept the one true God there will never be peace in their world.
http://www.theologynetwork.org/blog/2010-06/poop-idol
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