David Wood Challenged to ... (2018-09-26) ​

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Here Mohammed Hijab challenges Christian apologist David Wood to a debate once again. When analysing the evidence , it becomes patently clear that David Wood has a clear lack of basic knowledge on Islam which leads him to make wild claims about it. He also struggles to make an intelligible case for Christianity when asked basic questions.

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David Wood is challenged to explain some basic tenets of Christianity, but is unable to do so convincingly. He is asked to debate the issue on a foundational level, but is unable to provide a sound theological basis for his beliefs.

00:00:00 David Wood, a Christian apologist, is challenged to explain some basic tenets of Christianity, but is unable to do so convincingly.

• 00:05:00 David Wood challenges another religious figure to explain how replacing the word "Jesus" with "God" does not fit the definition of God, who has no beginning or end.
• 00:10:00 Discusses how Islamic theology sees the Quran as having two natures - one that is physical and one that is spiritual. The physical nature can be corrupted and can eventually be destroyed, while the spiritual nature remains unchanged. This is in contrast to the Christian doctrine of the incarnation, in which the physical and spiritual nature of Christ are united.
• 00:15:00 David Wood is challenged to reconcile discrepancies in his faith, and is asked to explain why people are abandoning Christianity. Wood is unable to provide a satisfactory answer, and is asked to debate the issue on a foundational level. If Wood cannot provide a sound theological basis for his beliefs, he is unlikely to be able to successfully engage in a substantive discussion with those who do not share his perspective.

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0:00:05 [Music]0:00:31 come on hustle why you gotta cancel and0:00:33 welcome to another episode of the booth0:00:35 what would any be doing today is looking0:00:37 at this guy David Wood who is a0:00:39 Christian apologist and someone who's0:00:42 vehemently adverse to Islam and his0:00:45 teachings has been a living of attacking0:00:48 Muslims and the Islamic teachings whilst0:00:51 funny funny and ironically enough when0:00:54 he comes to present his own doctrines0:00:56 and his own beliefs he fumbles all over0:01:00 the place and embarrasses himself in a0:01:02 way which is really laughable if0:01:04 anything could be said about it at all0:01:06 so what we're going to be doing now is0:01:08 just looking at two small clips and just0:01:10 to see even someone as in in the0:01:15 Christian community has celebrated you0:01:16 could say in some corners of the0:01:17 Christian community and someone as0:01:20 spending all of his life doing his0:01:22 polemics as David Wood can't explain0:01:25 some basic tenets of Christianity so0:01:28 let's take a look at some of those0:01:29 things to go this is one of the0:01:31 questions that he was a stickler and not0:01:35 claiming to be an expert on this0:01:44 my name is Ahmad and this is a question0:01:46 for dr. wood it's a little bit different0:01:49 but we've been talking about today but0:01:50 it's about the nature of Jesus and 10:01:53 John 3:20 it says if our hearts condemn0:01:56 us we know that God is greater than our0:01:58 hearts and he knows everything in mark0:02:01 13:32 it says but about that day or hour0:02:04 no one knows not even the angels in0:02:07 heaven nor the son but only the father0:02:09 so if Jesus is God how do you not know0:02:11 about the hour or the day thank you yeah0:02:15 that's I would say that's probably the0:02:18 best verse to bring up if you were0:02:20 challenging the deity of Christ but this0:02:26 is similar to the earlier question in0:02:28 how as how can God die like if you're0:02:32 just saying God as he is in himself0:02:34 eternally well that would make no sense0:02:36 for God to die if you're talking about0:02:39 God as he eternally exists not knowing0:02:41 something that that would that would not0:02:45 make sense if you're talking about the0:02:48 incarnate the incarnate the divine son0:02:52 becoming incarnate well then you have0:02:55 two natures and this this is tricky and0:02:58 not claiming to be an expert on this but0:03:02 if you take the doctrine of the0:03:03 Incarnation seriously if you read in0:03:05 Philippians chapter 2 that Jesus being0:03:09 in very nature God or being in the form0:03:12 of God did not consider that equality0:03:15 that equality with the Father something0:03:16 to be held on to but made himself0:03:20 nothing taking on human likeness if you0:03:24 take that seriously then you have to ask0:03:26 okay when you have the Incarnate Jesus0:03:30 as a as a baby what level of0:03:33 understanding of everything does he have0:03:36 does he learn as he goes along and again0:03:40 this would this wouldn't make sense if0:03:41 you're just talking about God as he0:03:42 exists in himself but we can have these0:03:45 these kinds of discussions if we're0:03:47 talking about Jesus actually becoming a0:03:50 man and so you have different0:03:53 interpretations of the text but I don't0:03:57 see that it's0:03:58 that it's inconsistent with maintaining0:03:59 the deity of Christ if we if we0:04:02 acknowledge that Jesus did become a man0:04:05 and that if if God is in some sense0:04:10 laying aside his glory to wrap himself0:04:12 in human flesh that maybe he could say0:04:15 in those circumstances as the Incarnate0:04:17 son he didn't know something no wonder0:04:20 why this individual to be honest with0:04:21 you he doesn't talk about his religion I0:04:23 mean if you look at obviously these0:04:25 publications his videos and all these0:04:26 kind of things he's very very hesitant0:04:29 or anything very evasive to talk about0:04:31 his own doctrinal beliefs and the reason0:04:33 why I simply spoken is because when he0:04:36 does speak about it he's hesitant he's0:04:38 fumbling and he has no answers to very0:04:40 basic questions so if I say I'm not an0:04:43 expert why'd you need to be an expert on0:04:45 something in order to want to understand0:04:47 the very fundamentals the basics and0:04:49 believe the truth is he couldn't square0:04:51 the circle0:04:52 it was a contradiction and he couldn't0:04:54 square the circle it's something so big0:04:57 that in fact there were whole councils a0:04:59 tremendous colqhoun CIL's that were they0:05:02 attempted to square this several look at0:05:03 451 the council of chalcedon for example0:05:06 this was another council that attempted0:05:08 to when nestorianism0:05:10 came into play they tried to reconcile0:05:12 the different so-called divinity of0:05:13 Jesus and the earth and the human nature0:05:16 of Jesus and they say this Jesus is one0:05:18 and two he's got two sides he's of split0:05:20 personalities a bipolar he's got two0:05:23 Sabrina made right he is a God but he's0:05:26 a human at the same time how does it0:05:29 work so who died on the cross was it the0:05:31 Jesus God or the Jesus women and where0:05:33 was the Jesus gone when that Jesus human0:05:34 was being killed what happened when it0:05:36 was saying Eli Eli Lema leave my dilemma0:05:40 so funny all these other thoughts any0:05:41 now same thing why have you forsaken God0:05:44 why have you forsaken me0:05:45 where was Jesus death where was Jesus0:05:48 that got then to help Jesus the son or0:05:51 the human then were they separate is it0:05:54 literally you you become human and you0:05:57 become man by the hour would you change0:05:59 I mean how does it work what does the0:06:02 god dog if the Jesus human is death is0:06:04 he not always in the human think about0:06:08 how many this is a serious contradiction0:06:10 and so instead of dealing with the0:06:12 contradictions that plagued the very0:06:14 fundamentals of your religion you try0:06:17 and attack another religion because you0:06:19 know the reality is that Christians are0:06:21 becoming atheist in your country because0:06:25 that does not make sense to them look at0:06:28 America0:06:28 they're very country you live in why0:06:31 wouldn't they leave that religious I0:06:32 mean it doesn't make it is no coherence0:06:35 there is no consistency whatsoever0:06:38 David David it's enough if you really0:06:45 hated yourself enough honestly David0:06:49 you've been talking about Islam you've0:06:52 been talking about something which are0:06:53 not specialists and you're not an expert0:06:55 in in this very video0:06:56 you're an Alpha Kappa Darian you're an0:06:58 Alpha Kappa Darian in that very video0:07:00 you say I'm not an expert in the0:07:02 divinity of Jesus so I'm not gonna I'm0:07:05 not going to do a good job answering0:07:06 this question this contradiction which0:07:08 is meant to constitute the very basics0:07:10 of your religion the Trinity is the0:07:12 basics of your legion the divinity of0:07:14 Christ the basics of your religion0:07:15 you're not an expert on that so my0:07:17 answer is not going to be that good when0:07:18 it comes to Islam a religion which was0:07:21 certainly not an expert in you speak0:07:23 about it all day every day you see you0:07:28 have no basis for speaking about a0:07:30 religion if you're really fearful of0:07:32 representing something which you're not0:07:34 a specialist in why speak wisely why0:07:38 speak of Iceland if you're fearful that0:07:40 ok I'm going to be speaking about0:07:42 something which I'm not a specialist in0:07:43 I'm going expert in so why speak of0:07:47 Iceland how do you know that you're not0:07:49 gonna fumble all over the place as you0:07:51 have been the only difference between0:07:52 you're fumbling here and you're fumbling0:07:55 when you talk about Islam is that when0:07:57 you talk about Islam you fumble with0:07:58 confidence but when you talk about0:08:02 Christianity you realize it's a thorn is0:08:05 there doubt in your sight it's a0:08:08 doubtful fool in your sight but you know0:08:11 that you you can never maintain this0:08:13 religion if you talk about it if you0:08:16 present it just as it is present the0:08:19 Creed of the Christianity of the Romans0:08:22 the seven ecumenical council0:08:24 the Nicene Creed the Constantinople0:08:26 Creed the counseling0:08:29 the Cal student council which reduce0:08:32 card talks about an hour problem and0:08:34 you'll see that people not understand it0:08:36 rationally inconsistent there's another0:08:39 video which I'll actually watch cooking0:08:41 it's very interesting when David Wood0:08:43 talks about you don't really know you0:08:47 think let's take0:08:54 we'll start with questions for dr. wood0:08:58 please identify who you are and then of0:09:00 course your question hello0:09:03 yeah my name is Faruk Yousef and0:09:05 question is for dr. wood if we replace0:09:08 the word Jesus with the word God as many0:09:11 Christians believe Jesus and God are one0:09:13 in the same then to claim God died and0:09:16 was raised from the dead does not seem0:09:18 to fit the definition of God who has no0:09:21 beginning or end0:09:22 God is not born and does not die please0:09:24 explain thank you Joe for me yeah yeah0:09:30 and and you're you're absolutely correct0:09:31 that if we're if we're we're saying that0:09:34 Jesus is God and then we say that Jesus0:09:35 died then a natural question that would0:09:38 arise is how can God die God isn't the0:09:41 sort of thing that can that can die but0:09:44 you're ignoring something which is the0:09:46 Incarnation right whether you believe it0:09:48 or not that's how we reconcile to it -0:09:51 to give you an idea of what they would0:09:52 mean let me turn to the Quran here for a0:09:55 moment this is a Quran here we go again0:10:03 hard question being posed it was a0:10:05 simple question and the guy instead of0:10:09 answering it directly strategically0:10:12 talks about the Quran he divert his0:10:16 attention to the Quran answer the0:10:19 question according to your own0:10:21 principles and religious doctrines no0:10:24 let's talk about the Quran it says if0:10:26 someone's asking me about physics and0:10:28 I've given my biological example this is0:10:31 a very clear strategy that missionaries0:10:33 are using them and that's why I'm0:10:35 experienced in the last couple years0:10:37 I've got speakers Quanah they don't want0:10:38 engage on their own doctrines they just0:10:40 want to engage on social things that in0:10:43 Islam against a Western or liberal0:10:45 values what's that got to do with the0:10:47 questioner hand what's that got to do0:10:48 with coherence what type of human0:10:50 rationality what's that got to do with0:10:52 consistency what's that got to do with0:10:53 contradiction what's that got to do with0:10:55 the truth it's got very limited it's not0:11:00 anything to do with these things in fact0:11:02 it's a emotional argument at best0:11:05 sometimes let's take a look at what he0:11:06 says0:11:07 anyways flaw at least if you're an0:11:10 Orthodox Muslim the Quran is Allah is0:11:12 eternal word it has no beginning it has0:11:16 no end it can't be created it wasn't0:11:19 just it can't be destroyed and yet I0:11:21 open this Quran and it has a publication0:11:24 date 1994 it's made of paper and glue0:11:28 and ink it will eventually fall apart0:11:31 this Quran will eventually fall apart so0:11:34 think about this look at the ignoramus0:11:38 look at the ignoramus look at how0:11:41 humiliated himself by are talking about0:11:43 theological issues he has no0:11:45 understanding off look at the fool is he0:11:52 is acquaintance now he thinks the Quran0:11:54 is the what Hafiz holding in his hand0:11:57 the book he's holding in his hand0:11:59 publication days it is meant to be no0:12:01 beginning no end buyers go home vacation0:12:02 there are you an idiot0:12:03 have you gone understanding have you got0:12:07 a problem with comprehension the Quran0:12:10 is Kalam of Allah is the words of Allah0:12:12 the most half is what's written you're0:12:16 confusing the most half which is the0:12:17 book that's written and the Quran which0:12:19 is actually comes from the word Quran0:12:21 which means something which is recited0:12:23 and we believe it was recited from Allah0:12:24 so I mean this is such a basic thing0:12:29 which shows your ignorance of Islam or a0:12:31 very fundamental level I'm actually0:12:32 shocked that people listen to you and0:12:36 take you seriously let's continue this0:12:39 into the adversaries0:12:41 how can Allah is eternal uncreated0:12:45 incorruptible word have a beginning and0:12:49 eventually fall apart and the answer0:12:53 according to Islamic theology is that0:12:54 the Quran has two natures it's nitch no0:12:59 one in the whole of Islamic world has0:13:02 ever said the Quran has two natures you0:13:07 have to give evidences if you want to0:13:08 make a claim you can't just say that no0:13:10 one says the Quran has two natures no0:13:12 one has phrase it like that0:13:14 turtle word of Allah but it enters into0:13:16 our world in a physical form made of0:13:19 paper and glue and0:13:20 Inc and so this Quran has two natures0:13:23 and since it has entered into our world0:13:24 and taken on a physical form it can be0:13:28 corrupted it can be destroyed even0:13:29 though that wouldn't make sense to talk0:13:30 like that of the eternal Quran so if0:13:33 that's Islamic theology I don't know how0:13:36 we can look at John 1:1 in the beginning0:13:39 was the word and the Word was with God0:13:40 and the Word was the Word was God and0:13:43 the word became flesh and dwelt among us0:13:45 and since the word which was God entered0:13:48 creation and took on a human nature then0:13:51 he could die if you say that's that's0:13:54 false or illogical or incoherent I don't0:13:56 know how you would do so without a0:13:59 fallacy that how embarrassing that how0:14:04 embarrassing that don't embarrass0:14:06 yourself each other I'm not going to0:14:08 give you the chance to embarrass0:14:10 yourself any further why I'm going to0:14:12 say is this if you're saying that the0:14:14 word became flesh so really what you're0:14:17 saying that this logos this word this0:14:19 Jesus is God the flesh is God if you're0:14:25 saying the flesh is God you've narrowed0:14:27 it down for us there's no longer the0:14:31 contradiction here you have the flesh0:14:34 diet if the flesh type God did die0:14:38 looking to you if you want to think that0:14:40 well seriously what you're gonna say no0:14:43 it was that it was the human Jesus that0:14:45 fight but if they if the divine Jesus is0:14:48 the human Jesus and the word is the0:14:51 flesh and the flesh side then it would0:14:53 be a contradiction not to say that the0:14:55 flesh and the Jesus that is the flesh0:14:57 died so you can't have your cake in here0:14:59 you have to decide how you're going to0:15:04 rectify reconcile this contradiction of0:15:07 faith because my friend David and you're0:15:10 not really my friend people are running0:15:13 away from your religion because of this0:15:15 people are leaving Christianity people0:15:17 who are coming atheist Cuban Muslim look0:15:19 at the Pew Research on it look at the0:15:21 census data you have to find the answers0:15:24 quickly and you know what the problem is0:15:26 this I don't blame you because you're an0:15:27 intelligent man in some capacities you0:15:30 can't find the answers it's just0:15:31 fighting a losing argument that's what0:15:33 you're doing0:15:34 you can't do0:15:35 but I'll give you a chance anyways0:15:37 because asking Muslims on charitable so0:15:39 last chance I'll give you a chance I0:15:42 will come to you or you will come to me0:15:45 what I want to do is really expose you0:15:46 because you need to be exposed you're a0:15:49 fraud stuff you are a fraud stuff you0:15:53 have no knowledge of his lab you have0:15:55 very limited knowledge of Islam and that0:15:56 limited knowledge has only crumbs of not0:16:00 a tree that you put together to make0:16:03 your own rotten bread rotten wood you0:16:07 make your own rotten loaf that your0:16:10 people then consume and become sickened0:16:12 with the reality is this you're weak on0:16:17 theology especially Islamic theology0:16:20 even you're already long as you have no0:16:21 understanding of it so I know it's a0:16:25 chance for you now it's a chance for you0:16:28 my boy my boy I will come to you boy or0:16:35 you can come to me boy all we can do is0:16:37 not a debate on a foundational issue the0:16:41 debate must be on a foundational issue0:16:44 if you truly believe that your theology0:16:49 is superior to our forum there's no need0:16:52 talking about social issues let's get to0:16:54 the foundations you say you say Islam is0:16:57 wrong you believe it's wrong0:16:59 foundationally we believe in tawheed one0:17:01 God shamash Sahil as an eye you know you0:17:04 know at the right ahead say o Israel you0:17:07 know what our lord is one Lord this is0:17:10 what we maintain you say no he's three0:17:12 and one oh one two three let's debate it0:17:15 let's do it if you don't you don't0:17:19 really have it you don't people are0:17:21 gonna say - you've been saying as I can0:17:23 I can you've been saying to these people0:17:24 why are you running away0:17:25 people are gonna direct the same kind of0:17:27 comment to you so here's your chance0:17:38 you