{"id":76166,"date":"2020-05-02T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-02T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/?p=76166"},"modified":"2020-06-22T09:43:25","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T16:43:25","slug":"apologetics-conversations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2020\/05\/02\/apologetics-conversations\/","title":{"rendered":"Apologetics Conversations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;re a Christian who has ever studied Islam, you&#8217;ll no doubt have come across <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acts17.net\/\">Acts 17 Apologetics<\/a> which is run by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Wood_(Christian_apologist)\">David Wood<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David definitely knows his stuff and is an <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WKqe8fKhfXg&amp;list=PLuXxHEHGRVu9vZWvL7PTIPXsiAoR7K1Su\" target=\"_blank\">effective debater<\/a>, but his YouTube channel is <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KBMozd9W0Kk&amp;list=PLuXxHEHGRVu9H54IfV0XkhnqkcC3wm8mR&amp;index=2\" target=\"_blank\">often incendiary<\/a> (if his YouTube account gets cancelled, you can find all his videos <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bitchute.com\/channel\/TsFGCanUmRyH\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>). Because of this, I was rather pleased to see that he recently created a video explaining what an actual conversation with a Muslim friend should look like, rather than mimicking the sarcasm-drenched videos he normally produces:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AjvQ6bzlM54?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While his videos are indeed normally sarcasm-laden, one can&#8217;t help but note that the content is substantial:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h0StubraAvU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David had a great interview on <em>Capturing Christianity<\/em> where he speaks about his more provocative approach:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xce-7zYYwrg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=1721&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re a Christian who has ever studied Islam, you&#8217;ll no doubt have come across Acts 17 Apologetics which is run by David Wood. David definitely knows his stuff and is an effective debater, but his YouTube channel is often incendiary (if his YouTube account gets cancelled, you can find all his videos here). 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