What a great video. I subscribed and thumbs up. I will be watching part 1 and 3 and if more? I am a singer songwriter as my hobby. I am retired fighting leukemia. I am winning. Healed by the blood of the lamb. No weapon formed against me shall proper in Jesus' name. I study the Bible. I have most of my life. I have attended many classes. I have no degree but close to a thousand credits, unites. I have sang, taught, and preached on the streets and in buildings. I am now beginning to read these other books. I do not know why i never took the time to read them. I have 105 the complete Ethiopian Bible put together by Dr. D. L. Nelson. I am in Enoch 1, section 3. I will be reading the other books written by the early church leaders. I heard 1 Clement is almost word for word of the book to the Hebrews? I read a dictated book from a live service teaching. I like to imagine Paul and Peter preaching, a tag team in Rome and someone dictated them preaching. lol I have a vivid imagination. Anyway, I understand a little more listening to you and Lee. What a great honor. Thank you.

Shabir is extremely ignorant and ridiculous. He is clueless about the Bible. He keeps referencing Mel Gibson and this Brown guy who isn't an apostles. Lots of words that make no sense.

So… eliminating all the nebulous verbiage by this speaker… if god’s hand can alter the laws of nature that’s the exact same thing as god overriding the laws of nature. Stop splitting hairs. And there is no and never has been ANY reliable evidence that god exists and that god can interfere with the laws of nature. None !! Except the words of certain people bound to start a new religion because history has revealed that’s one of the best ways to squeeze money and other resources out of emotionally desperate people. Religion is BIG business. So much so America has become the Mecca of absurdities. A nation of desperate people concocting stories of desperation. And how to avoid desperation… replace it with delusion.

Shabir failed to realize how heavy Jesus crime is from the eyes of the roman government, claiming you are king besides the emperor automatically earned you a death sentence. The soldiers would make sure you are dead. The soldiers are accustomed to death, surely they would know if you are faking it. 🤣

Your thesis was a great help to me. It's answered most of my questions. God bless you, Dr Mike. Adullam From Nigeria

What matters is not in the census, but the heart. I choose to not embrace Islam when I was younger, but later in life, having learn theology, I embrace Islam with conviction. Islam don't need the people. People need Islam.

Survey was digital, so it only reflects the population of Iranians with access to a computer. Imagine that

Muslims believe in Judgement Day, or yawm al-din, which is a fundamental aspect of their faith. On this day, Allah will judge people for their actions in life and decide how they will spend their afterlife. Muslims believe that when they die, they will remain in their graves until Judgement Day, when they will be resurrected and brought before Allah. An angel named Israfil will announce the Day of Judgement by blowing a trumpet, and the bodies of the dead will gather on the plain of Arafat. This stated, if Shabir Ally didn't believe that Jesus was resurrected from the dead...does he deny the fundamental aspect of their faith in which his religion promotes on the topic?

Although this debate was reasonably conducted by "educated people"...I must admit it falls short of the reality that God created the universe, Earth and ultimately Mankind for a specific reason which had NOTHING to do with both religions. According to 1 John 3:8: "Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil." Relative to this Scripture, (2) vitally important issues were not addressed during the debate: 1. What is SIN? 2. What does the significance of Son of God's appearance "to destroy the works of the devil" hold? Most believe Jesus came to create the religious following known as, "Christianity." This view is refuted by this passage. It states He appeared "to destroy the works of the devil" "for the devil has been sinning from the beginning." This indicates SIN is not religious; it's LEGAL. Scripture tells us it is the violation of "Divine Law." The edict from Heaven's Court specifies, "ALL have sinned and fallen short of the Glory (legal standard) of God." The ONLY remedy for this violation is DEATH; the shedding of Blood. My Muslim friend fails to understand the legal requirement for the SIN and my Christian Brother failed to adequately expose him to the fact that "the Son of God" appeared to destroy the works of the devil. It was he who introduced LAWLESSNESS (the practice of SIN) into the material realm. As an eternal issue, If Jesus had NOT appeared for this purpose SIN (which started in the heart of this rogue eternal being; infecting the material realm) would have gone on FOREVER corrupting everything eternally; left unchecked. Since blood was required to destroy the works of the devil, the following Scripture carries major purpose in the appearing of the Son of God: “Indeed, under the LAW almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins” (Heb. 9:22). For this reason the Son of Gods appearance was necessary... to satisfy the LAW and legally address the SINS of the world (John 3:16). Add to this, He was NOT a violator of Divine Law, but willfully became the Lamb of God to take away the infractions of our SIN. This satisfied the legal requirement of death through the shedding of blood under the LAW. BECAUSE HE WAS FOUND "NOT GUILTY" according to Heaven's Court, His life had to be judiciously restored based on the "Law of Reparation" devised to repair that which was broken. He didn't SIN therefore under the this provision under the LAW He wasn't supposed to die. The Resurrection of Jesus from the dead is proof that God (the True Judge) did not allow this innocent Man to stay in the grave after He laid down His life for Mankind as the First born of the Family of God.

Wow Mike just wow. So if this extremely outlandish scenario ever happened wouldn't you believe an extremely outlandish explanation for it? 😂😂😂

So called religion of peace

I can always appreciate your work Mike, very thorough and informative, thank you for this excellent video. Definitely doing The Father's work and fulfilling your role in the body

Evangelicals have been debating what “inerrancy” means for a long time. See the history of such debates in the book, Inerrant the Wind; The Troubled House of North American Evangelicals

I appreciate the Licona stays respectful and kind. Ehrman is condescending and abrupt. It’s sooooo annoying to watch. Make your points without needing to be demeaning.

. Who won? Honesty and dignity won. Thank you Mike and Shabir, for presenting a lot of insights in a respectful way. May the truth prevail.

Poor questioner really doesn’t know what he’s talking about.

I enjoyed our discussion, Mike!

This is the worst trash talker of since man was first created i give you this medal fake person and your made up following is another stitch in your own holes

You have changed my life Mike

Two extremely odd views from both of them

Do physicists believe that the laws of nature are not able to be violated? No, the "laws of physics" are provisional. They change as we get more information. The laws of physics are not derived from pure logic and so must necessarily be true for all eternity. They are reverse engineering equations that we use because the so far seem to work. Miracles do not violate the laws of nature; they are consistent with the true laws of nature that we don't understand yet.

Asker is stating theoretical hypotheses as fact. Shifting goalposts. Dishonest philosophy. Anything to reject God.

considering shias as muslims is maddddddddddddd

قال الله تعالى:لو أن أولكم وآخركم وإنسكم وجنكم كانوا على أفجر قلب رجل واحد منكم ما نقص ذلك من ملكي شيئً

Plain and simple in most islamic lands

To what is the so-called resurrection relevant, or what is the syllogism of which the resurrection is a premise? I

LIcona clearly has an agenda, he's a salesman trying to sell jesus. But I give him all the credit for wearing a 1970's seiko automatic. Nice. Wearing one i rebuilt right now.

haha man that's funny. He has faith in multiverse. Dang. That's bold faith.

What's the evidence that the multiverse exists? Movies?

Common knowledge

Jesus Moses smell the roses. It’s literally emperors new clothes. Everyone thinks it’s very one else is a Muslim, but less than the majority are. What a sad state of affairs we humans get ourselves into

Great job Mike!

I’m in the Biblical Studies program at HCU and plan on applying in the Apologetics program when I am finished.

There is no "scientific" law of nature predicting life, or anything else for that matter. Pseudoscience tells us (after observing what already is): "I see, therefore, THAT'S the law of nature".

Hallelujah!!! I'm the favorite, $60,000 every week! Now I can afford anything and also support the work of God and the church....

Of course He can

Just more absurdity in the Bible. Surely, an explanation is that the gospels are just fictional accounts, borrowing from other sources and elaborating with hyperbole.

Yes! We grow in our faith…THANKFULLY! Great interview!

If the human body is led by the instinctive "trust" it has in the brain (as the body of Christ, who is our head), doesn't it follow that, if we are trusting in His "headship", we will act in accordance with the leading of our head? I ask this because, in religious tradition, it is assumed we are to do certain things because that is what has always been done but, how do we know that there aren't times, which are not filled with revival, massive outreach, conversions, etc., that are orchestrated by Christ, Himself?

God bless Mikael, he has done a lot of work in post USSR area.

FYI, Presently There are more conversions to Islam in USA .

Wallahi the beauty of this religion, Islam,is unmatched, people are trying everything to spread misinformation about Islam but it's still the fastest growing religion in the world ❤❤,no one can defeat Allah

I used to be a Christian before watching this video. I am still a Christian

lol. The guy version of the story 😂😂 what a joke to cover up lies . Who was responsible for his PhD ?

Every country must implement population control laws becoz islam growth mainly depends on high fertility rate. People are leaving Islam but due to high fertility & conversion overall it’s rising

𝐄𝐠𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦 -𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 Noureddine sakhri Jun 2022 Egyptian Priest admits that 1.8 Million ( that is almost 2 millions) Egyptian Coptic Christian accepted Islam - No Swords -NOTHING.

Thank you for inviting me, Prof. Licona! It was an honor to speak with you and Matt!

Lmao, what about the other 80 percent of Muslims all across the world not just in Mecca 😂

only peoples who love the world and hypocrited who really want Islam remove of this earth, the honnest and the smart peoples feeling peace and harmony with Islam 🕋❤️🕌

I'm originally an Iranian and converted to Christianity recently. Iranians aren't Muslim anymore. If you say 40%, I dare to say that the real number is far less than that since those who identify themselves as Muslim in Iran, just say so because they don't know anything other than Islam, their lifestyles, their relationships, etc aren't Islamic. Even the government itself once said more than 80% of mosques in the country are shut down and empty all year. Iran is neither Islamic nor religious. Those who have other religions or beliefs than Islam are secular, and most of Iraninans are secular.