I made this post asking about the historical development of the ad-Dajjal traditions in the Hadith over on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:
I asked Imagine AI to create an image of Samson killing the lion in Judges 13 in a 90s shonen manga art style, but instead it looks like Goku had his hair cut by Delilah and somehow has the strength to fight the beast
Me as a Christian apologist reading excerpts of Brannon Wheeler's Moses in the Quran circa 2015:
"No, this can't be right! He's not saying the Quran is confused on stuff and isn't criticizing it!"
Me, Present Day looking through same book:
"This dude is based."
Some people call me a grifter. Yes, I am a grifter. I grift for the academic study of Islam, I grift for basic human decency and sanity, I grift for positive Christian-Muslim relations, I grift for liberal democracy and human liberty and I grift for sane Evangelicalism.
Just a reminder in 3 days we're going to have an AMA with danielabeck.bsky.social over on AcademicQuran on March 14th. He's going to be dropping an initial post the day before so you can submit your questions so start planning now!
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Post asking about the academic interpretation of the trumpet on the day of judgment in the Quran on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:
Post with academic commentary on whether or not the name Pharaoh in the Quran is a personal name or a title on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:
Post by @jricole.bsky.social on the transmission of the legend of the seven sleepers on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic Studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:
It's such a shame that Tatsuya Masuki destroyed his career by being a disgusting pervert because Act-Age looks like an absolute piece of art. At least Shiro Usazaki didn't have her career derailed because of her boss' terrible behavior because she's a great artist.
You can't claim to love the West or want to defend it when the very values you champion are a rejection of modern Western values. This is why I can't take the far right seriously. Their idea of Western Civilization is basically the Roman Empire or Achaemenid Persia not democracy.
Anti-Muslim Christian apologists love to make a big deal out of so-called Muslim honor killings like this is some sort of inherent Muslim problem, yet you see honor killings across numerous societies and even among some mideastern Christians. Something's wrong with the logic here
Post asking if HP Lovecraft's Necronomicon was inspired by Islamic exegesis on AcademicQuran and the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history
Post that I made asking about the earliest Shiite literature on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:
Post about the myth of the death of Islamic intellectualism because of Al-Ghazali on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the quran, early Islam and Islamic history:
Religion for Breakfast discusses the survival of European pagan customs and rituals in the modern era:
Is there a reference to 1 Enoch and the traditions of the Watchers in the Legend of Zelda?
Far-right Christian influencers accuse their opponents of getting triggered by them saying mean things or that they are too sensitive. But here's the problem: would Jesus support many of the actions and rhetoric these people are promoting?
The Backyard Professor explores the similarities between shamanic initiation ceremonies and UFO abductions
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Sometimes I want to change my username to a medieval font type, but then I fear my haters will take me less seriously than they already do.
Christ is King, but he doesn't need you to fight or kill for an earthly kingdom. His kingdom is not of this world and he will usher it in and punish the wicked in his own time (2 Thessalonians 2; Revelation 19).
Is it wrong that I simultaneously hate and love stomp clap hey music?
Medieval Crusader Larper Christianity is not the Gospel of Jesus. It's a false gospel rooted in Late Antique and Medieval war theory and has nothing to do with saving the souls of men. It is an excuse to wrap militarism in Christian language to make killing people palatable
Beardless Roman Jesus be like "speak softly, and carry a big stick"
Post asking if the Shia Hadith corpus can be historically traced back to the 12 imams on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic Studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:
Why does Beardless Roman Jesus look like he came straight off of a 70s Prog Rock album cover?
Post discussing eschatological thinking and the early Quran on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic studies, the Quran, early Islam and Islamic history:
Post discussing some aspects of Suleyman Dost's recent book on AcademicQuran the source for all things pertaining to Islamic Studies, the Quran, early Islam Islamic history:
Be wary when people speak about religious groups in a broad sense "Christians always..." "Muslims are so..." This kind of rhetorical technique attempts to treat religious groups as if they all think the same way or interpret their texts the same way. It must be rejected.
