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Ergun Caner on the Pastor’s Perspective Show Compared to Other Testimonies and Evidence
On January 22, 2010, the Pastor’s Perspective aired the show that can be found at the following link (source)(found among the other Pastor’s Perspective shows here). This is the source of Dr. Caner’s infamous comparison of the Jerry Springer Show with formal debates (link to Dr. White’s response to that comparison). “Twenty-seven years later I’m…
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One of Myriad Little Details – the Toledo Mosque
The big picture, that Ergun Caner is a real ex-Muslim is true, but Dr. Caner has muddied that issue with what appear to be a myriad of details that are inconsistent and difficult or impossible to reconcile with one another. One is left wondering where the fiction ends and the fact begins. Here’s an example.…
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Ergun Caner’s Middle Name is What?
Ergun Caner’s father’s middle name is “Mehmet.” Is that Ergun Caner’s middle name? It’s not clear if it is or ever was his real middle name. I’ve tried to track down references to Dr. Ergun Caner before 11 September 2001. In his high school yearbooks (1981-1984) he is listed simply as Ergun Caner, no middle…
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Caner’s Autobiography
Caner’s Autobiography “My full name is Ergun Michael Mehmet Giovanni Caner. I know, go ahead and laugh. I was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and raised in Europe, and came to America … .” (1:35) (UPDATE: partial clip from this can be found here) “Until I was 15 years old, I was in the Islamic Youth…
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Acar Caner’s Prominence in the Muslim Community
Dr. Ergun Caner is fond of ascribing various roles of importance within the mosque to his father. I have found nothing to corroborate his testimony in that regard. However, I have found some evidence that Ergun’s father, Acar Caner, was prominent within the Turkish community. For example, I found that Acar Caner was President of…
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Response to Norman Geisler on Ergun Caner
Dr. Norman Geisler’s alleged comments on the Caner scandal may be found here (link). The following is a detailed response. A. Odd Rhetorical Structure Geisler’s remarks have an odd rhetorical structure. In this structure there appear to be three motifs. 1. The Innocent Caner Motif One of several motifs in Geisler’s open letter is the…
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Ergun Caner Index
Ergun Caner Faith and Family Interviews (summary of issues found in three two-part interviews) California Christian Apologetics Conference 2006 (summary of issues found in the partial video Dr. White provided) Fallwell on Ergun Caner (Documents Fallwell’s impression of Ergun Caner) “Intellectual Pit Bull of the evangelical world” (Documents and questions Caner’s claim to have that…
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Ergun Caner’s Autobiography per the AP
The AP reports: [Ergun Caner] told The Associated Press in 2002 that he was born in Sweden to a Turkish father and Swedish mother, who brought the family to Ohio in 1969, when he was about 3 years old. (source)(see full AP article from 2002) Compare Caner’s autobiography here: (link to mp3) where he states:…
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Who is Dr. Ergun Caner?
So, what is the real story with Dr. Ergun Caner? He has claimed that “We wore keffiyeh; we wore robes” (discussed here) before his conversion. He has claimed this in connection with illustrating how devoted a Muslim he was “as devout as it gets.” But the real Ergun Caner is harder to document. With the…
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Ergun Caner, Sri Lanka, and an Embellished Autobiography
One of the many errors attributed to Dr. Ergun Caner is an error that he made with respect to Sri Lanka. At the 2009 Value Voters Summit Dr. Ergun Caner spoke (scroll down through the videos at this link to find his near the bottom). During this conference he stated (at 15 minutes into the…