-
Caner's Old Biography Photos
One of the troubling things that Dr. Caner has done was to post the following three photos, with the captions set forth below each.(source) Caption: “Dr. Caner Reading in Mosque” Caption: “Dr. Caner in the Mosque with his father.” Caption: “Dr. Caner in the Mosque youth group holding a rifle.” There are a few problems…
-
Ergun Caner's ThD Thesis / Dissertation
I understand that at the University of South Africa they call it a “thesis” rather than a “dissertation.” Nevertheless, in investigating Dr. Caner’s educational claims, I was able to locate evidence of publication of the thesis, though not under the precise name Dr. Caner had provided: Bellum sacrum: the development of the Holy War of…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
Church Fathers on Jesus' Status as "Without Mother"
Ambrose (A.D. 337 – 397) writes: “He it is Who is without mother according to His Godhead …” (On the Mysteries, Chapter 8, Section 4 Theodoret (A.D. 393 – 457) writes: “On account of this difference of term He is said by the divine Paul to be “without father, without mother, without descent, having neither…
-
Dr. White's Debate with Hamza Abdul Malik
Some folks have wondered whether Dr. White has had a history of engaging Muslim apologetics. Dr. White has a long history of answering Islam’s claims, going back more than a decade. Here is a clip from Dr. James White’s Debate with Hamza Abdul Malik: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0VGBx83vxM&hl=en_US&fs=1&&w=480&h=385] Does the NT Teach the Deity of Christ, May,…
-
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:…
-
Dr. Ergun Caner's Debates, Discussions, and Dialog
The weakest defenders of Dr. Caner have focused their attention on attacking Dr. Caner’s critics. While they were wasting their time and destroying their credibility, I was busy searching for the debates that Dr. Caner has claimed to do, so that I could exonerate him of the charges of claiming debates he has not done.…