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Wrapping Up Geisler's Defense of Caner
In a first post, I introduced Dr. Geisler’s latest error of judgment with respect to the Caner scandal (link to post). In a second post, I addressed the first group of “misspeaks” that Geisler identified (link to post). In a third post, I addressed the list of various charges and responses that Geisler aimed to…
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Responding to Norman Geisler's Defense of Ergun Caner – Part 2
In the previous post, we addressed a first group of “misspeaks” identified by Dr. Geisler (link to post). In this post, we’ll look at some of the charges that Dr. Geisler identifies, as well as the responses he provides. I’ll try to address each in turn. The Charge that He Could Speak Arabic when He…
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Responding to Norman Geisler's Defense of Ergun Caner – Part 1
As promised in a previous post (link) this post begins to address Dr. Geisler’s defense of Dr. Caner. Dr. Geisler says “no one has proven an evil moral intent in any of them” referring, apparently, to “some factual misstatements” for which “Dr. Caner has admitted to and apologized … .” Dr. Geisler goes on to…
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Steve Hays on Liberty's Schedule of Discipline
He’s joking, of course, but I think his points will strike a chord with lots of people who are bewildered by the mildness of Liberty’s decision regarding Ergun Caner (link to Hays’ post). To God be the Glory!
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Dr. Ergun Caner's Thoughts on Dearborn, Michigan
Dr. Ergun Caner (who is apparently not going to continue as dean at Liberty) is apparently not talking to the media much these days, so he has not (to my knowledge) commented on the recent arrest of Christian evangelists in Dearborn, Michigan. However, in response to an article from July of last year, Dr. Caner…
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"Born In Istanbul, Turkey" in Context
A kind reader provided me with a link to the full context for the “born in Istanbul, Turkey” clip (link to location for context). The context also includes the “Ergun Michael Mehmet Giovanni Caner” name claim and the “I came to America after going to Beirut and then Cairo” and the “I came to America…
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"Intellectual Pit Bull of the evangelical world"
One of the claims that formerly appeared on Dr. Caner’s website was as follows: He has been called the “Intellectual Pit Bull of the evangelical world” by the national media. (see here)(see it copied at impactapologetics.com here) A friend encouraged me to track this down. I did find a few references in the national media…
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"Second Wife" vs. "Many Wives" or "Other Wives"
Unveiling Islam, page 19, relating to the Caner brothers joining their father at his deathbed states: “His second wife had convinced him to see us, and we flew in from all over the country, hoping.” Compare that to the “many wives” or “other wives” claims that we’ve documented in Ergun Caner’s speeches (here), (here), (here),…
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Emir Caner's Odd Description of the Kaaba
Listening to Ergun and Emir talking about Islam, I came across a very odd description of the Kaaba. In the clip, Emir calls it a 30 foot by 50 foot stone (link to clip). The kaaba is a building, made of granite and usually covered in black cloth. It is made from stone, but not…
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"Debated … Over Sixty Times" Claim Still Up At Liberty.edu
Although Liberty University has altered the bio page for Ergun Caner to remove the claim that “For the past twenty years, he has debated leaders in twelve major world religions, including Muslims, Buddhists, Taoists, Bahai, Mormons … ” there are still several places where the claim that Caner “has debated Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, and Baha’I…