In this episode of the 59 Second Apologist we address the question of whether Allah is the god of the Bible. I begin by pointing out that this question is ambiguous. Next, I briefly summarize the significance of two possible interpretations: linguistic reference and salvation.
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When did everything become sexy?
I first noticed it ten years ago at an academic conference. A young graduate student introduced a paper on Heidegger by stating that she thought the German philosopher was “sexy”. Huh? Before that I had heard Heidegger, a famously obscure pro-Nazi philosopher, referred to in many ways. But until that day, “sexy” was not one of them. […]