Fearless TruthvsWaleed Naeem

Naeem argued that debate culture carries an assumption that truth is difficult and not obvious. He said scripture presents truth as manifest and self-evident, something people bear witness to every day.

Naeem argued that giving two opposing positions equal time implies that falsehood deserves equal standing with truth. He rejected that idea and said falsehood does not deserve a platform.

Naeem said the truth cannot be debated against and that humans are not its judges; truth stands over humanity as the judge.

Naeem said discursive syllogistic logic is a useful tool but cannot lead a person to truth. He argued that truth comes from above as a gift of God's grace to whom he wills, so human attempts to reach it from below are futile.

Fearless Truth argued that God gave people reason and revealed things to be used with reason. He said that when the facts are examined, Christianity is more logical and corresponds better with reality than Islam.

Fearless Truth argued that God is three persons and one God, which resolves the problem of the one and the many, as the number three is both one and three. He said the Islamic God's names have only a nominal distinction, and that an ontological distinction would mean multiple gods.

Fearless Truth argued that historians affirm Jesus was crucified, that he claimed to be the Messiah, and that his disciples called him Lord and God. He added that Micah 5 describes the Messiah's days as from everlasting.

Fearless Truth said that in the 5th century people would have turned to the Bible. He argued that if it were already corrupted, God would have allowed people to believe falsehood for centuries before giving a later revelation.

Fearless Truth cited New Testament prophecies, such as the prediction that no stone of the temple would be left in place, as evidence that Christ knew the future and that the Gospels are reliable.

Naeem clarified that he does not call logic and reason useless. He said they cannot help a person grasp truth, which is granted by God's grace and mercy, and he asked whether that fairly describes the Christian view.

Naeem argued that the true religion's central message should explain and unify reality. He said power is by nature exclusive, so absolute power, as God's, must be absolutely exclusive, which leads to tawhid.

Fearless Truth asked whether power comes from a being's nature or its personhood. After Naeem said nature, Fearless Truth argued that the Trinity has one nature and therefore one power.

Naeem replied that in the Trinitarian view reality does not converge at the top, since power would be split among three equal persons. He asked for an example in nature where power is shared by co-equals.

An audience member asked whether truth must be simple, and why human beings and the natural world should be used as a reference point for God's nature if God is incomprehensible. Naeem answered that natural signs can point to God, and that he assumes truth is simple because it makes sense of reality while falsehood confuses.

An audience member asked how Naeem reconciles the Quran's statement that Jesus was not crucified with historical testimony that he was. Naeem answered that the Quran's statement does not contradict such sources on principle, that he accepts it on faith, and that the real question is what criteria show a scripture is from God.

An audience member asked whether God's loving and wrathful states mean God changes, which would conflict with being eternally perfect. Naeem answered that change does not necessarily mean getting better or worse, so God is equally perfect in both states.

Naeem said historical and archaeological evidence is secondary. He argued that the foundational message of the true religion must explain reality, that the Quran's exclusive monotheism explains the nature of power, and that its principle that each person bears their own sin matches justice.

Fearless Truth argued that the Trinity is the view that makes sense of reality because it has both unity and distinction. He said the Bible shows continuity, that God gave his people books, and that these books are preserved, citing the Dead Sea Scrolls as matching today's Old Testament text.