I checked, Master of Theological Studies from Harvard University, a PhD in the Sociology of Religions from the UC, Santa Barbara, etc? Qualified enough for me..
Spartacus32145 Don't be deceived by the academia. Harvard and Columbia are corporate academes of the imperialists who control your mind and body by false intellectualism. If my criterion for the truth is masteral and doctoral degrees of somebody, I must be the most stupid idiot in the world. Start digging until you can proved that the academia are the seats of imposed ignorance.
Gali Dodoy Villanueva if your criterion for the truth is the lack of masteral and doctoral degrees than you might as well be the most stupid idiot in the world. While I would agree with you that higher education is in some ways intertwined with systems of power and influence, it is also the largest arena of criticism against things like corporate and government elites. Essentially, a degree shouldn't reflect being right. Rather, when it comes to the humanities, it reflects having relevant skills and outlooks that are crucial to understanding the fields in which you learn. You can't expect everyone to learn biblical greek, talk to archaelogists, or read every word on Jesus. The most reliable setting that introduces new ideas, while checking old knowledge is still academia. If you can think of a better setting, or come up with a better methodology that replaces a college, social science education then I'm all ears.
Spartacus32145A degree is only a function of the individual University itself. Anyone who has taken a degree must acknowledge that even though there is a claim to uniformity across the board as regards to state standards, what an individual Universities actually teaches/profess's is hugely different! So when Reza talks about his 4 degree's, I take it with a pinch of salt!
Terry Harris Yes you can. You, I, and everyone else lies. It doesn't mean that we don't have valuable perspectives or useful things to say. To say nothing of the fact that you're calling someone a "liar" without backing up that claim.
He lies to support his anti-CHristian viewpoint. Weird how people just believe his facts and it's weird how brazen some of his lies are . They rely on an ignorance (and maybe hatred) of the subject matter.
@Cathal Ó Braonáin You are doubting me that Reza Aslan is a cannibal? He ate human brains on CNN to raise his ratings! They still have it posted. Just search for it. don't tell me anything is false when you are too lazy to search.
I frequently disagree with Aslan in some of the debates I've seen him participate in but I did find this talk fascinating.I particularly liked his description of religion in response to the final question.
***** and yet the Ottoman Empire was a place of tolerance and safe haven for refugee muslims and jews for centuries while preserving the Greek texts while making huge strives in the sciences.
Niklaus Manuel D You have quoted "ibn ishaaq" which Muslim scholars considered to be unreliable......if you want to know about prophet Muhammad read the hadith not some anti Islamic websites which obtain information from a source that is not a part of hadith or Islam..
I felt agnostics are the ones who would enjoy the most out of his lectures ... Amazing knowledge and understanding he has about religions and what faith can mean ...
a person that eats human brains is a moral idiot. You should believe the opposite of what this guy believes if you want to avoid being evil! He lies brazenly about Christianity. If you know anything about the subject matter you are aware of this but his audience knows nothing about the subject matter or they have a hatred of Christianity. In any case. You love a guy that is over the top hateful. Aslan said the innocent Covington kid had "the most punchable face" he's ever seen. Aslan is a weirdo and you love his ideas. You should switch away from the side you are on right now if you love the ideas of a cannibalistic moral idiot!
This is a most wonderful lecture about religion - the fact, the myth, the importance. While some of you may not have much interest, to those that do, this will be a well spent couple of hours. Reza Aslan has other presentations (I allude to his specific address regarding fundamentalism - in another video, where most modern forms of religion are most similar to idolatry and not spirituality). For all my years of relentlessly studying my faith and religion - he seems to sum it up the best. Now, that I no longer need to say what has already been said so eloquently and succinctly by this person, I can go back to the universal language of music. Sharing a truth, that has always been inexpressible by words. Enjoy !!!
YOu like the viewpoints of a cannibal! He won't eat with his own mother because she's a Christian but he ate brains with a cannibal on CNN. He's morally evil You should re-evaluate your viewpoint on everything if you agree with anything this guy says!
@@michaelwhite8031 This is the whole point of this discussion. it is not according to bible. its about the historical fact. its like you are talking about harry porter and I say, you fool doesn't understand about Spiderman..
@@dxbtalal the guy obviously hates Christians, but he is happy to make money out of books that poke fun at them . What about Islam, does the sun go down in a muddy puddle,has the moon been split in two ?
@@michaelwhite8031 Bro , use your brain, not emotions. don't know what puddle you are talking about. but this guy talk about history fact. it's not about religion he keeps telling. I saw him talk about Islam which is against Muslim fait. but he say it as that is what history say. not Quran.
Such a riveting discourse by one of the most enlightened and engaging historians in the world today. I’m a big fan of Reza Aslan and I cherish the opportunity to attend one of his seminars someday. He not only commands respect but he earns it for his scrupulous and superlative deconstruction of religious methodology. This is a man who does not insult people’s intelligence but rather compels them to pursue truth and reason. He brings his unique brand of intellectual sophistication to any topic he chooses to scrutinize. I never tire of hearing him speak. Respect, Mr. Aslan.
Dr. Shabir Ally's Review of Dr. Reza Aslan's "Zealot" Reza Aslan isn't really a Muslim. Muslim Scholar Reza Aslan Admits That the Quran Is Wrong about Jesus Muslim Scholar Reza Aslan Admits That the Quran Is Wrong about Jesus
Aslan is a moral idiot. He ate human brains on CNN for clicks. He also lies so much about Christianity, but his audience doesn't know very much about Christianity, so he's able to fool them. he's a conman.
YOU agree with the man that ate human brains on CNN for clicks. You don't mind that he lies constantly? He's obviously a moral idiot. We can establish that objectively. You soaked yourself in his hate.
The historical knowledge that Reza has must be incredibly intimidating for many Christians as most base their faith primarily on emotion. I know for me when I started to learn more about my false faith it was like I was married for 50 years and realised the person I was married to (and madly in love with) was not the person that I thought they were. At first It is a heart breaking reality, but you get over it and in the end you are truly free.
Yeah, but understandable. That would be the day when some Southern University hires in Religious studies or History dept a professor who teaches 'Jesus the Zealot'.
Watching now that question about Paul. This guy is a good storyteller, he really is, he makes it appear that Paul was changing things on his own and that he's had this differences with Jesus' apostles. I give it to this guy, he's got a real good imagination.
The relation of Christianity and Judaism is very similar to the relation of Sunnism / Shiism religions and Islam in many ways. They sprouted from an older version of the religion, and ended up far far away. They are also vastly more popular than their roots. Look how many people practice Judaism in the world, 14 million. Christianity, 2.2 billion. Look how many people practice Islam, a few thousands at best. Sunnism+Shiism, and their sects reach up to 1.6 billion. One has to give credit to Christians who never claim they are practicing Judaisim, because they are aware of the fact that it's a completely different religion. Sunni and Shi'ia actually believe they are practicing Islam whereas their religions completely ignore Quran's messages by piggybacking man made hadith and sunnah of their choice. May the peace be with you! (Jedi-ism)
A lot of people blame the religion for the countless murders that took place in our history. Instead of blaming the religion why not blame the root cause? The people manipulating the teachings for their own gain. The religions around the world constantly evolve to adapt to the progress of our civilizations. Ultimately, in my opinion the people are the root cause of these murders and hate crimes. Just as all religions can be practiced in a peaceful way, it can also be practiced in a hateful manner towards one another claiming it's just. I am a christian and just watched a muslim man express his thoughts and all it made me do is reinforce my faith and I wanted to learn more so I can expand my faith and knowledge. Take the time to learn from one another so we can grow in our faiths. Just because someone is of a different faith it doesn't mean you shut them out. It allows you to see things from a different perspective and perhaps allows you to ask the right questions to lead you where you need to be. Stop wasting time spreading hate and trying to keep count of who's killed how many people and spend more time enlightening yourself. I know people of many religions and they respect my faith as I respect theirs, that is the only way we grow as a community. Prime example is his reference to the well.
Very well put! It's surprising how many people on TH-cam spout hate and anger at really almost anything. You could watch a video about kittens on here, and if you look down at the comments it always turns into some hate fest! It's sad and sickening, but I will say you're comment was very refreshing to read. Thanks :)
totallymulatto Actually there are more people who can do critical thinking than we see in TH-cam comments. It's just that it's a waste of time to respond the ignorant and arrogant. Not because it's not worth it, it's because it's their choice to stay that way, and our references of argument will be very different. Peace upon everyone who are sincerely looking for the truth in their own way.
I understand what you're saying SmartRCoupe but there's a difference between ignorance and stupidity. Stupidity means someone who can't comprehend information, ignorance means someone who just simply doesn't know. You can change an ignorant person by educating them. I know this can be accomplished because I've done it before.
As an atheist, I would agree with your comment in almost every single aspect, except the part where you say that those who are malicious and maniacal will manipulate religion for their own gain. As critical thinkers of religion, we should be quite frank and honest about what religion actually is. It can be whatever you want-- a religion is not peaceful nor is it evil. With that said, lets just say that those who choose to attach religion to their evil acts don't do it in order to consciously deceive and lie about where their actions come from; they just attach religion to it because they can find connection with it. A slave owner can connect to Christianity just as an abolitionist can. Other than that point, I really enjoyed your point that we should all just respect each other's perspectives and that the death toll is irrelevant to conversations like these.
Maybe he doesn't want you to notice Aslan is lying? Aslan bases all his ideas on lies that only people that don't know anything about Christianity get fooled by. But go ahead.... trust this cannibal!
Hi Derrick. Sometimes you just have to have the lens of a common man to see a charlatan, as he described some people in his talk. The only difference between him and those he mentioned is, he hides behind his intellect. Be watchful of people in sheep's clothing. I pray that you will see through your own lens you're wearing and see Jesus as your Saviour, forgiver and lover of your soul. May God bless you.
historical fact of Resurrection????!!!........actually in the bible, when people asked for jesus for sign for his "miracle", he said my miracle was the miracle of Jonah.....jonah was swallowed for 3 days and 3 nights....and he STAYED alive the whole time......jesus compared his miracle to to Jonah's.....it can't be the period cause again according to the bible jesus was "killed" Friday afternoon and rose on sunday morning....that's a day and half...therefore he meant about the actual not dying part...cause if someone falls into the water and get swallowed by a big whale, we all would think he is dead, but that is why it's a miracle cause he wasn't dead in the first place....same happened for jesus, he was nailed on the cross and left there and any person would think he must be dead....but he wasn't....i'm talking from biblical prospective.....regardless whether i believe in it or not.....Riza Aslan kept it within logical understanding of jesus from a historical prospective.
The title of this video has me rolling over in my chair. "An Evening with Reza Aslan!?" LMAO!! Sounds like a date I'd rather skip! I'll say I have a headache or some shit. Too funny.
On February 25, 1994, that year's Purim day, Goldstein entered a room in the Cave of the Patriarchs that was serving as a mosque, wearing "his army uniform with the insignia of rank, creating the image of a reserve officer on active duty." [15] He then opened fire, killing 29 worshippers and wounding more than 125.[16] Mosque guard Mohammad Suleiman Abu Saleh said he thought that Goldstein was trying to kill as many people as possible and described how there were "bodies and blood everywhere".[17] Eventually, Goldstein was overcome and beaten to death by survivors of the massacr At Goldstein's funeral, Rabbi Yaacov Perrin claimed that even one million Arabs are "not worth a Jewish fingernail".[24][25][26] Samuel Hacohen, a teacher at a Jerusalem college, declared Goldstein the "greatest Jew alive, not in one way but in every way" and said that he was "the only one who could do it, the only one who was 100 percent perfect."[25][26] In contrast, mainstream Jewish religious leaders "rejected the suggestion that killing Palestinians with an automatic rifle" was authorized by the Torah.[24] Rabbi Dov Lior of Kiryat Arba declared that Goldstein was "holier than all the martyrs of the Holocaust."[27]
I am a muslim,and I want to clarify some thing for christians. What Reza concluded in his book does not fit with Islamic view or Islamic theology,so stop calling him as a bias! Islam does not say Jesus was killed by Roman nor jews . Rather God protected him and sent him to heaven. Moreover, Islam says Jesus was born miraculously. Therefore, Christians should deal with facts that Reza concluded, which are Jesus was a Jewish, so when Jesus said Son of God what did he really mean for a jewish community ?and Paul has never seen him,nor did he walk with Jesus! Deal with these facts and face the truth that your religion was established by Paul not Jesus.
what he says about Christianity are lies as well. his facts are warped. I expect his information is just as warped about Islam. after he ate human brains on CNN people stopped trusting Reza Aslan. He's evil and his message is evil, and I'm glad it's super-clear that he is now that we know he's a cannibal. Who would want to see eye to eye with a cannibal? I think he lost his audience with that overt display of his true nature.
wait okay so this isn't an attack, I'm finding this talk really interesting.. But Reza stated that he is removing the Historical Jesus from the Spiritual Jesus, including what it written in the gospels... And then he goes on to talk about Jesus' teachings that were written in the gospels to support his argument. It kinda seems like he's picking and choosing what to believe happened here? If we don't know that the gospels are true for sure or historically accurate, then why is he using their content to argue. Why can't a christian shoot down his arguments about Jesus not being the true Messiah by telling him that he still lives and his business is not yet done? It seems like a little bit of a flaw to me, but maybe I'm just nitpicking
What I got from this talk was that Reza has taken those stories from the Gospels, those things it teaches us about what Jesus said and did in his time and reviews them through the scope of the time that he lived. As he said we know very little about the Historical Jesus if you remove all the religious texts, but if you take what little you know, put that to the background of the time in which he lived (which we do know) and carefully apply the stories of the Gospel to it in context then you can begin to see the shape of a man very different to that of a Spiritual Jesus. I can see how it could be seen as "picking and choosing" but he does it in the context of a historical background, using what we do know to interpret what we have. I think the point that resonated most in this talk was that idea that how we perceive the world now, how we think about right and wrong, truth and falsehood is incredibly far removed from the way someone in the first century thought about those things.
He mentioned that if you remove the historical Jesus from the spiritual Jesus. Knowing the three main facts about him, then placing him in the world of which he lived in at that time (which there are numerous known facts about), that you can then piece together the true meaning of his teachings. He goes deeper into the bible itself due to the questions being asked towards the end of his lecture, but he's using the facts about the times, and the facts about the man Jesus to then support/or decode certain details/or books of the bible. Like when he went on to talking about the book of Paul for example.
...this man -to question -what ?what could he question ?everyone has the right to say what want - he too -but this not mean he is important ,not mean he is right ! he is just one ,who says what come in his mind -many doing this under the Sun ...
Historians ignore the teachings attributed to Jesus because there is no way to know whether he actually delivered them. But I say unto you- it is the teachings that matter, not the historical times. And the same holds true for all spiritual teachings and philosophy. Whether the teachings were delivered by Bob Smith or Zeus is secondary, it is the teachings themselves and what they mean to us that matters!
C.S. Lewis: "A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said wouldn't be a great moral teacher. He'd be either a lunatic on a level with a man who says he's a poached egg or else he'd be the devil of hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse."
Respect for brother Very accurate description of jesus Sadly our Christian brother following Paul version of Christianity which was created by Roman king and Paul they created God out of messenger of God which is blasphemy according to Jewish and Muslims Paul is actual founder of Christianity not jesus they following Paul not jesus
So I’ve research countlessly Reza on church interviews, speeches, his Family, marriage, etc…I’ll read zealot when I see it at Good Will Store. Reza is a pantheism who is stirring up to people to confusion. He reminds me of Pope where he is accepting all universal faith is good in Jesus eyes. (This is happening all over nations too). Matthew 6:25…Jesus mention you can’t have 2 masters. He does have lots of valid points on historic facts and very elegant speakers….gotta give credit. However…. Why did Jesus brought up that famous verse…which you all know … John 3:16 and… John 14:6. He reminds me of someone who want to please everybody and it’s about feel good doctrine and that’s why he was on the top of the book lists. Many want to hear only the good part about God but not God’s wrath. Jesus talks more about hell more than heaven cause He doesn’t want people to go there. Free will given, choices… Reza doesn’t understand who God is, His power, God’s Holy Spirit (HS), HS given to believers, HS spoken to 12 Disciples, & All idols mention in the OT relate to different religions, which is so connected and that’s why Jesus said he’s the only way. He’s missing out this crucial part during his speech….Wow! Even His wife is Christian and Reza is now Idk what to think of what religion? They’re even promoting mix marriage on different religions…. 2 Corinthians 6:14….Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. Matthew 6:24…. 24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” Matthew 7:15…. Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. This false gospels! If you research Charlie Kirk deep root he’s totally the opposite. God ordains president (1 Samuel 8/Roman 13:1) and he use president to fulfill his prophesy to accomplish. We Christians don’t focus their sin part as we all are but God has purpose for their leaders around the nations to bring prophesy…. This is my take on Reza…Like I mention Bible is my fact news…not Reza…Thsts why I encourage you to listen to pastors like John MacArthur, John Barnett, Paul Washer, not prosperity Pastor’s….who will blind us…Gathering is so important …Hebrew 10:25…so we will not fall away and we can be accountable to each other what the Scripturess says…🙂🙏🏼 🙏🏼🙏🏼
BC and AD was devised by Dionysus Exigus in 525 AD at the request of Pope St. John 1 Others speculated the margin of error could have Jesus actually born between 200 BC and 4 BC. It wasn't widely used until around 800 AD.
Rabbi Moshe Murdakai could have done it for Moses, Imam Abu Mutaleb could have done it for Muhammad, Buddhist Nhat Hanh could have done it for Buddha. Well it did not happen that way. So, let us agree that Christ was fundamentally different than others. The names are all bogus here for the sake of clarity.
Haik Biglari There was a huge messianic movement in Palestine in the beginning of the 1st century, people claiming to be the messiah, some better known and with a larger following than Jesus. When a messiah was executed, his followers packed up and went home. The difference in Jesus' situation is that his followers didn't for some reason. I'm agnostic and I still wonder about that.Although Jesus was not successful, just as the others, in fulfilling the Jewish prophecy of what the messiah was supposed to accomplish,his followers still continued. They had to change the definition of messiah.
Aslan caught in a lie at (47:37) when he claims people who wrote the Gospel never met Jesus personally..! John the Apostle was the son of Zebedee and the younger brother of James, son of Zebedee (Saint James the Greater). According to Church tradition, their mother was Salome. Zebedee and his sons fished in the Sea of Galilee. The brothers were firstly disciples of John the Baptist. Jesus then called Saint Peter, Saint Andrew and these two sons of Zebedee to follow him. James and John are listed among the Twelve Apostles. Jesus referred to the pair as "Boanerges" (translated "sons of thunder"); although their nature was calm and gentle, when their patience was pushed to its limits their anger became wild and thunderous causing them to speak out like an untamed storm. Peter, James and John were the only witnesses of the raising of Daughter of Jairus. All three also witnessed the Transfiguration, and these same three witnessed the Agony in Gethsemane more closely than the other Apostles did. Jesus sent only JOHN and Peter into the city to make the preparation for the final Passover meal (the Last Supper). {Luke 22:8 English Standard Version (ESV) 8 So Jesus[a] sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat it.”} On the cross before his death; (John 19-27).. but standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” 27 Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home. The disciple whom Jesus loved is referred to, specifically, six times in John's gospel: It is this disciple who, while reclining beside Jesus at the Last Supper, asks Jesus, after being requested by Peter to do so, who it is that will betray him.[Jn 13:23-25] Later at the crucifixion, Jesus tells his mother, "Woman, here is your son", and to the Beloved Disciple he says, "Here is your mother."[Jn 19:26-27] When Mary Magdalene discovers the empty tomb, she runs to tell the Beloved Disciple and Peter. The two men rush to the empty tomb and the Beloved Disciple is the first to reach the empty tomb. However, Peter is the first to enter.[Jn 20:1-10] In John 21, the last chapter of the Gospel of John, the Beloved Disciple is one of seven fishermen involved in the miraculous catch of 153 fish.[Jn 21:1-25] [38] Also in the book's final chapter, after Jesus hints to Peter how Peter will die, Peter sees the Beloved Disciple following them and asks, "What about him?" Jesus answers, "If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow Me!"[John 21:20-23] Again in the gospel's last chapter, it states that the very book itself is based on the written testimony of the disciple whom Jesus loved.[John 21:24] According to Church tradition, after the Assumption of Mary, John went to Ephesus. From there he wrote the three epistles attributed to him. John was allegedly banished by the Roman authorities to the Greek island of Patmos, where, according to tradition, he wrote the Book of Revelation. According to Tertullian (in The Prescription of Heretics) John was banished (presumably to Patmos) after being plunged into boiling oil in Rome and suffering nothing from it. It is said that all in the audience of Colosseum were converted to Christianity upon witnessing this miracle. This event would have occurred in the late 1st century, during the reign of the Emperor Domitian, who was known for his persecution of Christians. Other than showing himself as the so called (4-degrees) educated idiot.., What is Reza trying to prove?
UFOANAUT The Bible comes from the LEGIT texts which quran doesn't have coz Caliph Uthman burnt all the original dissenting versions of quran; after the day of Yamama when all the quranic orators were killed after being sent to war! While the Bible's scripts are preserved. Question is did Reza visit preserved Christian texts in Rome? He has to declare that.. openly or honestly. Which is the very reason he cant try and revisit islamic texts if there are any.. coz he fears for his life to do as islam cant be revised.. the fact that there are no source texts as everything was burnt.. as orators were killed on Yamama day! How could Reza visit legit texts with an already established mentality and the whole attitude that the Bible has been changed?? What if you/him visited the original texts in Vatican and discovered that all you see in the Bible is what apostles wrote during Jesus's time; which is not even close to when quran was written after muhammad's death? You scumbags don't have credibility.. you just want to argue.. to stay in Christian lands.. Just go home assholes, Period
Aslan lies constantly!!! What do you expect from a guy that ate human brains on CNN for clicks? You can pretty well just think the opposite of anything Aslan thinks and you'll be a good person.
This guy is not completely correct. Its a historical fact that Jews settled down in Kerala, southern India 1800 years ago. They controlled the spice trade to rest of the world. So it is possible that St. Thomas came there.
I just read the book. Everyone should read it. You can then do your own research as to why you agree or disagree with his conclusions. He speaks like a feminist yet hardly mentions the role of women, particularly the Magdalene, in this book. The Magdalene is in all four gospels, as is the "woman" who pours perfume on Jesus' feet. I think he was afraid of the "Jesus marriage" issue, especially if it was with the Magdalene.
He was afraid of the "Jesus marriage" issue but unafraid of the "Jesus is a backwater, illiterate hick" issue which he says repeatedly? Though I will agree that Aslan did not mention Magdalene and that is odd. But then again, I didn't even think about her until you said something about it. But what I was waiting for was someone to ask about Jesus reading the Scripture in the Temple at age 12 and challenging the other priests.
Aslan sort of covered that part when he said that the entire Nativity thing never happened. One reason why it didn't happen was that if it was that important, then why was it omitted in both Mark and John. Jesus only read the scriptures in one gospel. Usually if it only happens in one or two gospels, you can say they were made up. Heck Jesus damns a fig tree forever for not bearing fruit in two gospels. This means that any mention of his childhood, if it wasn't in all four gospels, probably means it wasn't true either.
It's really easy to discover how I disagree because he lies constantly. His viewpoint only exists on lies. It's easy to locate where all of the mistakes are because they are brazen lies and warping of the facts. The trouble is that he has a big platform because he's famous. I think after he ate the human brains with the cannibal most people realized he was a moral idiot and we really shouldn't get this type of talk from a moral idiot. It should be obvious that he lies even if you know nothing about Christianity.
How a man can be GOD?. If I look at the creation of the whole world, my mind says impossible. I read the bible Jesus never says "I m GOD, worship me". On the other hand he said"my father (GOD) is greater than i"...
Reza Aslan has clear agenda here, but having that agenda , he became famous like any other person (scholar or non scholar) by putting forward a controversial conclusion. It is easy to become famous and at the same time not to fear of his/her own life is, bashing against any religion other than Islam. He won't dare to say that against Mohammed. He knew that, he have to exile, rest of his life. He just simplify Jesus like any other political revolutionist. All Muslims argue Jesus has some unusual power or not an ordinary person (prophet) and then go on to say that he has no divinity which is against basic Christians belief.
Relax Bastin. He is talking about a historic figure called Jesus. Nobody is asking you not to believe his divinity. Go ahead believe whatever you want. But whatever he maintained in his lecture, that is fact. You can say anything against Mohammad or Muslims, still it does not change the facts maintain by Reza. You are soo funny when you say Reza was bashing Christianity. That only shows your ignorance.
Listen to lectures in You Tube given by Rabbi Michael Skobac. Believe in Jesus as the God, no problem. But find out the truth. Don't forget to listen to Rabbi Skobac in you tube.
His 'facts' are also lies. He lies constantly but people don't catch it because none of his audience are Christians. He obviously is full of hatred. We know that now. After he ate human brains on CNN people stopped looking at him in such gushing ways. What was his spell he had on people? Maybe it was the authority of having a CNN show. People wanted to like him? He's a transparent conman to my eyes, but again, I'm able to see through his lies because I'm not his audience.
How did James become the leader of the Jerusalem assembly over Peter? Time and time again Jesus berated Peter and the other apostles for not having more faith in him.
Timothy Chambers But if you understood the Holy Scriptures at all... you would see that none of the disciples or anybody else came to any real understanding of the Truth - till after Messiah laid down His Life and Took it Back Up Again. This was no mystery to Messiah or His disciples - just to christians and such that do not know what this is talking about: Luk 22:31 ¶ And the Messiah said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: Luk 22:32
But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. Kepha/Simon was not converted when Messiah was on the earth - and there are several places where Messiah spoke about how one must convert. These were lessons that could not be learned until Holy Spirit/Comforter was sent back, then the Holy Spirit guided all who were interested into conversion. None but Messiah Himself had the Holy Spirit permanently in Him... though some had Holy Spirit come and go, here and there to guide them to do things - like the High Priest declaring Messiah must die. Peace~
Timothy Chambers Of course you say such things... but have no understanding as to what you are talking about and then the sarcasm flourishes... Have you ever read Yahchanan/John chapter 10? That would explain those who do have this Holy Intervention... but would be quite a mystery to those who have no idea that they should be keeping the 10 Commandments and the Laws that define how they Must be Kept... so I know where you are at. No offense meant, and no ignorant offenses sent toward me accepted. We cool... Peace~
Aslanian religion is well suited for those Muslims who want to reconcile the teachings of Qur'an which says Jesus was not crucified and the over whelming evidence they see in the West about the crucifixion of Jesus. The only problem with this is that he needs to come up with a new version of Qur'an! Is he up to the task of doing so? Good luck Reza, zireh Qur'aneh Jadidet bacheh Beza
+Arkitrol no hes not, even he believe Jesus was being uplifted unto Heaven, and his place was taken by Judah (probably the Romans were 'make' to saw him as Jesus while that person was Judah who betrayed him). This was a holy intervention, or miracle. Yes, of-course the history point out that he was crucified, you can't actually wrote miracles as a fact in history writing yeah. It must be logically analogue with the situation. but personally, you can believe what you want to believe. Thats your thing.
His views would of and could of, prevented a lot of wars. To many people look at Jesus as though he carries a bazooka, and rides a black hawk. I think everyone should still read the bible, for guidance and self being. But remember we live in a different age, so you may have to tweak it a bit.
As a muslim he completely contradicts himself by stating that the Roman's were VERY GOOD at documenting things such as historical events and the Census. The koran states that jesus did NOT get crucified......
@Cathal Ó Braonáin On so many levels, yes lol. I looked into his credentials and he has only received a graduate degree in Sociology. A truly gifted speaker but a wolf in sheep's clothing, no less. Great at confusing the flock on his perspective of Jesus. Its laughable. The acadamia does not take this man seriously. Dr.Gary Habermas would obliterate him with facts in under 2 minutes on the the true historical perspective of Jesus and the validity of Paul's letters to the Roman's, Corinthians, Galatians and 1Thessolonians. Even secular/agnostic scholars are embarrassed by this man's "historical perspective".
@Cathal Ó Braonáin I stand corrected, a PhD in Sociology. Thank you Cathal. I'd be curious what your thoughts are on Dr. Habermas and his research on Jesus and the resurrection: th-cam.com/video/5znVUFHqO4Q/w-d-xo.html
@Cathal Ó Braonáin I'm not entirely sure what your position is, are you a muslim or agnostic? If Reza is stating he is a muslim than you have to understand that he believes that the Koran is perfect and is the actual word of God given to Mohammed by the angel Gabriel. Logically, we can deduce that this is now highly unlikely since the koran states that Jesus was not crucified and that it was someone else who God replaced. We know that this is not true sincr we Greek, Roman, Jewish and even secular historians confirming that Jesus was in fact crucified and died under the Roman prefect, Pontius Pilate. Thanks for sharing Reza's credentials, I stand corrected! Watch Habermas video I sent you! It's good = ) let me know what you think.
The TV-audiovisual crew should be shot. Stray sounds, zooming to eliminate important projected images, etc. is the sign of completely untrained and unprofessional technical workers.
He's right in saying people have created their own versions of Jesus, but if you read the Bible for yourself you find that there is only one real Jesus. The problem comes when you look to denominations or other religions without reading the Bible. The answers are in the Bible open it up. Pray He will answer if you seek Him with all your heart. “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you" Matthew 7:7-8. Ask Him into your heart and He will guide you. He longs to bring each one of us home. God Bless. Ian McCormack testimony
It seems to me that "the truth" of Mr. Aslan is "the lie" of anybody else. He has to paint it blue or red, or somehow...for us to understand the difference between a scientific truth and a religious "truth". He might believe in some god that is not at all appealing for the scientists!
As a Christian myself, I find talks like these to be absolutely crucial to our understanding of religion. Thank you Mr. Aslan
I checked, Master of Theological Studies from Harvard University, a PhD in the Sociology of Religions from the UC, Santa Barbara, etc? Qualified enough for me..
Spartacus32145 Don't be deceived by the academia. Harvard and Columbia are corporate academes of the imperialists who control your mind and body by false intellectualism. If my criterion for the truth is masteral and doctoral degrees of somebody, I must be the most stupid idiot in the world. Start digging until you can proved that the academia are the seats of imposed ignorance.
Gali Dodoy Villanueva if your criterion for the truth is the lack of masteral and doctoral degrees than you might as well be the most stupid idiot in the world. While I would agree with you that higher education is in some ways intertwined with systems of power and influence, it is also the largest arena of criticism against things like corporate and government elites. Essentially, a degree shouldn't reflect being right. Rather, when it comes to the humanities, it reflects having relevant skills and outlooks that are crucial to understanding the fields in which you learn. You can't expect everyone to learn biblical greek, talk to archaelogists, or read every word on Jesus. The most reliable setting that introduces new ideas, while checking old knowledge is still academia. If you can think of a better setting, or come up with a better methodology that replaces a college, social science education then I'm all ears.
Spartacus32145A degree is only a function of the individual University itself. Anyone who has taken a degree must acknowledge that even though there is a claim to uniformity across the board as regards to state standards, what an individual Universities actually teaches/profess's is hugely different! So when Reza talks about his 4 degree's, I take it with a pinch of salt!
Reza is one unique person in the way he understands God and religions. This is what makes his lectures absolutely incredible.
i am not a Muslim but i really like this guy.He is a great intellect
+rama ken you may not be a muslim but you are a moron if you cannot see through this guy.
Hehe okay you win
+rama ken bro , you win
This guy ate human brains, which proves he's a moral idiot!
Oh I thought you were from your name.
It is always good to listen to someone with whom you don't have to agree with in order to learn from.
Well put
+waltzjiveandviennese you can't learn from liars.
Terry Harris Yes you can. You, I, and everyone else lies. It doesn't mean that we don't have valuable perspectives or useful things to say.
To say nothing of the fact that you're calling someone a "liar" without backing up that claim.
He lies to support his anti-CHristian viewpoint. Weird how people just believe his facts and it's weird how brazen some of his lies are . They rely on an ignorance (and maybe hatred) of the subject matter.
@Cathal Ó Braonáin You are doubting me that Reza Aslan is a cannibal? He ate human brains on CNN to raise his ratings! They still have it posted. Just search for it. don't tell me anything is false when you are too lazy to search.
I frequently disagree with Aslan in some of the debates I've seen him participate in but I did find this talk fascinating.I particularly liked his description of religion in response to the final question.
Such a powerful lecture. We are grateful to share the mind of Dr. Aslan through these videos.
Interestingly intelligent man...so lovely to hear.
he is a cannibal
This was an absolute delight to listen to this guy. Huge respect to you Sir.
***** and yet the Ottoman Empire was a place of tolerance and safe haven for refugee muslims and jews for centuries while preserving the Greek texts while making huge strives in the sciences.
Niklaus Manuel D Nice paste work there..
Niklaus Manuel D Nice paste work there.
Niklaus Manuel D You have quoted "ibn ishaaq" which Muslim scholars considered to be unreliable......if you want to know about prophet Muhammad read the hadith not some anti Islamic websites which obtain information from a source that is not a part of hadith or Islam..
Tariq Habib You respect cannibals ? Bizarre!
The last 2 minutes with the last question made my day as a Muslim :) although I have some questions this was an absolute great talk, thank you sir :).
To the camera person, it would have been nice to see ALL the slides.
Thank you Reza Aslan for this wonderful and enlightening lecture ! I am an agnostic and I enjoy reading and listening your works.Keep it up Sir !
I felt agnostics are the ones who would enjoy the most out of his lectures ... Amazing knowledge and understanding he has about religions and what faith can mean ...
Very interesting points of view.This man Reza Azlan is extremely intelligent.
Micheline Wilson
You call him intelligent are you listen to him
Extremely he need brain surgery
Micheline He was ‘smart’ enough to eat human brains on camera for “likes”. An idiot actually.
I've learn a lot from his speech! Best Scholar ever with facts facts and facts!!! - Somebody needs to learn their own history more...
Reza Aslan : Love to listen to him,he is great and truthful.
He is a lier who misleads people read your Bible and open your mind
Cyrus Soltani Truthfully ate human flesh for ‘likes’. He doesn’t belong in polite society.
a person that eats human brains is a moral idiot. You should believe the opposite of what this guy believes if you want to avoid being evil! He lies brazenly about Christianity. If you know anything about the subject matter you are aware of this but his audience knows nothing about the subject matter or they have a hatred of Christianity. In any case. You love a guy that is over the top hateful. Aslan said the innocent Covington kid had "the most punchable face" he's ever seen. Aslan is a weirdo and you love his ideas. You should switch away from the side you are on right now if you love the ideas of a cannibalistic moral idiot!
Raza Aslan sheds light on the difference between historic Jesus of Nazareth and religious figure, Jesus Christ!
As a historian he should canvass the possibility that Jesus never existed.
A Lot of the things he's speaking about they still do to this day!
This is a most wonderful lecture about religion - the fact, the myth, the importance. While some of you may not have much interest, to those that do, this will be a well spent couple of hours. Reza Aslan has other presentations (I allude to his specific address regarding fundamentalism - in another video, where most modern forms of religion are most similar to idolatry and not spirituality). For all my years of relentlessly studying my faith and religion - he seems to sum it up the best. Now, that I no longer need to say what has already been said so eloquently and succinctly by this person, I can go back to the universal language of music. Sharing a truth, that has always been inexpressible by words. Enjoy !!!
This guy is awesome!!!!! Go reza!!!!!! You remind me of myself but way more educated obviously go boy!!! Share your heart!!!!
He is a fool that does not understand the Bible.
YOu like the viewpoints of a cannibal! He won't eat with his own mother because she's a Christian but he ate brains with a cannibal on CNN. He's morally evil You should re-evaluate your viewpoint on everything if you agree with anything this guy says!
@@michaelwhite8031 This is the whole point of this discussion. it is not according to bible. its about the historical fact. its like you are talking about harry porter and I say, you fool doesn't understand about Spiderman..
@@dxbtalal the guy obviously hates Christians, but he is happy to make money out of books that poke fun at them .
What about Islam, does the sun go down in a muddy puddle,has the moon been split in two ?
@@michaelwhite8031 Bro , use your brain, not emotions. don't know what puddle you are talking about. but this guy talk about history fact. it's not about religion he keeps telling. I saw him talk about Islam which is against Muslim fait. but he say it as that is what history say. not Quran.
Well said.. excellent knowledge. Thank you so much sir for sharing such wonderful knowledge. I am yours big friend sir
He is very brilliant. Amazed at where he went with this. Am impressed.
Nancy8243 Maybe his recipe for human flesh would impress too. Reza doesn’t belong among humanity.
Nancy8243 You are a total victim for propaganda if charisma is all you care about. He brazenly lies!
and yes... he also ate human brains which proves he's a moral idiot.
Such a riveting discourse by one of the most enlightened and engaging historians in the world today. I’m a big fan of Reza Aslan and I cherish the opportunity to attend one of his seminars someday. He not only commands respect but he earns it for his scrupulous and superlative deconstruction of religious methodology. This is a man who does not insult people’s intelligence but rather compels them to pursue truth and reason. He brings his unique brand of intellectual sophistication to any topic he chooses to scrutinize. I never tire of hearing him speak. Respect, Mr. Aslan.
Dr. Shabir Ally's Review of Dr. Reza Aslan's "Zealot" Reza Aslan isn't really a Muslim. Muslim Scholar Reza Aslan Admits That the Quran Is Wrong about Jesus Muslim Scholar Reza Aslan Admits That the Quran Is Wrong about Jesus
Aslan is a moral idiot. He ate human brains on CNN for clicks. He also lies so much about Christianity, but his audience doesn't know very much about Christianity, so he's able to fool them. he's a conman.
An eye opening lecture for the peoples who call themselves christians well done Reza
YOU agree with the man that ate human brains on CNN for clicks. You don't mind that he lies constantly? He's obviously a moral idiot. We can establish that objectively. You soaked yourself in his hate.
Wow, Reza has a clear understanding.... his perspective is surreal...
Brilliant!!
Reza Aslan___Awesome!!!
I covet his knowledge. What an amazing person with amazing knowledge.
One Word. "Wow"
The historical knowledge that Reza has must be incredibly intimidating for many Christians as most base their faith primarily on emotion.
I know for me when I started to learn more about my false faith it was like I was married for 50 years and realised the person I was married to (and madly in love with) was not the person that I thought they were.
At first It is a heart breaking reality, but you get over it and in the end you are truly free.
Reza makes Jesus so appealing and real.
I'd love to take some History classes that he teaches...
topkhani Sadly, he only teaches creative writing at the Univesity of California, Riverside.
Yeah, but understandable.
That would be the day when some Southern University hires in Religious studies or History dept a professor who teaches 'Jesus the Zealot'.
Last question was so good , same here Islam fits my symbols, it makes sense to me vis a vis creation and creator .
Well worth my 2 hours. Just really curious with his view on the "old" testament though. Hmm.
To understand Raza we need to learn first ABC of his stuff in Charts and drawings. This stuff is good for Scholars only.
There is a department that produce religions...
That was an awesome talk/lecture/discussion/gathering :)
The only thing I have a comment about is - WHO THE F@#% IS THE CAMERAMAN? and WHY???
Wonderful, mesmerizing !!!...
What a wonderfully profound lecture...to use a much over used word...awesome.
What a guy!
Great talk, full of facts and spun together well.
Watching now that question about Paul. This guy is a good storyteller, he really is, he makes it appear that Paul was changing things on his own and that he's had this differences with Jesus' apostles. I give it to this guy, he's got a real good imagination.
Truth shall set you free.
The relation of Christianity and Judaism is very similar to the relation of Sunnism / Shiism religions and Islam in many ways. They sprouted from an older version of the religion, and ended up far far away. They are also vastly more popular than their roots. Look how many people practice Judaism in the world, 14 million. Christianity, 2.2 billion. Look how many people practice Islam, a few thousands at best. Sunnism+Shiism, and their sects reach up to 1.6 billion. One has to give credit to Christians who never claim they are practicing Judaisim, because they are aware of the fact that it's a completely different religion. Sunni and Shi'ia actually believe they are practicing Islam whereas their religions completely ignore Quran's messages by piggybacking man made hadith and sunnah of their choice. May the peace be with you! (Jedi-ism)
Rentw Bunyi: you are merely a Frasier fan, who never heard of Cheers.
Wow, Reza Aslan is just too smart
probably got that mind from eating human brains on CNN for clicks. He's good at lying and warping facts to equal a pathological conclusion.
Jesus didn't teach Judaism, He taught Himself and How to overcome the World
Reza was calling Plestine because that was its name before Roman occupation
Terrific talk. Interestingly, he did not mention that his wife is a Christian.
she can't be much of a Christian. She would've corrected him on all of his lies. HE doesn't understand Christianity.
Awesome video!
thank you for posting.. happy the audio cleared up.
I think ta better language to express the inexpressible is the one of science, Loved Rezas insights though
That Megyn Kelly intro tho! 😂😂
Great talk Reza!
A lot of people blame the religion for the countless murders that took place in our history. Instead of blaming the religion why not blame the root cause? The people manipulating the teachings for their own gain. The religions around the world constantly evolve to adapt to the progress of our civilizations. Ultimately, in my opinion the people are the root cause of these murders and hate crimes. Just as all religions can be practiced in a peaceful way, it can also be practiced in a hateful manner towards one another claiming it's just. I am a christian and just watched a muslim man express his thoughts and all it made me do is reinforce my faith and I wanted to learn more so I can expand my faith and knowledge. Take the time to learn from one another so we can grow in our faiths. Just because someone is of a different faith it doesn't mean you shut them out. It allows you to see things from a different perspective and perhaps allows you to ask the right questions to lead you where you need to be. Stop wasting time spreading hate and trying to keep count of who's killed how many people and spend more time enlightening yourself. I know people of many religions and they respect my faith as I respect theirs, that is the only way we grow as a community. Prime example is his reference to the well.
Very well put! It's surprising how many people on TH-cam spout hate and anger at really almost anything. You could watch a video about kittens on here, and if you look down at the comments it always turns into some hate fest! It's sad and sickening, but I will say you're comment was very refreshing to read. Thanks :)
totallymulatto Actually there are more people who can do critical thinking than we see in TH-cam comments. It's just that it's a waste of time to respond the ignorant and arrogant. Not because it's not worth it, it's because it's their choice to stay that way, and our references of argument will be very different. Peace upon everyone who are sincerely looking for the truth in their own way.
I understand what you're saying SmartRCoupe but there's a difference between ignorance and stupidity. Stupidity means someone who can't comprehend information, ignorance means someone who just simply doesn't know. You can change an ignorant person by educating them. I know this can be accomplished because I've done it before.
As an atheist, I would agree with your comment in almost every single aspect, except the part where you say that those who are malicious and maniacal will manipulate religion for their own gain. As critical thinkers of religion, we should be quite frank and honest about what religion actually is. It can be whatever you want-- a religion is not peaceful nor is it evil. With that said, lets just say that those who choose to attach religion to their evil acts don't do it in order to consciously deceive and lie about where their actions come from; they just attach religion to it because they can find connection with it. A slave owner can connect to Christianity just as an abolitionist can.
Other than that point, I really enjoyed your point that we should all just respect each other's perspectives and that the death toll is irrelevant to conversations like these.
now if only christians talk about muhammad pbuh in such intellectual manner without insults.
Try to read Karen Armstrong Muhammad a Biography as the prophet.
Where is he getting that Bethlehem is only mentioned 3 times in the New Testament?
Hey camera operator zoom out when he's taking about the images in his presentation!! Jesus!
Maybe he doesn't want you to notice Aslan is lying? Aslan bases all his ideas on lies that only people that don't know anything about Christianity get fooled by. But go ahead.... trust this cannibal!
Amazing speech...
Beautiful mind.
I wish he would elaborate on that last point
He stopped short of accounting for the historical fact of resurrection. I really honestly feel for him as he is surely one lost scholar.
Are you a scholar or just a listener? Or just someone who watches videos and comments?
Hi Derrick. Sometimes you just have to have the lens of a common man to see a charlatan, as he described some people in his talk. The only difference between him and those he mentioned is, he hides behind his intellect. Be watchful of people in sheep's clothing. I pray that you will see through your own lens you're wearing and see Jesus as your Saviour, forgiver and lover of your soul. May God bless you.
Rentw Bunyi I was just wondering. I'm pretty much lost on religion these days. So right now I'm just seeking!
historical fact of Resurrection????!!!........actually in the bible, when people asked for jesus for sign for his "miracle", he said my miracle was the miracle of Jonah.....jonah was swallowed for 3 days and 3 nights....and he STAYED alive the whole time......jesus compared his miracle to to Jonah's.....it can't be the period cause again according to the bible jesus was "killed" Friday afternoon and rose on sunday morning....that's a day and half...therefore he meant about the actual not dying part...cause if someone falls into the water and get swallowed by a big whale, we all would think he is dead, but that is why it's a miracle cause he wasn't dead in the first place....same happened for jesus, he was nailed on the cross and left there and any person would think he must be dead....but he wasn't....i'm talking from biblical prospective.....regardless whether i believe in it or not.....Riza Aslan kept it within logical understanding of jesus from a historical prospective.
Yes, very true Rentw. The historical facts of my erection is indisputable.
bravo awesome speech
to all the people out there just take a minut and plz go and seewho was Albert Pike
one of the fouders of jew
The title of this video has me rolling over in my chair. "An Evening with Reza Aslan!?" LMAO!! Sounds like a date I'd rather skip! I'll say I have a headache or some shit.
Too funny.
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I am a muslim,and I want to clarify some thing for christians. What Reza concluded in his book does not fit with Islamic view or Islamic theology,so stop calling him as a bias! Islam does not say Jesus was killed by Roman nor jews . Rather God protected him and sent him to heaven. Moreover, Islam says Jesus was born miraculously. Therefore, Christians should deal with facts that Reza concluded, which are Jesus was a Jewish, so when Jesus said Son of God what did he really mean for a jewish community ?and Paul has never seen him,nor did he walk with Jesus! Deal with these facts and face the truth that your religion was established by Paul not Jesus.
what he says about Christianity are lies as well. his facts are warped. I expect his information is just as warped about Islam. after he ate human brains on CNN people stopped trusting Reza Aslan. He's evil and his message is evil, and I'm glad it's super-clear that he is now that we know he's a cannibal. Who would want to see eye to eye with a cannibal? I think he lost his audience with that overt display of his true nature.
Fascinating !
So, if Jesus can be anything you need Him to be, He is basically: BATMAN!
Asking this man about Jesus is like asking a strangler about somebody he never met
Amazing :)
It would be nice if the videographer would SHOW ALL the examples of how Jesus is seen/envisioned...
wait okay so this isn't an attack, I'm finding this talk really interesting.. But Reza stated that he is removing the Historical Jesus from the Spiritual Jesus, including what it written in the gospels... And then he goes on to talk about Jesus' teachings that were written in the gospels to support his argument. It kinda seems like he's picking and choosing what to believe happened here? If we don't know that the gospels are true for sure or historically accurate, then why is he using their content to argue. Why can't a christian shoot down his arguments about Jesus not being the true Messiah by telling him that he still lives and his business is not yet done? It seems like a little bit of a flaw to me, but maybe I'm just nitpicking
What I got from this talk was that Reza has taken those stories from the Gospels, those things it teaches us about what Jesus said and did in his time and reviews them through the scope of the time that he lived.
As he said we know very little about the Historical Jesus if you remove all the religious texts, but if you take what little you know, put that to the background of the time in which he lived (which we do know) and carefully apply the stories of the Gospel to it in context then you can begin to see the shape of a man very different to that of a Spiritual Jesus. I can see how it could be seen as "picking and choosing" but he does it in the context of a historical background, using what we do know to interpret what we have.
I think the point that resonated most in this talk was that idea that how we perceive the world now, how we think about right and wrong, truth and falsehood is incredibly far removed from the way someone in the first century thought about those things.
He mentioned that if you remove the historical Jesus from the spiritual Jesus. Knowing the three main facts about him, then placing him in the world of which he lived in at that time (which there are numerous known facts about), that you can then piece together the true meaning of his teachings. He goes deeper into the bible itself due to the questions being asked towards the end of his lecture, but he's using the facts about the times, and the facts about the man Jesus to then support/or decode certain details/or books of the bible. Like when he went on to talking about the book of Paul for example.
...this man -to question -what ?what could he question ?everyone has the right to say what want - he too -but this not mean he is important ,not mean he is right ! he is just one ,who says what come in his mind -many doing this under the Sun ...
well, someone with 4 degrees in religion - quite an interesting knowledgeable viewpoint ...
A passionate person of intellect. And with a great head of hair. 🤣
that was share genius at the end!
No one today is familiar with Jesus… we weren’t there… wish I was… what an interesting human to be in the midst of…
Pity the people who filmed this screwed it up so badly.
1:15:00 just awesome 👏
Historians ignore the teachings attributed to Jesus because there is no way to know whether he actually delivered them. But I say unto you- it is the teachings that matter, not the historical times. And the same holds true for all spiritual teachings and philosophy. Whether the teachings were delivered by Bob Smith or Zeus is secondary, it is the teachings themselves and what they mean to us that matters!
C.S. Lewis: "A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said wouldn't be a great moral teacher. He'd be either a lunatic on a level with a man who says he's a poached egg or else he'd be the devil of hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse."
How about a book on Historical Mohammad and Prophet Mohammad?
Yep, he write obaut Prophet Mohammad too.. check his book, "No God but god"
Respect for brother
Very accurate description of jesus
Sadly our Christian brother following Paul version of Christianity which was created by Roman king and Paul they created God out of messenger of God which is blasphemy according to Jewish and Muslims
Paul is actual founder of Christianity not jesus they following Paul not jesus
So I’ve research countlessly Reza on church interviews, speeches, his Family, marriage, etc…I’ll read zealot when I see it at Good Will Store.
Reza is a pantheism who is stirring up to people to confusion. He reminds me of Pope where he is accepting all universal faith is good in Jesus eyes. (This is happening all over nations too).
Matthew 6:25…Jesus mention you can’t have 2 masters.
He does have lots of valid points on historic facts and very elegant speakers….gotta give credit. However….
Why did Jesus brought up that famous verse…which you all know …
John 3:16 and…
John 14:6.
He reminds me of someone who want to please everybody and it’s about feel good doctrine and that’s why he was on the top of the book lists.
Many want to hear only the good part about God but not God’s wrath. Jesus talks more about hell more than heaven cause He doesn’t want people to go there. Free will given, choices…
Reza doesn’t understand who God is, His power, God’s Holy Spirit (HS), HS given to believers, HS spoken to 12 Disciples, & All idols mention in the OT relate to different religions, which is so connected and that’s why Jesus said he’s the only way. He’s missing out this crucial part during his speech….Wow! Even His wife is Christian and Reza is now Idk what to think of what religion? They’re even promoting mix marriage on different religions….
2 Corinthians 6:14….Do not be yoked together with unbelievers.
Matthew 6:24…. 24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”
Matthew 7:15…. Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. This false gospels!
If you research Charlie Kirk deep root he’s totally the opposite.
God ordains president (1 Samuel 8/Roman 13:1) and he use president to fulfill his prophesy to accomplish. We Christians don’t focus their sin part as we all are but God has purpose for their leaders around the nations to bring prophesy….
This is my take on Reza…Like I mention Bible is my fact news…not Reza…Thsts why I encourage you to listen to pastors like John MacArthur, John Barnett, Paul Washer, not prosperity Pastor’s….who will blind us…Gathering is so important …Hebrew 10:25…so we will not fall away and we can be accountable to each other what the Scripturess says…🙂🙏🏼 🙏🏼🙏🏼
I have no idea what this has to do with India. Unless he says the missing years of Jesus was spent in India learning yoga and Vedas.
Sleeping cameraman forgets to show images talker is talking about... well done Kevin! 🤦🏽♂️
Christ is the only person in the history of mankind to split the time for ever (BC and AD)
+Arkitrol Only for Christians. Ask a Jew what year it is. Or a Muslim.
+Steve McComb they will say 2016 because that is the only year recognized internationally and that is the year of our Lord.
BC and AD was devised by Dionysus Exigus in 525 AD at the request of Pope St. John 1 Others speculated the margin of error could have Jesus actually born between 200 BC and 4 BC. It wasn't widely used until around 800 AD.
Rabbi Moshe Murdakai could have done it for Moses, Imam Abu Mutaleb could have done it for Muhammad, Buddhist Nhat Hanh could have done it for Buddha. Well it did not happen that way. So, let us agree that Christ was fundamentally different than others. The names are all bogus here for the sake of clarity.
Haik Biglari There was a huge messianic movement in Palestine in the beginning of the 1st century, people claiming to be the messiah, some better known and with a larger following than Jesus. When a messiah was executed, his followers packed up and went home. The difference in Jesus' situation is that his followers didn't for some reason. I'm agnostic and I still wonder about that.Although Jesus was not successful, just as the others, in fulfilling the Jewish prophecy of what the messiah was supposed to accomplish,his followers still continued. They had to change the definition of messiah.
Aslan caught in a lie at (47:37) when he claims people who wrote the Gospel never met Jesus personally..! John the Apostle was the son of Zebedee and the younger brother of James, son of Zebedee (Saint James the Greater). According to Church tradition, their mother was Salome. Zebedee and his sons fished in the Sea of Galilee. The brothers were firstly disciples of John the Baptist. Jesus then called Saint Peter, Saint Andrew and these two sons of Zebedee to follow him. James and John are listed among the Twelve Apostles. Jesus referred to the pair as "Boanerges" (translated "sons of thunder"); although their nature was calm and gentle, when their patience was pushed to its limits their anger became wild and thunderous causing them to speak out like an untamed storm. Peter, James and John were the only witnesses of the raising of Daughter of Jairus. All three also witnessed the Transfiguration, and these same three witnessed the Agony in Gethsemane more closely than the other Apostles did.
Jesus sent only JOHN and Peter into the city to make the preparation for the final Passover meal (the Last Supper). {Luke 22:8 English Standard Version (ESV)
8 So Jesus[a] sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat it.”}
On the cross before his death; (John 19-27).. but standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” 27 Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.
The disciple whom Jesus loved is referred to, specifically, six times in John's gospel:
It is this disciple who, while reclining beside Jesus at the Last Supper, asks Jesus, after being requested by Peter to do so, who it is that will betray him.[Jn 13:23-25]
Later at the crucifixion, Jesus tells his mother, "Woman, here is your son", and to the Beloved Disciple he says, "Here is your mother."[Jn 19:26-27]
When Mary Magdalene discovers the empty tomb, she runs to tell the Beloved Disciple and Peter. The two men rush to the empty tomb and the Beloved Disciple is the first to reach the empty tomb. However, Peter is the first to enter.[Jn 20:1-10]
In John 21, the last chapter of the Gospel of John, the Beloved Disciple is one of seven fishermen involved in the miraculous catch of 153 fish.[Jn 21:1-25] [38]
Also in the book's final chapter, after Jesus hints to Peter how Peter will die, Peter sees the Beloved Disciple following them and asks, "What about him?" Jesus answers, "If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow Me!"[John 21:20-23]
Again in the gospel's last chapter, it states that the very book itself is based on the written testimony of the disciple whom Jesus loved.[John 21:24]
According to Church tradition, after the Assumption of Mary, John went to Ephesus. From there he wrote the three epistles attributed to him. John was allegedly banished by the Roman authorities to the Greek island of Patmos, where, according to tradition, he wrote the Book of Revelation. According to Tertullian (in The Prescription of Heretics) John was banished (presumably to Patmos) after being plunged into boiling oil in Rome and suffering nothing from it. It is said that all in the audience of Colosseum were converted to Christianity upon witnessing this miracle. This event would have occurred in the late 1st century, during the reign of the Emperor Domitian, who was known for his persecution of Christians.
Other than showing himself as the so called (4-degrees) educated idiot..,
What is Reza trying to prove?
you are refrencing the bibile. , he is referencing the legit ancient material from the actual texts
UFOANAUT The Bible comes from the LEGIT texts which quran doesn't have coz Caliph Uthman burnt all the original dissenting versions of quran; after the day of Yamama when all the quranic orators were killed after being sent to war! While the Bible's scripts are preserved. Question is did Reza visit preserved Christian texts in Rome? He has to declare that.. openly or honestly. Which is the very reason he cant try and revisit islamic texts if there are any.. coz he fears for his life to do as islam cant be revised.. the fact that there are no source texts as everything was burnt.. as orators were killed on Yamama day! How could Reza visit legit texts with an already established mentality and the whole attitude that the Bible has been changed?? What if you/him visited the original texts in Vatican and discovered that all you see in the Bible is what apostles wrote during Jesus's time; which is not even close to when quran was written after muhammad's death? You scumbags don't have credibility.. you just want to argue.. to stay in Christian lands.. Just go home assholes, Period
Joseph Gomalo Who said anything about the Quran?
Aslan lies constantly!!! What do you expect from a guy that ate human brains on CNN for clicks? You can pretty well just think the opposite of anything Aslan thinks and you'll be a good person.
This guy is not completely correct. Its a historical fact that Jews settled down in Kerala, southern India 1800 years ago. They controlled the spice trade to rest of the world. So it is possible that St. Thomas came there.
yeah. good point Saint Thomas. LOL
I just read the book. Everyone should read it. You can then do your own research as to why you agree or disagree with his conclusions. He speaks like a feminist yet hardly mentions the role of women, particularly the Magdalene, in this book. The Magdalene is in all four gospels, as is the "woman" who pours perfume on Jesus' feet. I think he was afraid of the "Jesus marriage" issue, especially if it was with the Magdalene.
He was afraid of the "Jesus marriage" issue but unafraid of the "Jesus is a backwater, illiterate hick" issue which he says repeatedly? Though I will agree that Aslan did not mention Magdalene and that is odd. But then again, I didn't even think about her until you said something about it. But what I was waiting for was someone to ask about Jesus reading the Scripture in the Temple at age 12 and challenging the other priests.
Aslan sort of covered that part when he said that the entire Nativity thing never happened. One reason why it didn't happen was that if it was that important, then why was it omitted in both Mark and John. Jesus only read the scriptures in one gospel. Usually if it only happens in one or two gospels, you can say they were made up. Heck Jesus damns a fig tree forever for not bearing fruit in two gospels. This means that any mention of his childhood, if it wasn't in all four gospels, probably means it wasn't true either.
It's really easy to discover how I disagree because he lies constantly. His viewpoint only exists on lies. It's easy to locate where all of the mistakes are because they are brazen lies and warping of the facts. The trouble is that he has a big platform because he's famous. I think after he ate the human brains with the cannibal most people realized he was a moral idiot and we really shouldn't get this type of talk from a moral idiot. It should be obvious that he lies even if you know nothing about Christianity.
At 47:10 "No one that met or saw Jesus ever wrote anything down..." So much for the red text in the bible I guess!
How a man can be GOD?. If I look at the creation of the whole world, my mind says impossible. I read the bible Jesus never says "I m GOD, worship me". On the other hand he said"my father (GOD) is greater than i"...
This guy is full of hot air.
Shocking camera work! Can't see the images to which he is referring. Want to watch more but can't stand it
Reza Aslan has clear agenda here, but having that agenda , he became famous like any other person (scholar or non scholar) by putting forward a controversial conclusion. It is easy to become famous and at the same time not to fear of his/her own life is, bashing against any religion other than Islam. He won't dare to say that against Mohammed. He knew that, he have to exile, rest of his life. He just simplify Jesus like any other political revolutionist. All Muslims argue Jesus has some unusual power or not an ordinary person (prophet) and then go on to say that he has no divinity which is against basic Christians belief.
Relax Bastin. He is talking about a historic figure called Jesus. Nobody is asking you not to believe his divinity. Go ahead believe whatever you want. But whatever he maintained in his lecture, that is fact. You can say anything against Mohammad or Muslims, still it does not change the facts maintain by Reza. You are soo funny when you say Reza was bashing Christianity. That only shows your ignorance.
Listen to lectures in You Tube given by Rabbi Michael Skobac. Believe in Jesus as the God, no problem. But find out the truth. Don't forget to listen to Rabbi Skobac in you tube.
It's really weird as Jesus is called the spirit of God and the word of God in Islam !
milon1967 " But whatever he maintained in his lecture, that is fact." Wrong. His book is full of historical mistakes.
His 'facts' are also lies. He lies constantly but people don't catch it because none of his audience are Christians. He obviously is full of hatred. We know that now. After he ate human brains on CNN people stopped looking at him in such gushing ways. What was his spell he had on people?
Maybe it was the authority of having a CNN show. People wanted to like him?
He's a transparent conman to my eyes, but again, I'm able to see through his lies because I'm not his audience.
How did James become the leader of the Jerusalem assembly over Peter? Time and time again Jesus berated Peter and the other apostles for not having more faith in him.
Timothy Chambers But if you understood the Holy Scriptures at all... you would see that none of the disciples or anybody else came to any real understanding of the Truth - till after Messiah laid down His Life and Took it Back Up Again. This was no mystery to Messiah or His disciples - just to christians and such that do not know what this is talking about:
Luk 22:31
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And the Messiah said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
Luk 22:32
But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
Kepha/Simon was not converted when Messiah was on the earth - and there are several places where Messiah spoke about how one must convert. These were lessons that could not be learned until Holy Spirit/Comforter was sent back, then the Holy Spirit guided all who were interested into conversion. None but Messiah Himself had the Holy Spirit permanently in Him... though some had Holy Spirit come and go, here and there to guide them to do things - like the High Priest declaring Messiah must die.
Peace~
Rev. Al-Yahnai Hawkins I understand all that. But how did James come into the picture?
Timothy Chambers
By Holy Intervention of course, like all of them came into the picture. Messiah picked them all, as He was led to pick them.
Peace~
Rev. Al-Yahnai Hawkins Ahh. Holy intervention! I see. I can understand why that's enough and we don't need to think on it any more. Thank you.
Timothy Chambers
Of course you say such things... but have no understanding as to what you are talking about and then the sarcasm flourishes...
Have you ever read Yahchanan/John chapter 10? That would explain those who do have this Holy Intervention... but would be quite a mystery to those who have no idea that they should be keeping the 10 Commandments and the Laws that define how they Must be Kept... so I know where you are at. No offense meant, and no ignorant offenses sent toward me accepted. We cool...
Peace~
Aslanian religion is well suited for those Muslims who want to reconcile the teachings of Qur'an which says Jesus was not crucified and the over whelming evidence they see in the West about the crucifixion of Jesus. The only problem with this is that he needs to come up with a new version of Qur'an! Is he up to the task of doing so? Good luck Reza, zireh Qur'aneh Jadidet bacheh Beza
+Arkitrol no hes not, even he believe Jesus was being uplifted unto Heaven, and his place was taken by Judah (probably the Romans were 'make' to saw him as Jesus while that person was Judah who betrayed him). This was a holy intervention, or miracle.
Yes, of-course the history point out that he was crucified, you can't actually wrote miracles as a fact in history writing yeah. It must be logically analogue with the situation.
but personally, you can believe what you want to believe. Thats your thing.
His views would of and could of, prevented a lot of wars. To many people look at Jesus as though he carries a bazooka, and rides a black hawk. I think everyone should still read the bible, for guidance and self being. But remember we live in a different age, so you may have to tweak it a bit.
As a muslim he completely contradicts himself by stating that the Roman's were VERY GOOD at documenting things such as historical events and the Census.
The koran states that jesus did NOT get crucified......
@Cathal Ó Braonáin yes.
@Cathal Ó Braonáin On so many levels, yes lol. I looked into his credentials and he has only received a graduate degree in Sociology. A truly gifted speaker but a wolf in sheep's clothing, no less. Great at confusing the flock on his perspective of Jesus. Its laughable. The acadamia does not take this man seriously. Dr.Gary Habermas would obliterate him with facts in under 2 minutes on the the true historical perspective of Jesus and the validity of Paul's letters to the Roman's, Corinthians, Galatians and 1Thessolonians. Even secular/agnostic scholars are embarrassed by this man's "historical perspective".
@Cathal Ó Braonáin I stand corrected, a PhD in Sociology. Thank you Cathal.
I'd be curious what your thoughts are on Dr. Habermas and his research on Jesus and the resurrection:
th-cam.com/video/5znVUFHqO4Q/w-d-xo.html
@Cathal Ó Braonáin I'm not entirely sure what your position is, are you a muslim or agnostic? If Reza is stating he is a muslim than you have to understand that he believes that the Koran is perfect and is the actual word of God given to Mohammed by the angel Gabriel. Logically, we can deduce that this is now highly unlikely since the koran states that Jesus was not crucified and that it was someone else who God replaced. We know that this is not true sincr we Greek, Roman, Jewish and even secular historians confirming that Jesus was in fact crucified and died under the Roman prefect, Pontius Pilate.
Thanks for sharing Reza's credentials, I stand corrected! Watch Habermas video I sent you! It's good = ) let me know what you think.
The TV-audiovisual crew should be shot. Stray sounds, zooming to eliminate important projected images, etc. is the sign of completely untrained and unprofessional technical workers.
He is promoting universal faith just like Pope and all other religions except Jesus said in Matthew 14:6/3:16…He’s the only way and eternal life….
He's right in saying people have created their own versions of Jesus, but if you read the Bible for yourself you find that there is only one real Jesus. The problem comes when you look to denominations or other religions without reading the Bible. The answers are in the Bible open it up. Pray He will answer if you seek Him with all your heart. “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you" Matthew 7:7-8. Ask Him into your heart and He will guide you. He longs to bring each one of us home. God Bless. Ian McCormack testimony
He misses the detail about Pilate washing his hands. Gee. A dilettante. What a surprise.
He also misses and warps other details. He's a liar... and an actual cannibal!
The kingdom of God is in the book of Acts.
It seems to me that "the truth" of Mr. Aslan is "the lie" of anybody else. He has to paint it blue or red, or somehow...for us to understand the difference between a scientific truth and a religious "truth". He might believe in some god that is not at all appealing for the scientists!
It's sad that ASLAN has yet to admit to LYING about all of his Academic Credentials.
tell us*