George Orwell's 1984 and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World are possibly the two most disturbing dystopian novels someone could read. 1984 is the most obvious in this with its totalitarian regime that forces compliance and takes away privacy. However, Brave New World is less obvious, giving us a world that, to the hedonistic mind, seems... Continue Reading →
Apologetics: Flippin’ Fatwa Friday – The Quran vs. the Bible: Surah Al-Baqarah Verses 8-20.
Continuing with our read-through of the Quran, we're back in Surah Al-Baqarah today, examining verses 8-20. These are the verses that really set up a whole series of random threats that will be repeated throughout the Quran. Honestly, so far in my reading of this book, if you took out all the random threats of... Continue Reading →