Heresies & Comparative Religion (Index Page)

Charles Taze Russell (1852-1916) in 1911. He was the founder of the Jehovah’s Witnesses: a revival of the ancient Arian heresy [public domain / Wikimedia Commons]

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Jehovah’s Witnesses (Arianism)

Jehovah’s Witnesses: A Biblical & Historical Critique (+ Part Two) [1987; revised 9 August 2002]

Radio Teaching on Jehovah’s Witnesses from my Protestant Days [11-3-89; 48 minutes; free audio download; see #2]

WatchtowerDocuments.com (obscure early Jehovah’s Witnesses materials)

Dialogue w Jehovah’s Witness on Christology & Trinitarianism (+ Part Two / Part Three / Part Four) [11-3-03]

Mormonism isn’t Christian / Definition of Christianity [10-11-11]

Thoughts on the Blasphemy and Heresy of Arius (Who Thought Jesus Was Created) [1-3-14]

Debate on JW Antipathy to Holy Days & Christmas [12-21-18]

Mormonism

Dialogue w Mormon Apologist: God & Doctrinal Development (vs. Dr. Barry Bickmore) (+ Part Two) [12-22-01]

Dialogue with a Mormon on God’s Nature & Transcendence [2-4-10]

Mormonism & Joseph Smith’s Polytheism (Many gods) [2-9-11]

Mormonism isn’t Christian / Definition of Christianity [10-11-11]

Dialogue with an Atheist: Are Mormons Christians? [1-15-17]

Christianity = Love (Orthopraxy) + Correct Doctrine (Mormonism?) [1-16-17]

Judaism —> Christianity as an analogy to Christianity —> Mormonism (Religious Sociology / Comparative Religion) [Facebook, 1-24-18]

How Mormons Are Both Polytheists & (in a Sense) “Atheists” [1-26-18]

What Do Mormons Believe About Jesus? (The John Ankerberg Show, with former Mormons Sandra Tanner, Dr. Lynn Wilder and Michael Wilder; 2012; excellent and shocking overview)

Orthodox Trinitarianism

Jesus is God: Hundreds of Biblical Proofs and Evidences (KJV edition) [1982; rev. 1997]

Jesus is God: Hundreds of Biblical Proofs (RSV edition) [1982; rev. 2012]

The Holy Trinity: Hundreds of Biblical Proofs and Evidences (KJV edition) [1982]

Holy Trinity: Hundreds of Biblical Proofs (RSV edition) [1982; rev. 2012]

Baptismal Formula: Trinitarian or in Jesus’ Name Only? [3-10-08; rev. 3-2-10]

Deity of Jesus: Called Lord/Kurios & God/Theos [10-24-11]

Jesus Always Knew He Was God (Young Messiah): Patristic & Later Catholic Tradition & Contrary Early Heretical Sects’, Protestant, & Modernist Corruptions of It [3-14-16]

Lucas Banzoli Holds to a Seventh-Day Adventist Eschatology and Christology [11-22-22]

General / Miscellaneous Non-Christian Heresies and “Cults”

Were the Albigensians Primitive or Proto-“Protestants”? [6-7-98]

Were the Waldenses a Species of Primitive “Protestants?” [6-7-98]

Is Catholicism Half-Pagan? [1999]

Is Easter Pagan & the Word a “Pagan Compromise”? [1999]

On the Relationship of Heresies & Cults to Protestantism [11-15-02]

Clarification on Heretical Eastern Patriarchs (260-715) [1-7-03]

The Pernicious Heresy of Nestorianism [Facebook, 4-19-05]

Is Catholicism Half-Pagan, & a Blend of Gospel & Lies? [2007]

Wicca & Witchcraft: Christian Resources (Links) [2-4-09]

Catholic Refutations of Freemasonry (Links) [6-28-10]

Killing Heretics: Any Conceivable Biblical Rationale? [6-5-10]

Mormonism isn’t Christian / Definition of Christianity [10-11-11]

Calvin Supports Death for Heresy After Servetus [11-6-11]

“Cult” as a Synonym for “Heretical Sect”: Dispute with a Critic [11-8-12]

William Lane Craig’s Christological Errors (Monothelitism +) [+ Biblical Evidence Against Monothelitism (Denial of Jesus’ Possession of Both Human and Divine Wills) ] [7-31-10 + 9-7-13 + 1-30-14]

Gerry Matatics: Closer to Donatism or Protestantism? [12-1-14]

Christianity: To Blame for Allegedly “Christian” Lunatics? [10-29-15]

Biblical Evidence for Sunday Worship [12-1-15]

Orthodoxy & Heresy: Biblical Notions? [9-23-16]

Can a Pope be a Heretic or Authoritatively Declare Heresy? [2-3-17]

Distinction Between Trinitarian Christianity and Non-Christian Heresies [Facebook, 7-16-17]

Sola Scriptura Can’t Definitively Refute Christological Heresy (The Sad Case of Evangelical Apologist and Philosopher Dr. William Lane Craig and Monothelitism) [10-22-17]

Freemasonry? I’ve Had Links About it On My Site Since 2000 (I have vigorously opposed theological liberalism all this time, too) [6-5-19]

“Gospel of Thomas” Isn’t an Authentic Gospel [10-20-21]

Islam

Reply to Muslim Apologist Shabir Ally on Trinitarianism [5-14-04]

Can a Christian Fund a Mosque? [3-25-07; abridged 8-8-16]

Does Catholicism Equate Allah & Yahweh? (see additional important clarifications and vigorous discussion on my Facebook page) [11-18-07]

The Distinction Between Islam and Radical Jihadism (comments on my Facebook discussion, 4-19-13)

Does the Catholic Church Equate Allah and Yahweh (God)? [article for Seton Magazine, 18 June 2014; see additional important clarifications and vigorous discussion on my Facebook page]

Discussion on Whether ISIS is Legitimate, Consistent Islam or Not [+ related article by Robert Spencer] [Facebook, 9-16-14]

The Inquisition, Abortion, & ISIS (Connections?) [10-19-15]

The Muslim-Christian Debate Website

Answering Islam [website from Sam Shamoun]

Islam: Christian Analyses [compiled on 5-26-16]

The Place of Both Mystery and Reason in the Christian-Muslim Debate [Facebook, 5-11-17]

Pope St. Pius X: Muslims Worship “the one True God” [Facebook, 9-4-20]

Eastern Religion and the Occult / Comparative Religion

Dialogue: Vatican II & Other Religions (Nostra Aetate) [8-1-99]

Astrology: Philip Melanchthon’s Enthusiastic Espousal [5-21-06]

16th-17th Century Astronomers Loved Astrology (+ Part Two ) [5-25-06]

Did St. Thomas Aquinas Accept Astrology? [5-30-06]

The Shack by William Young: Questionable Orthodoxy [Facebook, 12-29-08]

My Holistic / “Alternative” Medicine & Natural Foods Philosophy [2-17-10]

Harry Potter: Literary Magic or Magical Mystery Sewer? [7-19-05 and 10-28-10]

My Nature-Mystic, Occultic, Practical Atheist Period (1967-1977) [7-27-11]

St. Augustine: Astrology is Absurd [9-4-15]

Satan Will Mightily Use The Shack to Draw People Into Heresy [Facebook, 3-3-17]

Is Harry Potter & Related Fantasy Literature Evil? [Feb. 2018]

Atheist: What Evidence is Required to Change Religions? [5-11-18]

Is VCII’s Nostra Aetate “Religiously Pluralistic” & Indifferentist? [6-7-19]

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