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It is now time for me to share my adventures in the next four months of 2013, continuing on from my last post.
Oh, May. May is my favorite month of the year, and always has been. I have seasonal depression (SAD) and, unfortunately, I spent the bigger portion of my life living in places where April was still quite solidly a winter month. Sure, there were spring days in April, but they were teases. April came into my room and took her top off, got me really excited, then "got tired" and left for the night, never to return. May, however, has always consistently delivered. I meet Springtime with a passionate euphoria. I love everything about it. I love the smell of grass, the greenness of the world, watching buds grow and swell and then finally bloom. I love spring rain, flowering trees, the return of song birds and the off chance of meeting a baby animal in the wild. This May, my entire life went to bud as I emotionally began to recede from a long and cold period of winter. By May, there was no denying that I was deeply and passionately in love with Paul. At the start of the month, I went down to Texas to see Mila, WYO and LLB. They all constantly commented on the fact that they had never seen me so happy. I couldn't remember ever having been so happy, either. To quote James Wright, "Suddenly, I realize that if I stepped out of my body I would break into blossom."
During my visit to Texas, Mila and I had lots of wacky hijinxes, I got soundly spanked by WYO, I had more root beer floats than a girl is probably supposed to in a week, I ate the world's most delicious barbecue and I spent a long time lying by the pool or soaking in the hot tub with LLB. After that, I took a week or so back in South Dakota before heading to Denver, where I hung out with Amoni some more, visited with my friends DarkSteven and DarkStevensGirl, hung out with Sophie and Danny and filmed for Real Spankings again. Then, after I'd been there for about a week, Paul came to visit me. It was our first time being together as a couple, as our relationship had grown and developed in the time since I had left England. I was a jittery mess as Amoni took me to meet him at the airport; entirely unable to contain my excitement. Finally, I saw him from across the room and ran into his arms. Time seemed to stop for a while as we kissed passionately.
I wrote about the first night that we arrived at the cabin where we spent nearly two weeks, but I didn't ever tell any other stories. So, instead of picking a clip from my writing about that month, here are a few scenes which I've never (publicly!) written about before:
On one of our first days there, I packed us a lunch of sandwiches, pretzels and lemonade, plus a whole container full of gummy bears for me and we went on a picnic for lunch. I had a lot of fun frolicking around, and on the way, we saw a whole troop of adorable young Elk. Afterwards, we went to a lake which was actually a dam of some sort, with something to do with a very big tube transporting water in a way which was somehow impressive (this is really showing how much attention I was paying during this field trip! I was mostly looking for more animals to befriend! -_-) and which Paul was very interested in. We followed a path up a hill so that he could see some sort of building relating to this, and I played around, climbing on things and doing whatever it is that I do when left to my own devices for a few minutes.
"You know what else places like this are good for?" Paul asked me, once he had finished what he was doing.
"Climbing on rocks?" I asked, as I hopped down. I gently caressed my face.
"Smacking my naughty girl's bottom outdoors," he told me, sitting down on the rock I had just been chumbling over. There was no one around and no sign that anyone would be approaching anytime soon. There weren't even any woodland creatures to witness my spanking, as my search for them earlier had been a total bust. Yet I still felt shy and coy as I slunk over to his side and carefully positioned myself over his lap. The air was cool on my bottom as he lifted my skirt, and the first SMACK seemed impossibly loud. Besides being noisy, and delightfully embarrassing, the crisp mountain air made my bottom feel more sensitive, and I soon found myself wiggling as the smacks continued to fall. This scene didn't last long, but it was incredibly exciting. I was wearing a particularly short dress that day, and I kept holding it down in the back as we walked back to the car, which made Paul laugh.
A few days before this scene took place, I had been sitting on Paul's lap getting snuggled while he was seated at the desk in the cabin's study (presumably he'd been trying to do work, but I had required attention and had climbed on him, a behavior which has become a staple of our daily life). Eventually, though, mischief took over, and I had opened the drawer of the desk to discover that there was a piece of chalk there. Paul was wearing a black shirt. It seemed that the only reasonable thing to do under these circumstances was to doodle on his back while we were cuddling. He didn't notice what I was doing, and only ever did because I couldn't help my giggling about ten minutes later. I had been put over his lap and spanked, and I had promised never to do it again. This day, however, I didn't feel like keeping that promise, and as I snuggled in the same position, I once again opened the desk drawer to look for the chalk. Unfortunately, Paul had been clever and had confiscated the chalk. I was disappointed, so I started to investigate what other options I had. I discovered a few colored paperclips, and I started to clip those to the back of his shirt collar.
"What are you doing, Alex?" he asked sternly.
"Nothing!" I said, as innocently as I could muster.
He reached back and pulled the paperclips off. "Do you know what this is?" he asked.
"A paperclip," I replied, since this was the only reasonable answer to the question "What is this?" when one is holding a paperclip.
"This," Paul corrected, "is abuse of stationary." I snorted. "You're going to be punished for this," he told me. "Go sit on the sofa and wait for me."
I galavanted off to the sofa, clearly getting what I wanted. In a minute or so, Paul returned with my hairbrush, which had been sitting on top of the dresser in the bedroom. He set it down and then pulled me over his lap. He began to spank me with his hand, quite hard and at a quicker pace than usual, and I soon began to whimper and struggle slightly, as my bottom had gotten quite sore since I was getting spanked, strapped, and caned quite regularly for the past week or so. After a few minutes of this, he began to smack the backs of my thighs. Over the course of the past six months or so, I'd been doing a lot less play which involved being spanked on my thighs, and not only had the psychological effect of it returned to a state of great potency, my skin had become less conditioned for spanking and was particularly tender. I soon started to cry out and wail, doing my best to be still but needing to be somewhat restrained with my hand held behind my back. Before I knew it, I had passed that threshold and burst into tears, but this didn't signify any slowing in pace for the spanking (nor would I have wanted it to). It was a long scene, and by the time he finally released my hand and started gently rubbing my sore and swollen thighs and bottom, I had forgotten that he had come into the room carrying a hairbrush. No, that's a huge lie. I was very well aware of what was lying on the ground not far from my face. I just hoped that Paul had forgotten it. In very short order, I was reminded that he had not, and he instructed me to hand it to him.
The hairbrush portion of the spanking was much shorter than the hand spanking had been, but I was sore and already crying, so it felt like it lasted forever. The particular hairbrush which he was using is primarily stingy, with a sharp bite. It has a shiny surface, and the pain of it *feels* shiny, as silly as that may sound. I was quite sure that I had a shiny surface, too, by the time that I gotten quite a few whacks with it. I did my best to take it like a good girl, though, and when it was over Paul pulled me up into a cuddle. My bottom and thighs felt like they were twice their usual size and my mind buzzed with endorphins.
"Sometimes," he said, "I might choose to punish you particularly severely for something minor if I feel that you need it or if it pleases me to," he told me. I felt a rush of submissive excitement at these words and basked in the feeling of unfairness, the world being entirely out of my control.
"Yes, Paul," I whispered, clinging to him as I caught my breath. "Thank you for spanking me."
"Good girl," he praised.
I have approximately eleventy trillion scenes from this time that I want to eventually share, but I figure that I can always go back to favorite memories in later posts. There's no statute of limitations surrounding writing about spankings, after all!
Our cabin adventure lapsed into June, and once we eventually had to leave (I could have happily lived in that world forever) we headed for Daytona Beach, where we attended Florida Moonshine's Tropical Beach Party. This was the only time I had ever visited Florida, or really anywhere on the Southern Eastern Seaboard, and I had a wonderful time. The party was different than any of the other national parties. It felt more laid back and relaxed, and it had fun and exciting things about it like games run by Strict Dave and a raffle in which you could earn tickets by participating in events. That said, for the first time ever, I fell into the habit of spending a lot of private time in my room with Paul, away from the rest of the party. I wanted to spend as much time focused on "us" as possible, since once the party was over he'd be flying back to England. Again, this month I'll share a story I haven't done before.
One night, my friend Zoey Wicks got the insides of her thighs cropped in the middle of the party suite, and being a (horrible/lovable) instigator, my friend _Morgan suggested that I should be next for this "fun" proceeding. Previously, I had always turned down invitations to play with riding crops, unless it was for film. They seemed too "BDSM-y" for me, and the word conjured up an image of a cheap toy that couples might buy at a trashy sex store to try and "spice up" their sex life. Zoey's scene had looked exciting, though, and the crops in question were admittedly gorgeous (London Tanner creations). I was considering taking _Morgan up on his offer, but Paul decided for me that I would, indeed, be next. He then talked to _Morgan and Rainyspanker, who had just done Zoey's cropping, and determined that each of them would give me five strokes, each taking care of one of my legs. I'd never had a scene negotiated for me by someone else. It seemed almost objectifying in a way which was extremely exciting to me. I'm sure that I was terribly loud as I squealed and shrieked with every stroke, and Paul watched with great delight. Rainyspanker's strokes were harder than _Morgan's though (this might have been the first time that _Morgan and I actually played together, and he didn't know my reactions yet, so he was dialing it back, I think). Later that evening, the marks on my left leg had bloomed into what looked like purple "tags" due to the shape of the crop, but my right leg, although still a little sore, looked fine. This asymmetry wouldn't do, so Paul borrowed one of the crops again and took me into a back room of the suite and sat me on the bed there. Seeing him holding the crop with his shirt sleeves rolled up and a frightfully determined look on his face instantly changed my opinion of riding crops from "pretty lame" to "one of the hottest things ever." Having no reason to hold back, his five strokes made me wail, cry and sob, but I kept my legs open and took them as well as I could. Afterwards, he ran his fingers over the fresh welts, making me whimper and moan, and we went back to our room for some aftercare.
Eventually, the day came that Paul had to leave, and I felt pretty much sick with sadness. I knew I'd be seeing him in a couple of months, but I couldn't bear the idea of being apart. Fortunately, that day _Morgan, our friend, S. and I were leaving to take a road trip from Florida to Dallas, where I'd once again be visiting WYO and LLB before heading to TASSP. This kept me quite well distracted! After lots of awesome visiting (we were also joined by Ten and Bettycrocker) it was the time for the party, where I shared a room with Christy Cutie in Sarah Gregory's suite, and got to know both girls much better. Christy and I became a bit inseparable, and got up to lots of naughty business, including a very hot spanking and sensation play scene with Oak during "The Dark Party" and getting spanked by a friend who we nicknamed "The Arms" due to his muscley business.
I celebrated my 26th birthday in July, including a visit to the Sioux Falls Zoo, a trip to the trampoline park, two cakes, a new Hitachi (since my old one had met an untimely end when I tried to use it overseas) and a stuffed cuddly panda named Glenn, who remains one of my best friends. I was staying with my friend VNG01 at this point, and we had adventures pretty regularly, including late night trips to IHOP complete with lots of silly banter. My life was in full-force "transition mode" at this point, as I had officially decided to leave Sioux Falls and go live in Los Angeles again, and I was living full time at VNG01's house in the meantime. Although Malignus had broken up with me in April, it was a difficult time as I began to fully remove myself from that relationship and focus on moving on with my life. It was during this time that Paul determined that he would be coming to live with me in Los Angeles, though, so I had a glowing light of stability at the end of the tunnel of transition.
One of the most fun parts of July was my semiannual trip to Chicago for the Crimson Moon party, where I spent lots of time with Drlectr and Ten, my beloved bad counterpart (theBadAlex) and Christy Cutie, among other wonderful people. We had an epic school roleplay complete with a gaggle of naughty school girls in uniform, desks, teachers, classes and report cards. We were supposed to get our report cards signed and turn them in, but in petulant protest, I refused to have my card signed by anyone but Paul and hid it in my planner until he arrived in Los Angeles, at which point he spanked and paddled me not only for my poor grades but for getting my report card signed two months late! Bad Alex and I also engaged in an awesome roleplay with Jon83 (one of my all time favorite tops!) which I later described like this:
…We played a scene with our friend Jon83 in which we were sisters who had been caught cutting school to go to the mall by our father. I really like roleplaying with Alex when we're not even caught yet: we just banter back and forth as misbehaving girls and giggle an awful lot. When we came back to our hotel room (in the pretend, our home) after having snuck out of school, we were greeted by Jon, who was none to pleased with us. We then started to try to lie our way out of things. My lies were things like "We just ran home to get our books!" but Alex's were things like "It's National Alex Day! No one with our name is allowed at school! We have the day off!" This threw me into a fit of hysterics, and it reminded me of a detail that had never been discussed: we were supposed to be sisters of the same age with the same name. We made a series of jokes back and forth to each other as we tried to figure out why this was until Jon sent Bad Alex to the corner to separate us, pointing to her and saying "That one! Go to the corner!"
This was the only time in my life that I laughed while getting a hard paddling.
Following the party, I lingered at Joe and Ten's for a while, where Prux and I got to spend some awesome time connecting, my favorite brother, Whooperine gave me lots of cuddles, Bad Alex was a total bitch and got me in trouble by JC, who proceeded to paddle me with a Jokari and there were lots of hilarious moments in general, especially those involving Korey and James Johnson. I think that Korey may be one of the people with whom I have the most compatible sense of humor ever, and we had each other in hysterics for most of the after-party, be it about Whooperine's "God like" teeth or a particular clicking noise that James makes under certain circumstances.
In August, I had the craziest schedule of my entire life. I headed to NYC for a week near the start of the month and everything that could have been rescheduled, cancelled or changed was, including my flight back home. I finally got back to Sioux Falls the day before Epipelagic arrived to visit me. She had planned this visit in advance, and it was meant to give me some company and a connection back to the life that I had left in Los Angeles, but with the way things were going, it turned into more of a packing frenzy, since I would be leaving Sioux Falls for good the day after she went back to LA. She was such a sweet and supportive friend, and together we managed to get everything I own compressed via spacebag and then creatively packed into my sedan for my long road trip. It was difficult (but ultimately very healthy) to say goodbye to a place that I had lived for two years, even if my experience there had been less than ideal. I had made friends who I was certainly going to miss, VNG01 in particular. Once Epipelagic was back in LA, I started my own very indirect journey to the same place. My first stop was Denver, where I had more visiting with Amoni, DS and DSG, and did one of my favorite shoots for Real Spankings, including two scenes where I got spanked outdoors! From there, I drove down to Texas again, where I had a little R+R at WYO and LLB's place, had a girl's day out with Princess Kelley and spent some time visiting with my good friend Finneous. On my last day there, I picked up Mila and we started our road trip to Vegas for Shadowlane. Road tripping with a very anxious Alex in a car packed to the gills with everything she owned couldn't have been the world's greatest time, but we had lots of fun and plenty of laughs as Mila kept me upbeat, including my mistaking a cotton gin for "a motherfucking church" or a ziggurat, an ill-fated attempt to visit "Indian Ruins" for tourism fun which turned out just to be a lame ass gift store which was NAMED Indian Ruins and Mila spilling peach juice all over herself when I braked too quickly.
Shadowlane itself was quite a whirlwind. I got to see Maddy Marks, her boyfriend, Siq, Christy Cutie and handfuls of other friends, did an epically fun shoot for Triple A Spanking with Maddy and Christy and, having absolutely no sense of self preservation, got my hands tawsed by Mr. Allen again. This time, I didn't end up on the floor gasping for breath, but I did make a screech of pain so pitiful that it made friends on the other side of the suite concerned about me. I also had some memorable scenes during the "Spankee Hawkins" uniformed event, where girls were meant to ask the Tops to play (something I'm not good at) and I was dressed in a Girl Scout uniform.
Finally, though, the party came to an end and it was time for Mila and I to drive the rest of the way to LA. We listened to California and Los Angeles themed songs as we drove, and I nearly cried with happiness. I knew that a wonderful chapter of my life was about to begin. ♥
I can't guarantee when the final segment of this post will go up. I'm going to be spending the night at Lily Starr's house tomorrow, and on Thursday I'm heading to visit Joe and Ten in Indiana for the weekend. I'll do it as soon as I can, though: my goal for 2014 is NOT to lag months behind on my posting like I did in 2013!


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Wednesday, June 13, 2012
74 comments:
- Zack_Tiang said...
Sami Zaatari?
So far, the debates I recall watching him in, he often ignores whatever arguments, reasonings, explanations given by his opponents and just keeps recanting his reasons and arguments as if they were never answered or responded to. =_= - June 13, 2012 at 9:29 AM
- Michael Schueckler said...
It would be good for the debate moderator to recommend the audience members take a notepad and note each debater's arguments and see which points were responded to or not. I saw Bill Shishko make that recommendation once before. - June 13, 2012 at 10:56 AM
- kiwimac said...
I look forward to this debate- In my humble opinion, Zaatari is one of the 'better' Muslim debaters going around. Although he's no match for David! Good luck and God Bless you David!
- June 13, 2012 at 1:49 PM
- Luke said...
Hmmmmm.... Not too far from my hometown. I might make a guest appearance.
- June 13, 2012 at 3:18 PM
- Nakdimon said...
Right Zack. When I debated him on Paltalk on the deity of Messiah Yeshua thats all he did. I addressed his arguments one by one and my opening presentation remained untouched. Often his arguments are so childish one is taken aback at the nonsense of its content.
Oh well.
I bet that Sami will appeal to the Bible to try to make a case for unitarianism. What will be indesputable and what Sami will HAVE to address, are not so much the claims Yeshua made about his deity because Muslims will always go for an a-contextual interpretation of Yeshua's words, but the explicit references to Yeshua's claims to be 1) the unique Son of God and 2) the sacrifice for our sins and rising from the dead. Even these are detrimental for any Islamic claim that Yeshua was supposedly a Muslim. The only way Sami can get around that is "but the Bible isn't trustworthy". - June 13, 2012 at 3:50 PM
- Samatar Mohamed said...
@Zack Thiang
I see what your saying and all apologists have their strengths and weaknesses but I think that Sami Zaatari is definitely a worthy opponent to David. Should be an interesting debate. - June 13, 2012 at 4:46 PM
- John Lollard said...
I don't know about skill or anything, but Sami seems like a very nice guy. Like the sort of debater who, when he's in town, you and your wife bring he and his wife out to a restaurant and talk about your kids, and then debate him on Christology the next day. He seems like a gentleman, is what I mean. I want him to do a good job in the debate, and hope he makes good and clear points. I know David will make even better points of course, but the truth becomes stronger with stronger criticism, and Sami seems like a right guy for that job.
- June 13, 2012 at 5:53 PM
- Dk said...
It doesn't really matter whether an opponent is worthy or not, people like William Craig use this to copt out of debates with a certain notorious Austin you tube Atheist, yet have the audacity to attack Dawkins for doing the same to him. Rogers almost tried pulling this on me with our correspondence since he prefers Michael Martin etc.
Anyway, Zaatari has become a much better debater than his former days with us on pal. What I mean is he is a better presenter, and at least his arguments have 'evolved' to the point where he doesn't always repetitiously repeat himself while ignoring the rebuttal (although still does it sometimes). There is hope for Zaatari, he hasn't quite broken through the box of being objective (you can tell normally in his introduction speeches), but the more he starts thinking, the least likely he will remain a Muslim. - June 13, 2012 at 5:54 PM
- Foolster41 said...
@Samatar: How can they be a "worthy opponent" if they don't actually addresses arguments?
- June 13, 2012 at 6:09 PM
- Samatar Mohamed said...
I didn't say or believe that Sami does not address arguments. Of course Sami addresses the arguments by his opponents or he would not have been noted as one of the good muslim debaters. However, Sami used to have a bit of a tendency to ignore some of the points brought up by his opponents. As Derek pointed out Sami really has evolved and matured as a debater. I say to the point that he is one of the top muslim apologists after Bassam Zawadi and Shabir Ally. Shabir does a great job of debating topics that have to do with Jesus and the bible in general while Bassam spends more time on defending Islam with topics such as "Has the Quran been perfectly preserved" and "Was Muhammad (pbuh) assured of his salvation". Anyways, this should be a good debate. - June 13, 2012 at 6:43 PM
- José Atento said...
Why these debates always take place in churches and not in places where Muslims will be exposed to them? They are the ones who need to listen.
- June 13, 2012 at 8:02 PM
- Search 4 Truth said...
Last time I debated Zatari on youtube he ignored all of my arguments until they were impossible to ignore any more. And then he finally just called me names and then ran and called me an Islamaphobe. And i told him I dont hate Muslims. All I did was present the evidence consistently with logic and reason. He finally realized he couldnt lie any more and fled. i dont think he has evolved much. This was about 3 months ago. He is better than Nadir Ahmed and Osama Abdullah. But that isnt saying much.
- June 13, 2012 at 10:49 PM
well anyone is better then Osama at debating even nadir ahmed is better then Osama but only slightly.
@jose i agree, it has occurred to me as well. Are mosque not places where we can see what the other side have to say? - June 13, 2012 at 10:53 PM
- curly said...
@Search 4 Truth,
I wish I can hear the debate. Sami Zaatari is better than Osama Abdullah ! Oh really, I am little surprise. I did remember I read Sami Zaatari's essay once longtime ago, it was not impress me. I can imagine how Osama Abdullah is.. what more? I think Osama Abdullah is older than Sami Zaatari ! - June 13, 2012 at 11:02 PM
- Haecceitas said...
"It doesn't really matter whether an opponent is worthy or not, people like William Craig use this to copt out of debates with a certain notorious Austin you tube Atheist, yet have the audacity to attack Dawkins for doing the same to him."
Do you really think that there was some kind of inconsistency on Craig's part in declining to debate some guy who's only known via Youtube and at the same time wanting to have a debate between Dawkins (one of the leading public figures for atheism) and himself (perhaps the leading Christian debater)? - June 14, 2012 at 2:03 AM
- Kraven Amica said...
I've watched many of Sami's debates and always felt that Sami never responds the points raised by his opponents.
Unlike Shabbir Ally, Sami is another inconsistent Muslim Taqiyyist! - June 14, 2012 at 2:31 AM
- Fernando said...
@ José Atento...
good question, but we all know the answer, don't we? - June 14, 2012 at 3:00 AM
- Nakdimon said...
Hi Search, which debate was that? Is it on youtube?
- June 14, 2012 at 3:35 AM
- Nazianzen II said...
That should be interesting.
- June 14, 2012 at 5:19 AM
- Apollos26 said...
Brother David,
I am a bit surprised that you debate Zataari again...
He mocked and blasphemed our LORD and GOD so many times, in unthinkable way, that he is not even worth to crawl in the dirt. Debating him is throwing pearls before swine.
I wouldn't bother a second with this filth. - June 14, 2012 at 8:38 AM
- Apollos26 said...
@John Lollard: "but Sami seems like a very nice guy. Like the sort of debater who, when he's in town, you and your wife bring he and his wife out to a restaurant and talk about your kids, and then debate him on Christology the next day. He seems like a gentleman, is what I mean." ???? Sorry, pal, but it is obvious that you didn't listen to any debate of Sami. He is everything but a gentleman.
- June 14, 2012 at 8:54 AM
- Search 4 Truth said...
@ Naddimon
It was on a video that i posted a response about wife beating and the status of women. he responded. And then we caught each other at the same time and corresponded back and forth on the video. It went on for about an hour, until he gave up and just called me names. it wasnt an official debate. But it was me against two Muslims. The first was dawahfilms. A crazy connedvert who moved to Malaysia, and then he called in Sami to try and aid him. It didnt help. LOL! - June 14, 2012 at 10:18 AM
- SGM said...
Any good moslem debator is a bad debator and any bad christian debator is a good debator.
A Christian debator, even if he is a bad debator, is defending the truth, for he is a representative of THE TRUTH.
A moslem debator, even if he is a good debator, is defending a lie and is is a deceiver for he is a representative of THE BEST OF THE DECEIVERS. - June 14, 2012 at 1:19 PM
- Samatar Mohamed said...
"He mocked and blasphemed our LORD and GOD so many times, in unthinkable way, that he is not even worth to crawl in the dirt. Debating him is throwing pearls before swine."
Out of curiosity, what do you think about Sam Shamoun in his debates. - June 14, 2012 at 4:54 PM
- Locrian said...
Why? David, you can't be this hard up to debate. Shoot for debating their real scholars. These are just waste of time. I can't imagine a Christian ever thinking you've lost to any of the 3 bad Islamic apologist, and the matches where you beat them so bad the Muslims just fragged their own and threw them under the bus. I mean unless it's some cat and mouse thing and this is your way mocking (1kin 18:27) their Allah I'm just not getting it.....
- June 14, 2012 at 8:35 PM
- Unknown said...
Praise and glory be to God Almighty, King of the universe and possessor of Heaven and earth.
This Sami individual is anything but nice. I've listened to two of his debates. One with David and the other with Sam Shamoun. In both debates he lied to no end (not surprising coming from a muslim) and even blasphemed the Holy Spirit in his debate with Sam.
It's true that he doesn't address all the arguments put before him. I predict another victory for Christ. SGM, I agree with you totally my brother. - June 14, 2012 at 11:29 PM
- Samatar Mohamed said...
@Jason Crusader
" In both debates he lied to no end (not surprising coming from a muslim) and even blasphemed the Holy Spirit in his debate with Sam."
Haha, gotta love your bias their. In the debate against Sam shamoun Sami did insult The Holy Spirit which was wrong of him and he even apologized, but did you forget to add that Sam called Allah (swt) drunk, and the prophet (pbuh) a pervert or did you conveniently leave it out. I do not recall Sam apologizing for his action while there is evidence that Sami actually apologized for what he said. Lets try to be a bit more consistent shall we. If you will rebuke Sami, then rebuke Sam shamoun for what he said. Thanks. - June 15, 2012 at 12:15 AM
- Sam said...
Samatar, I know you can't help yourself from having to lie in order to defend your ikhwaan. Did you even listen to the debate carefully? Your Sami started with the insults and blasphemies and I gave him a taste of his own medicine so he can learn to respect himself and not insult our God and think he can get away with it. You and him need to learn what your own god told you about insulting the faith of others in Surah 6:108.
So please make sure to speak honestly next time you want to come to the defense of your ikhwaan.
BTW, I am still waiting for Sami to honor his word and debate me on the prophethood of Muhammad, which he was supposed to do that very same day of our debate. But he ran from humiliation afterwards since he knew better than to debate me on the credibility of his prophet. - June 15, 2012 at 9:52 AM
- Search 4 Truth said...
@ Samatar
It is an accurate statement to call Mohamed a pervert. The list of his perversions are long. He married a 6 year old when he was in his 50"s, he took female captives and raped them, he permitted his followers to take female captives and rape them, he married for more than the permitted four wives, which reveals his hypocrisy and the old, "do as I say and not as I do" he would have sex with all of his wives in one day, he tongued boys etc...
So when we present the factual evidence, Muslims call it insults. But they are facts sup[ported by YOUR history and doctrine. We use adjectives that accurately describe Mohamed and Islam and Muslims think its an insult when it is actually the truth. Sami, like this other fool who said we worship foreskins are LIARS.
A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: Allah's Apostle (Mohammad) married me when I was six years old, and I was admitted to his house when I was nine years old.
Sahih Muslim 8:3310
Had sexual intentions for another baby girl
(Suhayli, ii. 79: In the riwaya of Yunus I. I. recorded that the apostle saw her (Ummu'lFadl) when she was a baby crawling before him and said, 'If she grows up and I am still alive I will marry her.' But he died before she grew up and Sufyan b. al-Aswad b. 'Abdu'l-Asad al-Makhzumi married her and she bore him Rizq and Lubab...
He preferred young virgin girls to play with and fondle
Narrated Jabir bin Abdullah: While we were returning from a Ghazwa (Holy Battle) with the Prophet, I started driving my camel fast, as it was a lazy camel A rider came behind me and pricked my camel with a spear he had with him, and then my camel started running as fast as the best camel you may see. Behold! The rider was the Prophet himself. He said, 'What makes you in such a hurry?" I replied, I am newly married " He said, "Did you marry a virgin or a matron? I replied, "A matron." He said, "Why didn't you marry a young girl so that you may play with her and she with you?" When we were about to enter (Medina), the Prophet said, "Wait so that you may enter (Medina) at night so that the lady of unkempt hair may comb her hair and the one whose husband has been absent may shave her pubic region.
Sahih Bukhari 7:62:16
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah: When I got married, Allah's Apostle said to me, "What type of lady have you married?" I replied, "I have married a matron' He said, "Why, don't you have a liking for the virgins and for fondling them?" Jabir also said: Allah's Apostle said, "Why didn't you marry a young girl so that you might play with her and she with you?'
Sahih Bukhari 7:62:17 - June 15, 2012 at 10:39 AM
- Search 4 Truth said...
He allowed a new-born baby boy to suck his tongue
…For it was narrated by Fatimah Bint Asad, the mother of Ali – may Allah be pleased with her – who related that when she gave birth to her son, it was the prophet who named him Ali and the prophet spat in Ali's mouth then allowed him to suck on his tongue till he fell asleep.
Al-Amin Al-Ma'moun - Biography of Muhammad, Chapter: "The first people to believe in the prophet."
He kissed boys
Narrated 'Aisha: A bedouin came to the Prophet and said, "You (people) kiss the boys! We don't kiss them." The Prophet said, "I cannot put mercy in your heart after Allah has taken it away from it."
Sahih Bukhari 8:73:27
[edit]And sucked their tongue
Narrated by Hisham Ibn Kasim, narrated by Huraiz, narrated by Abdul Rahman Ibn Abu Awf Al Jarashy, and narrated by Mua'wiya who said, "I saw the prophet (pbuh) sucking on the tongue or the lips of Al-Hassan son of Ali, may the prayers of Allah be upon him . For no tongue or lips that the prophet sucked on will be tormented (by hell fire).[4]
Musnad Ahmad - Hadith No. 16245
He even fondled them when they were menstruating.
Sahih Bukhari
Volume 1, Book 6, Number 298:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet and I used to take a bath from a single pot while we were Junub. During the menses, he used to order me to put on an Izar (dress worn below the waist) and used to fondle me. While in Itikaf, he used to bring his head near me and I would wash it while I used to be in my periods (menses).
Volume 1, Book 6, Number 300:
Narrated Maimuna:
When ever Allah's Apostle wanted to fondle any of his wives during the periods (menses), he used to ask her to wear an Izar.
He couldnt even keep the semen stains off of his clothes!
Volume 1, Book 4, Number 232:
Narrated 'Amr bin Maimun:
I heard Sulaiman bin Yasar talking about the clothes soiled with semen. He said that 'Aisha had said, "I used to wash it off the clothes of Allah's Apostle and he would go for the prayers while water spots were still visible on them.
Volume 1, Book 4, Number 233:
Narrated 'Aisha:
I used to wash the semen off the clothes of the Prophet and even then I used to notice one or more spots on them.
What do you call that Samatar? A perfect example? LOL! - June 15, 2012 at 10:50 AM
- Samatar Mohamed said...
" Your Sami started with the insults and blasphemies and I gave him a taste of his own medicine so he can learn to respect himself and not insult our God and think he can get away with it."
You are aware that Sami is not the only muslim who worships Allah (swt), but there are 1.6 billion muslims all over the world who worship Allah (swt). Not only was Sami offended when you said that, but I myself was very offended when you insulted my lord. You know Sam that just because Sami offended your God, it doesn't excuse your action in any way. Very recently someone insulted your wife Sam in a horrendous manner. Does that give you the license to all of a sudden insult his wife. You know it doesn't, but I still have not heard you apologize for your insults. Remember, Sami acknowledged and apologized for his wrong doing but you continue to act as if it is a total non issue. Well, hopefully one of these days you do apologize for what you said. - June 15, 2012 at 11:39 AM
- blessed z said...
Oh my goodness!! Thank you Search 4 Truth for all these information about this man Muhammad who called himself a prophet and had blinded 1.5bil people on earth to believe him. I hv many Muslim friends in Indonesia, and sometimes it's difficult to blame how naive they are for being so proud as Muslim and think that others are just garbage. Well they only know maybe 5% of what Quran and Hadith and other Muslim book said, as they don't speak Arab. What they do is only to sing the Quran and proudly conduct Musabaqoh Tiwalatil Quran, even for the young children. Hahaha....they don't know what they read/sing....(some are satanic verses.....like to comaneci Muslim to fight Christian and Jew).
Oh gosh...all these information about Muhammad will make any normal person wants to puke.
Samatar....so you want Sam to apologize for statements that are not created by him?? He did nothing wrong but just brought out those things from your own sources! Why should he apologize? Why don't you demand the writer of that information to apologize?? Or, better still just burn your Quran and Hadith and all Islam books that embarrass you, so nobody on earth will ever talk about it anymore.
Samatar, you are a typical Muslim. Muslim people are like monkey being given a mirror. When he sees his ugly face in the mirror he gets angry and breaks the mirror.
Thank you Lord for the blessing of technology you bring upon your children, that the evil teaching Muhammad had brought on people on earth be made known to all people in the world very soon. Lord almighty will open the eyes of all Muslim in His time.
Thank you all brothers and sisters in Christ for your tireless effort to defend the truth. I am so happy for you guys. Since I found Sam and David websites and ABNsat my knowledge about our faith has been much better and it has opened my eyes about Islam teaching. Now I am confident and just laugh if my Muslim friends ask me to convert to Islam.
Praise be to God. He bless us and protect us all.
To brother David, may the Lord bless you in your next debate with samy. - June 15, 2012 at 1:21 PM
- Unknown said...
David,once you are there with Sami,just know that back here in Nigeria some one is asking God on your behalf for utterance like you have never experienced before.Above all,this debate will relocate lost souls back to Christ.
- June 15, 2012 at 2:24 PM
- DEVAPRIYA said...
The Debates with Muslims and Christians end up as each repeating the same thing they said and both side does not touch up on the Latest Archaeological truths which neither support Bible or Quran.
Paul and Jesus the end of world in their Life time.
As Per Hebrew speaking Sadduces Old Testament does not talk of arrival of a Messiah at all.
We can infer that Jesus-Paul were a heretic sect expecting world end in Ist Century and Islam copied it.
Both are lies.
I am putting a screen shot, as I doubt you may not approve this. - June 15, 2012 at 8:17 PM
- Sam said...
Samatar, it seems that you don't get it. Both the Bible and even the Quran agree that there is a time when a person can, and must, put a person in his place and give him/her a taste of his own medicine. I have already documented this fact in the following article where I publish the emails of your ikhwaan cursing and threatening to kill each other: http://answering-islam.org/Responses/Osama/zawadi_puberty3.htm
However, since you are Muslim let me quote the example of your own prophet and his followers to illustrate my point:
Ubayy b. Ka'b told that he heard God's messenger say, "If anyone proudly asserts his descent in the manner of the pre-Islamic people, tell him to bite his father's penis, AND DO NOT USE A EUPHEMISM." It is transmitted in Sarah [sic] as-sunna. (Mishkat Al Masabih, English Translation With Explanatory Notes By Dr. James Robson [Sh. Muhammad Ashraf Publishers, Booksellers & Exporters, Lahore, Pakistan, Reprinted 1994], Volume II, Book XXIV – General Behaviour, Chapter XIII. Boasting and Party-Spirit, p. 1021; bold and capital emphasis ours)
{Sidenote: Sarah is a misspelling for Sharh, so that it should have read Sharh as-sunna.}
And in the words of Abu Bakr As-Sideeq to 'Urwah: "Suck Al-Lat's clitoris!"[2] – there is a permissibility of speaking plainly the name of the private parts if there is some benefit to be gained thereby, just as he [Muhammad] permitted a plain response to the one who made the claims of the Jahiliyyah (i.e. claims of tribal superiority), by saying: "Bite your father's penis!"[3] And for every situation there is a (fitting) saying. (Provisions for the Hereafter (Mukhtasar Zad Al-Ma'ad), by Imam Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah, summarized by Imam Muhammad Ibn Abdul Wahhab At-Tamimi [Darussalam Publishers & Distributors, First Edition: September 2003], Chapter. Regarding the Story of Al-Hudaibiyyah, p. 383; source; words within brackets ours)
[3] Narrated by Ahmad, on the authority of Ubayy Ibn Ka'b. (Ibid.)
Continued in the next part. - June 15, 2012 at 10:08 PM
- Sam said...
This is a continuation from the previous post directed to Samatar.
Now here is how Abu Bakr treated the disbelievers:
... Then 'Urwah said: "Muhammad, tell me: if you extirpate your tribesmen, have you ever heard of any of the Arabs who destroyed his own race before you? And if the contrary comes to pass, by God I see both prominent people and rabble who are likely to flee and leave you." Abu Bakr said, 'Go suck the clitoris of al-Lat!' – al-Lat was the idol of Thaqif, which they used to worship – 'Would we flee and leave him?' …" (The History of al-Tabari – The Victory of Islam, translated by Michael Fishbein [State University of New York Press (SUNY), Albany 1997], Volume VIII (8), p. 76; bold and underline emphasis ours)
So Samatar, do you condemn your prophet and his companion from using such filthy, vulgar language? Are you ok with your prophet telling people to bite their fathers' penises and with Abu Bakr telling a person to suck al-Lat's clitoris?
More in the next post. - June 15, 2012 at 10:11 PM
- Sam said...
This is my third post to Samatar.
It gets considerably worse for you since I document in the following article from hadiths deemed to be sahih, authentic, where Muhammad would curse and abuse his followers for no good reason, even going as far as making an orphan girl cry for cursing her:
So again, do you condemn Muhammad for treating people in such an abusive and vile manner?
Continued in my final post. - June 15, 2012 at 10:15 PM
- Sam said...
This is now my fourth and final post to Samatar.
Let me now quote to you a Quranic verse which clearly states that you can argue and oppose people who oppose and criticize you:
Dispute not with the People of the Book save in the fairer manner, EXCEPT FOR THOSE OF THEM THAT DO WRONG; and say, 'We believe in what has been sent down to us, and what has been sent down to you; our God and your God is One, and to Him we have surrendered.' S. 29:46
In fact, you are even allowed to kill them if you have the opportunity to do so!
But if they violate their oaths after their covenant, and attack your religion WITH DISAPPROVAL AND CRITICISM then fight (you) the leaders of disbelief (chiefs of Quraish - pagans of Makkah) - for surely their oaths are nothing to them - so that they may stop (evil actions). S. 9:!2
Should they gain the upper hand over you, they would behave to you as enemies, and stretch forth their hands AND THEIR TONGUES against you with evil, and they desire that you should disbelieve. S. 60:2
So Samatar, you are wrong since both the Holy Bible and even your own sources teach that it is perfectly valid to verbally attack a person who shamefully blasphemes and insults your faith.
I end this by posting another link which brings all these points togetther, and also provides quotes from another one of your ikhwaan who perfectly exemplifies the spirit of your deen: http://www.answeringmuslims.com/2012/05/muslim-commenter-sinks-to-new-low.html
Enjoy! - June 15, 2012 at 10:22 PM
- Search 4 Truth said...
At some point you would think that people would realize and come to an epiphany that everything they think or thought about their beliefs were incorrect. if someone doesnt have that ability, what do you call that? Delusion, psychosis, schizophrenia, or just plain denial?
- June 16, 2012 at 12:14 AM
- Unknown said...
@ Samatar
I need not reply to you seeing as how Sam and Search 4 Truth have already put you in your place.
Sam, masterful performance my brother. May the Lord our God continue to empower and quide you.
-In Christ. - June 16, 2012 at 1:01 AM
- Dk said...
"Do you really think that there was some kind of inconsistency on Craig's part in declining to debate some guy who's only known via Youtube and at the same time wanting to have a debate between Dawkins (one of the leading public figures for atheism) and himself (perhaps the leading Christian debater)?"
Dawkins is not a qualified theologian, historian, or philosopher or biblical scholar. So of course it is inconsistent for Craig to refuse to debate Matt and attack Dawkins for not debating him. That is obvious.
Can you NOT see the inconsistency? Or are you blinded? - June 16, 2012 at 7:00 PM
- Dk said...
"Search 4 Truth said...
At some point you would think that people would realize and come to an epiphany that everything they think or thought about their beliefs were incorrect. if someone doesnt have that ability, what do you call that? Delusion, psychosis, schizophrenia, or just plain denial?"
I can comment on this. When your belief system is turned upside it disrupts and destroys your entire reality. If you remove or untangle just one web in your entire net of webs connecting all your beliefs together, you become crushed.
Coming out of belief system for very devout believers is a LONG DRAWN OUT PROCESS. People who are Muslim by name it won't matter as much, it's just cultural like many Roman Catholics. If you are a Muslim by heart, it is a much longer, harder, drawn out process. This applies to Christians and Jews who leave their religion aswell.
The other point to note is that logic/evidence/reason alone is not sufficient to convince most people. People are subject to emotion, not reason. How do we know this? Well i'll point out a more obvious way.
Every time I have a conversation with someone and corner them. What do they always say?
"I'll get back to you on that", "I'll find out more, i'll look for the truth that reaffirms MY position" etc.
It is clear instead of deconverting the person wishes to find evidence to reaffirm already existant beliefs. Truth doesn't matter at all costs, what matters is emotional vindication, proving to yourself, you were right. What matters is how emotionally invested someone is in certain dogmas and concepts. How many times does a person recite "Jesus is Lord" or "there is no god but Allah and Mohammed is his final messenger", this becomes apart OF YOU, apart of your very essence and identity. We protect our beliefs the same way we naturally protect our lives.
Remember the tools to convert someone are not reason and evidence, rather experience (religious experiences), emotions (drama, anger, excitement, "ultimate truth" etc).
So even when reason and their own sources fail, don't expect anything else. - June 16, 2012 at 7:14 PM
- Search 4 Truth said...
Nicely put Derek. You have a very sharp mind and very eloquent as well. And of course I agree with you. Thanks. Much respect.
- June 17, 2012 at 1:23 AM
- Haecceitas said...
"Dawkins is not a qualified theologian, historian, or philosopher or biblical scholar. So of course it is inconsistent for Craig to refuse to debate Matt and attack Dawkins for not debating him. That is obvious.
Can you NOT see the inconsistency? Or are you blinded?"
Derek, are you joking? There's no inconsistency at all. Many atheists consider Dawkins to be the leading public spokesperson of atheism. Dawkins himself has made a lot of noise about how the theist side supposedly has no good arguments, etc and he has presented an argument (the ultimate Boeing 747 gambit) that according to him (and according to his large and noisy supporter base) is a knock-out argument agaisnt the existence of God. And on top of that, Dawkins is a leading academic figure even though it is in a subject matter that is only tangentially related to the theism vs. atheism debate (although it should also be noted here that Dawkins totally dismisses theology and belittles philosophy, as well as insists that the existence of God is a scientific question - so according to his own understanding, he isn't less qualified to debate the subject than any theist philosopher/theologian).
Combine all of these points and you have more than enough reasons to justify a reasonable expectation that Dawkins should be willing to debate the issues with the leading representatives of the Theist side - especially when he IS willing to debate theological lightweights. And regardless, your charaterization of Craig "attacking" Dawkins for not debating him is a bit misleading. It wasn't Craig's idea to put the "there's probably no Dawkins" bus ads during his UK tour, etc. - June 17, 2012 at 3:48 AM
- Unknown said...
"Every time I have a conversation with someone and corner them. What do they always say?
"I'll get back to you on that", "I'll find out more, I'll look for the truth that reaffirms MY position" etc."
Derek, this statement is fallacious because those people that you've supposedly cornered may be ignorant of whatever topic you were discussing. Or, their knowledge may be limited on certain issues. There have been plenty of times that an objection has been presented to me by muslims and I didn't have an answer. Does that mean that I should abandon Christianity because I didn't have an answer at that moment? Certainly not!
In fact, I've learned so much more by researching and studying objections by people of other faiths. There's absolutely nothing wrong with someone who doesn't have answer at that moment to say, "I'll get back to you on that," or "I'll find out more." If you were cornered by a Christian and didn't have an answer, does that mean you'll stop being a skeptic and convert to Christianity based on your logic? May the Lord open your eyes, peace be with you. - June 17, 2012 at 8:16 AM
- VJ said...
Your material is totally crap,seems like you just starting learning from some bias school.
if you think you got some new thesis then please present it, any apologist on this blog will refute it even without preparation. - June 18, 2012 at 5:07 AM
- dstewart said...
When I read "youtube atheist" I don't naturally think of someone who has even one published best-selling book that is widely talked about all over the world...
- June 18, 2012 at 8:21 PM
- Dk said...
"There's no inconsistency at all. Many atheists consider Dawkins to be the leading public spokesperson of atheism."
There's MORE atheists that haven't been to his conferences or bought his book. Theres many atheists that are NOT ANTI THEISTS. Theres many atheist who don't agree with Dawkins arguments.
I mean anyone can make these claims it's entirely irrelevant.
What it comes down to is this. Craig refuses to debate anyone who is not an expert in the subject, yet wants to debate Dawkins but not Matt. It's INCONSISTENT. You yourself admit Dawkin's qualification are not directly relevant to the topic. Publicity is meaningless, Matt has millions of youtube views aswell, so what? That means that Craig ought to debate Matt aswell., using this reason.
Stop trying to make excuses for your apologist's inconsistency and tell him to stop saving face and debate Matt. Atleast Matt Slick didn't hide behind "Phd" dribble. - June 18, 2012 at 11:10 PM
- Dk said...
Jason what you just wrote reaffirms what I just said. People are committed to positions they know nothing about, they are humiliated or shown something they have no answer to, THEN they go and do the study to "back up" their "already existent" position, same thing happened with me and Shamoun (something that motivated SAM to never not have an answer again).
Hence it is not logic, reason or evidence that are persuasive but emotional investment, time and rapport. These are the most powerful forces influencing beliefs. There is no way to be 100% pure objective BECAUSE we are human, which actually demonstrates the fallacy that someone can "possess absolute truth" or be "given it".
You asked does that apply to me aswell? I think it applies to everyone. The only way around this is to be a radical skeptic, agnostic (simply confess your lack of knowledge and lack of any world view), or fluctuating between worldviews. - June 18, 2012 at 11:21 PM
- Haecceitas said...
"There's MORE atheists that haven't been to his conferences or bought his book. Theres many atheists that are NOT ANTI THEISTS. Theres many atheist who don't agree with Dawkins arguments."
I know. But that doesn't negate the fact that Dawkins is much more notable in this regard.
"What it comes down to is this. Craig refuses to debate anyone who is not an expert in the subject, yet wants to debate Dawkins but not Matt. It's INCONSISTENT. You yourself admit Dawkin's qualification are not directly relevant to the topic. Publicity is meaningless, Matt has millions of youtube views aswell, so what? That means that Craig ought to debate Matt aswell., using this reason."
As far as I know, Craig's policy is to debate people who have a Ph.D. while allowing exceptions if the person is notable enough in other respects or if he's already scheduled to debate somewhere and the only persons available to debate are non-Ph.D. I can't blame him if he doesn't consider Matt (Dillahunty?) to be notable enough to warrant an exception to his general policy. I don't see this as comparable at all to Dawkins' refusal to debate Craig.
"You yourself admit Dawkin's qualification are not directly relevant to the topic."
But even here we should note that many contemporary atheist (to a large extent due to the influence of people like Dawkins and Krauss) regard scientists (rather than philosophers) as the real experts in the question of God's existence. This development shouldn't be ignored. Public debates are just one venue to put this view to the test. - June 19, 2012 at 1:48 AM
- Unknown said...
@ Derek
Thank you for elaborating on the issue I commented on. However, I don't believe people will always go back and study simply because that's their religion or because they are emotionally invested. Faith is a huge contributor to their motivation.
For example, when a muslim presented an objection to me, I knew there had to be a resolution to his objection and therefore by faith I committed to study and investigate. - June 19, 2012 at 6:41 AM
- Samatar Mohamed said...
Sorry for the delay. Before commenting, I wanted to have an opportunity to listen to the debate again as it has been a while since I've heard it. Now I want everyone to note Sam's position here. Sam says that both Islam and Christianity allow someone to retaliate to put someone back in there place. Therefore, Sam is implicitly stating that his comments would have been wrong had he been the first one to throw stones. I decided to listen to the debate and guess who threw the first stone, none other then Sam Shamoun. Now for almost two hours in the debate, there were some insults thrown around but all of them were personal insults and had nothing to do with the deity or prophet of the respective religions. It was not until almost two hours into the debate when these types of insults began, and I will do a short play by play on what was said. - June 19, 2012 at 11:47 AM
- Samatar Mohamed said...
Here is the link:
1:57:00 to 1:57:13
Sam said " ... Where your false God, repeats the same story, but can't repeat it exactly the same way because again, he is BRAINLESS!!!"
2:12:52 to 2:13:03
Sami said " ... You and your holy spirit, you're both DRUNK!!!"
2:14:11 to 2:14:40
Sam said " Your prophet (pbuh) was drunk in the lap of Aisha when she was menstruating and reciting the filthy Quran ... there is a lot to attack about that false prophet who is demon possessed ... You follow the spirit of your prophet, you're a demon possessed pervert."
2:15:17 to 2:15:22
Sam said " ... Cause even in the Quran, your prophet (pbuh) could not add math as well."
2:18:40 to 2:18:47
Sami said " ... I guess it's your holy spirit it inspires you, I guess you're both crazy then right."
2:22:08 to 2:22:12
Sami said " ... Your holy spirit is satan."
2:22:13 to 2:22:20
Sam said " Actually Muhammad's (pbuh) father was satan, and his mother was a child of satan." - June 19, 2012 at 12:06 PM
- Samatar Mohamed said...
So It is quite clear who threw the first stone in the debate and it was Sam. So now Sam are you going to apologize for what you said or are you still going to pretend you were right all along. Sami has already apologized for what he said but you continue to justify what you said.
- June 19, 2012 at 12:08 PM
- Samatar Mohamed said...
The debate had absolutely nothing to do with Muhammad (pbuh). The debate was titled "Is Jesus God". It was quite obvious to anyone who listened to the debate Sam said it with the intention of offending Sami. Now, had the debate been what Sami and David are going to be discussing " Is Muhammad (pbuh) a good role model to society" then I would understand someone bringing that point up seeing as it has to do with the topic. But the debate had absolutely nothing to do with that. - June 19, 2012 at 12:12 PM
- Search 4 Truth said...
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- June 19, 2012 at 2:35 PM
- Fifth Monarchy Man said...
Hey Samatar,
you objected to the following comment by Sam.
Sam said " ... Where your false God, repeats the same story, but can't repeat it exactly the same way because again, he is BRAINLESS!!!"
end quote;
I say,
I'm not sure if I follow you are you saying it is wron to say that a paticular deity is false or are you saying that it is wrong to say that false gods are brainless? - June 19, 2012 at 5:20 PM
- Samatar Mohamed said...
@Fifth monarchy man
"I'm not sure if I follow you are you saying it is wron to say that a paticular deity is false or are you saying that it is wrong to say that false gods are brainless?"
The insult is when Sam called Allah (swt) brainless. I understand that you do not believe in Allah (swt) but to say he is brainless in a debate against a muslim is an insult. Remember earlier when Sami called the holy spirit satan, I do not believe in the holy spirit, rather I believe that you are being influenced by satan, but when someone goes in a debate and calls the holy spirit satan it is an insult. Sami realized he was wrong and apologized for what he said. Now turn it around, if someone is having a discussion with you and calls your God brainless wouldn't you be offended. I am sure you would agree with me had the situation been switched around. - June 19, 2012 at 7:58 PM
- Samatar Mohamed said...
I'll re-post it for you if you want.
"Where your false God, repeats the same story, but can't repeat it exactly the same way because again, he is BRAINLESS!!!"
You really do amaze me though. I even capitalized the word "BRAINLESS" and you still do not get it. If you do not see how a muslim would be offended by this remark or how it is an insult against Allah (swt), then I feel quite sorry for you. It is not the fact that shamoun called Allah (swt) a false god, but the fact that he called Allah (swt) brainless. - June 19, 2012 at 8:05 PM
- Search 4 Truth said...
@ Samatar
I had to go back and listen to it again to see if Samatar was consistent in his subjectivity and lack of integrity. And guess what i found. It was Saami who was the first to insult. At 54:20 he told Sam Shamoun to go and call his holy spirit.
Now Samatar do your ears only hear what they want you to hear? or are you intentionally lying?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1fOE-PTRvc Everyone can go and hear for themselves who is telling the truth. - June 19, 2012 at 9:35 PM
- Search 4 Truth said...
And then @ 102:45 Saami mocks him and us again by saying Yes, Amen Hallelujah.
Samatar are you serious when you respond or are you just trying to get the other Muslims to blindly believe your lies? - June 19, 2012 at 9:50 PM
- Sam said...
I can't let Samatar get away with his boldface lies. He said:
I decided to listen to the debate and guess who threw the first stone, none other then Sam Shamoun. Now for almost two hours in the debate, there were some insults thrown around but all of them were personal insults and had nothing to do with the deity or prophet of the respective religions.
Samatar, I know it is virtually impossible for Muhammadans to speak the truth seeing that the Quran boasts that their god is the best deceiver of them all: http://answering-islam.org/Shamoun/allah_best_deceiver.htm
Since you can't be better than your own god it is be expected that you would have no shame lying the way you do. Yet, unfortunately for you, this isn't a Muslim blog which will allow you to lie to your hearts desire without suffering any consequences.
The fact is that it was your Sami who started with the insults. He came in the room challenging me to debate and I agreed and said we debate the topic "Is Muhammad a true prophet?" He told me he would debate me on that topic only if I first debate him on the deity of Christ, which I gladly accepted provided that we debate Muhammad's credibility immediately afterwards.
Joining him was Osama Abdallah who recorded the debate. Yet being a good Muhammadan he only posted an edited version of what actually transpired and tried to go into damage control by making comments before the debate in order to poison the well. Like I said, he was simply following the example of Allah and his messenger at that point.
Continued in the next post. - June 19, 2012 at 11:19 PM
- Sam said...
This is my second post to Samatar.
Anyone who has heard even Osama's edited version of the debate will see that it was Sami who came in there talking like a street thug punk. You even basically admit, but in your typical deceptive way, you try to water it down or brush it aside since you were forced to admit that, "Now for almost two hours in the debate, there were some insults thrown around but all of them were personal insults and had nothing to do with the deity or prophet of the respective religions."
Notice folks the logic employed by Samatar. Personal insults are basically no justification for insulting someone's religion! I know why he says this because his prophet would insult and curse people, specifically his own followers, without Allah saying a word to him by way of rebuke or correction. So it is only logical that Samatar sees no problem with a fellow Muhammadan hurling personal insults at others since he is only following the example of Muhammad.
Since you went ahead and recorded all the times I insulted Sami in order to give him a taste of his own medicine, you need to go ahead and post the statemenrts Sami made before my comments at around the 1:57 so we can get the context of why I said what I said, in order to prove that you are a man of integrity.
So now prove to us that you are not like your messenger and provide Sami's remarks which led to my response. I am not going to do the work for you.
More in the next post. - June 19, 2012 at 11:28 PM
- Sam said...
This is my third post to Samatar.
I want everyone to notice how Samatar conveniently avoided addressing the quotes I provided where his prophet told people to go and bite their fathers' penises, insulted and cursed fellow believers for no reason at all, or when Abu Bakr told someone to suck the clit of the goddess al-Lat.
Nor did he bother to address all the emails I provided in the following article where Muhammadans like Sami where they not only insult me, but also curse and even threatening to kill each other: http://answering-islam.org/Responses/Osama/zawadi_puberty3.htm
However, I am not going to let you off that easy.
Since you have a problem with people insulting others, do you condemn Muhammad for insulting and swearing at people? Do you condemn him for cursing innocent people such as an orphan girl who had done nothing to deserve such abuses? For the details please read the article: http://answering-islam.org/authors/shamoun/mo_curses.html
Do you also condemn Abu Bakr for telling someone to suck a goddess' clitoris? And do you condemn Sami and his fellow dawagandists for cursing and threatening to kill one another?
If you not then why not? If you do then why are you still a Muhammadan?
I eagerly await your answer this time.
And do excuse any typos since I rushed through these responses. I have better things to do than to waste time trying to convince a Muhammadan that he is wrong for justifying how his prophet and a fellow Muhammadan treat disbelievers. - June 19, 2012 at 11:35 PM
- Sam said...
Oops, I forgot to mention this. Just to show you what kind of lowlife Sami Zaatari truly is, he ran out of the room after he got humiliated in our debate on the Deity of Christ, even though he agreed to debate me right aftewards on the topic of Muhammad's prophethood. That tells you that he knew better than to stick around since he didn't want to get another shilacking after the one I gave him. For a review of that debate please check this article out: http://answering-islam.org/Authors/Wildcat/shamoun_zaatari_debate.htm
However, my challenge to debate Sami on the topic of Muhammad being a true prophet still stands. Yet Sami, being the coward that he is, finds excuses to avoid accepting that debate topic with me.
So Samatar, be a good messenger boy and run to Sami and tell him that I am calling him out to debate me on this topic which he accepted but then ran off in order to avoid having to honor his word. Tell him that I know he won't accept my challenge since he is a coward who knows what will happen to him if he does.
Let me know his response. - June 19, 2012 at 11:42 PM
- Sam said...
BTW, I want to thank the Christian commenters such as Search4Truth for exposing Samatar's lies by showing that it was Sami who started insulting and blaspheming our God. This saved me the time from having to do it myself.
Lord bless all of you. - June 19, 2012 at 11:54 PM
- Samatar Mohamed said...
hahahaha. You gave me a great laugh there I must say. When Sami told shamoun to go get his Holy spirit it was an insult to Sam, not his deity. I will give you the direct quote.
"... You're telling me I need help maybe you need help, you should call your Holy Spirit to help you out."
It is obvious this was a retaliation on shamoun who countless times told Sami to get Osama to help him out because his arguments were supposedly terrible. With regard to your comment on the Amen/Hallelujah, Sami is speaking about the christians in the debate who just blindly say amen without really listening to the arguments of the muslim side. Also, you never fail to fascinate me seeing as one second you do not find someone calling another persons God brainless insulting, and yet you find these two offensive. You even removed your previous comment because you know it will show your inconsistency. - June 20, 2012 at 1:14 AM
- Fifth Monarchy Man said...
Samatar said,
The insult is when Sam called Allah (swt) brainless. I understand that you do not believe in Allah (swt) but to say he is brainless in a debate against a
muslim is an insult.
I say,
All false gods are brainless by definition. Only a true God can have a brain because false gods dont exist
To call a god false is to call it brainless
This is pretty basic logic. How come you don't see that??
peace - June 20, 2012 at 6:40 AM
- Sam said...
I got feedback from some of the brothers who watched the debate last night and they all told me that David pretty much schooled Sami who made some rather ridiculous arguments that backfired against him. To think that people actually believe this guy is a good debater. If he is one of Islam's best then that pretty much tells you the sad state Islamic apologetics finds itself in.
- June 20, 2012 at 11:39 AM
- Search 4 Truth said...
Any time Sam. God bless you and yours. You and your work are such a blessing!
- June 20, 2012 at 2:52 PM
- Search 4 Truth said...
@ Samartar
That is an insult to the Holy Spirit. Mocking the holy spirit. If you cannot see that then you are to far gone to be honest. That is a fact.
He was saying the Holy spirit is weak and not coming to his aid. When in fact the Holy Spirit was with him and he destroyed Saami. You have no integrity at all! - June 20, 2012 at 2:54 PM
- Search 4 Truth said...
@ Samatar
how do you know they were not listening to the debate? They were responding top the debate. So that is a non sequiter. Prove they were not listening to the debate and responding to the rebuttals and arguments of Sam Shamoun. Provide the evidence. How can you speak for them and say they were not listening to the arguments. they were their. So I guess mocking the audience isnt an insult either huh? Your mind and soul is twisted Samatar.
I removed my comment because I went back and listened and heard Saami insult the holy spirit, Sam and the audience over an hour before you falsely claimed that Sam did it first.
You are exposed and refuted once again. No integrity whatsoever! - June 20, 2012 at 2:58 PM
- Sam said...
Hey saints, did you notice how Samatar once again failed to answer any of my questions concerning the foul mouth and manners of his prophet and companions? Did you notice also how he again tries to justify the insults and blasphemies of his fellow dawagandists by falsely accusing me of being the one who started up with the insults?
Samatar is a typical Muhammadan who fails to practice what he preaches and also fails to condemn his messenger for the very things he condemns in others who are not Muslims.
He makes his deity proud. - June 20, 2012 at 8:37 PM
- Unknown said...
@ Sam,
May the Lord our God continue to guide and bless you my brother.
Just thought I'd let you know that Osama Abdullah has posted that debate you had with Sami on Paltalk; on youtube and added quite a lengthy introduction full of lies and distortions.
He actually claims that Sami never insulted you at all. He also claims, that Sami "thoroughly refutes Sam Shamoun."
Title of Video: Sami Zaatari thoroughly refutes Sam Shamoun on trinity in their Debate.
Here's the link: http: //youtu.be/CwN07c6-9Ko
-In Christ,
Crusader878. - June 22, 2012 at 6:53 AM


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Electric Jive returns today to the delightful and infectious sound of South African sax jive. Thala Thala is a 1971 compilation LP that gathers together some of the biggest selling instrumental 45 rpm singles of the past year or two. The songs featured on this album are short, sweet, peppy and catchy - and if this LP doesn't get you up from your chair and dancing around the room, nothing else will! Thala Thala features a grand selection of sax jives (plus three accordion jives) from some of the greatest names of the era: Marks Mankwane & His Shaluza Boys, Sipho Bhengu & His Alto Sax, Big Voice Jack, Zwino Zwino Boys, Marubini and His Hot Shots, Mtabhane Ndima, and Noah Nduweni & His Sax. This album was released on the Inkonkoni label - which, at the time of release, was the most popular of the numerous Gallo-Mavuthela imprints.
The previous owner of this LP singled out Sipho Bhengu's "Tickey Dopies" and the Zwino Zwino Boys' "Tadima Tadima" as the two highlights with a black pen on the back cover. These two songs are certainly enjoyable (EJ readers may be aware that the former BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel had a 45 rpm copy of "Tickey Dopies" in his vinyl collection) but, to my ears, there are several other songs on this LP that stand out much more than those two. Sipho's excellent sax jiving can also be heard in the rhythmic "Isaluti" that opens Thala Thala with a bang. "Auwa-Auwa", performed by Marks Mankwane & His Shaluza Boys, is quite frankly excellent. West Nkosi opens up the tune with a quick play of his harmonica (or "mouth organ") and Marks plays his lead guitar in that distinctive Marks way - but with the help of a wah-wah pedal. The two take turns soloing in this number (West solos on both the harmonica and his usual alto sax) and are backed effortlessly by the rest of Mavuthela's superb house band, the Makgona Tsohle Band.
Marks, West and the Makgona Tsohle Band return to perform "Marks Special No. 4". The band released "Marks Special" - a tune that showcased Marks' undeniably brilliant guitar skills - on single in 1969 and it was so successful that they recorded a follow-up titled "Marks Special No. 2". The third installment can be found on another Mavuthela sax jive compilation LP, Game 1 - Game 2 (1970). The fourth Marks Special here on Thala Thala spotlights Joseph Makwela's bass as much as it does Marks' lead guitar - Makwela actually plays the same iconic bass line he performed on the Mahotella Queens' smash hit single "Lilizela" a year prior. Vivian Ngubane's iconic rhythm guitar is strangely lost in the mix on "Marks Special No. 4" but it shines very much so on Mtabhane Ndima's "Emahlanzini", a repetitive but enjoyable early accordion jive from one of the masters of the style.
Vivian Ngubane was the first to set a template that other rhythm guitarists innovated upon. Marubini Sam Jagome, inspired by Ngubane's wonderfully elastic rhythm line, developed his own personal and recognisable style. Marubini played both rhythm and lead guitar, creating a uniquely beautiful and almost wistful sound that became a trademark of the Zwino Zwino Boys, the junior Mavuthela instrumental team. The Zwino Zwino Boys featured an almost-exclusively Venda line-up ("zwino zwino" is Venda for "now now" - as in "ultra modern"!). Aside from the late Marubini on lead guitar, the Zwino Zwino Boys also featured his brother Christian Piliso Nombewu on rhythm guitar, Eddie Ndzeru on drums and leader James Mukwevho on bass guitar. Words cannot describe the great melodic back-and-forth of the title track, "Thala Thala", played to perfection by these ultra modern lads. Just take a listen and you'll understand!
Aaron "Big Voice Jack" Lerole had long since given up the strained groaning that shredded his vocal chords by the time he recorded the sax jive hit "Space Age" for Mavuthela. The title was no doubt inspired by the 1969 moon landings but the melody itself actually sounds like sax jive with a slight dash of salsa to me. We previously shared this sublime tune on our compilation Sax Jive Special - Vol. 2 - check it out now if you haven't already done so.
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AUGUSTA — Maine's ethics commission voted unanimously Wednesday to fine the National Organization for Marriage $2,000 for missing a campaign finance reporting deadline in the final weeks leading up to the vote on gay marriage.
By law, NOM was required to file its 11-day pre-general election report by midnight Oct. 26. The group filed the following day, missing the deadline by 14 hours.
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Celebrity selfies and candid conversations among stars were just part of what you didn't see on television during the 2019 CMA Awards. Here are 10 offstage (or backstage) highlights from Wednesday night's (Nov. 13) show in Nashville.
Willie Nelson was in the crowd, and stars rushed to get a picture with him. The same can be said for Blake Shelton's girlfriend, pop star Gwen Stefani. So often stars talk about how their favorite part of awards shows is getting to hang with friends they haven't seen in quite awhile or getting to meet their idols. That was definitely the case in 2019. Some of those great off-the-cuff CMA conversations included Keith Urban, Kelsea Ballerini, Dolly Parton and more.
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First things first, here is our photo for the week:
It is a wee bit different and a wee bit strange but it is my favourite snow photo so far this winter.
Now to business. Once again, there is no top 3. Only two crafters entered our challenge for sketch #197. I sure hope it is the busy holiday season.
Our sketch this week is another holiday influenced one:
It reminds me of a chimney. Our theme(use it or not) is Friends.
Here are the samples from the team.
Beautiful, ladies! I love the different interpretations of our sketch. Now, followers, it is up to you.
Wishing everyone a happy holiday season and a joyous New Year!