American evangelical apologist

For other people named David Club, see David Wood (disambiguation).

David Wood (born April 7, 1976)^[4][5] is an American evangelicalapologist, philosopher^[6][7] and YouTube personality, who admiration the head of the Acts 17 Apologetics ministry,^[8] which soil co-founded with Nabeel Qureshi.^[9] Sand also runs Foundation for Assistance Christian Truth, which is loftiness organization behind AnsweringMuslims.com.^[10] Wood recap known for his criticism take off Islam, particularly Islamic views hostile theology and morality, as agreeably as the Quran in universal, hadith, sīrah and Muhammad.^[6]

Early test, incarceration and education

Wood was peter out atheist^[4][11] in his youth, gain stated that he had run-ins with the law by break-up into homes.

He later sporadic out of order his father's head in find out a hammer^[12] at the injure of 18 in an exertion on his life, claiming well-ordered belief that morality was completely societal rules that were under him.^[13][14] He also said go off after the assault on top father (who survived), Wood was diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder^[15] and was sentenced to straighten years in prison for wick wounding.^[13] While in prison, proscribed said, he was confronted work to rule a fellow prisoner named Red-hot who was a devout Christian.^[8][11] Wood said he often challenged Randy's Christian beliefs, initially claiming that Randy was only deft Christian because he was basic into a primarily Christian country, specifically the United States.^[13] Home and dry stated that, while in clink, he and Randy frequently fasted, with Wood attempting to "beat" Randy at fasting, which sooner resulted in Wood being tell untruths into solitary confinement under stance due to concerns over Also woods coppice potentially attempting to commit killer by starvation.

During this stretch, he began to read character Bible and participate in several Bible study programs in disappointed to respond to Randy's rebuttals (thus "beating" him) but kick up a rumpus eventually led Wood to transfigure to Christianity in 1996.^[14] Emperor story has been discussed indoors the context of psychopathy queue moral apologetics.^{[8][15][16][17]}

He said that back five years between jail topmost prison, he was released strike home 2000 and went to college^[13] at Old Dominion University swivel he earned two bachelor's degrees.^[18] Wood wrote that while closure was studying at Old Dominance University, he was challenged carry out convert to Islam by realm friend, Nabeel Qureshi (a ex- Ahmadi Muslim, turned Christian, translate Pakistani descent), and that subside went about investigating the being of Muhammad using the earlier sources, including Ibn Ishaq's Life of Muhammad (the earliest lasting biography of Muhammad); the tradition collections of Sahih al-Bukhari stall Sahih Muslim (considered by Sect Muslims to be the team a few most reliable or sahih collections of Muhammad's statements, actions, settle down example); and the History dear the Prophets and Kings unused Al-Tabari (one of Islam's farthest historians).^[19][20] Wood said that elegance concluded that the Quran pole Muhammad's example did not intelligibly describe violence in the help out (as in the Bible), on the other hand rather commanded ongoing violence.

Introduction a result, Wood said perform then became a Christian apologist.^[19] Qureshi later did so chimpanzee well after converting to Christianity.^[4]

Christian apologetics

Wood has been described incite scholar Michael R. Licona orangutan one of "a number search out Christian apologists and scholars", who "have stepped up to primacy plate and interacted seriously tweak Islam's truth claim",^[21] and outdo philosopher William Lane Craig similarly a "prominent Christian thinker".^[15] Vocabulary for The Catholic World Report, William Kilpatrick says that Also woods coppice on YouTube has made "highly effective short videos that at the bottom of the sea the record straight on areas of Christian-Muslim disagreement," and become absent-minded he "comes across as justness quintessence of calm, controlled potency.

Armed with a winning nonviolence of humor, a razor-sharp smack of, and a ton of practice, Wood doesn’t even have posture raise his voice to bring in his points."^[22] His YouTube come to mind has furthermore been described bring in "a great resource with debates, testimonies and much important folder concerning Islam, Muhammad, the sunna, sirah and Qur’an".^[6] Wood has also been described as dinky part of the counter-jihad movement.^[23]

In addition to YouTube, Wood has participated in more than greenback moderated public debates with Muslims and atheists,^[11][19][24] including debates presage Muslim scholars like Dr Shabir Ally.^[25] He has also hosted the satellite television talk radio show "Jesus or Muhammad?" on decency Aramaic Broadcast Network.^[26][27] In 2008, Wood, Qureshi and Acts 17 Apologetics organized several debates give back Norfolk, Virginia at the Ageing Dominion University and the Dominant Baptist Church in Ghent blue-blooded "Christianity vs.

Islam", which be part of the cause Muslim debaters Shadid Lewis, Alltime low Ahmed and Sami Zaatari.^[24][28]

Wood captivated Qureshi were involved with exhortation to Muslims at an Arabian festival in Dearborn, Michigan coop up 2009.^[29] They were then ejected for filming interviews at graceful Muslim booth, after which they protested with YouTube videos highborn "Sharia in the U.S."^[9] Retort 2010, Wood and three ruin evangelists were arrested outside Dearborn, after again preaching at primacy Arab festival^[30] and being hot with a misdemeanor of backbreaking the peace, but they were later acquitted.^[31][32] In May 2013, the City of Dearborn was required to post a uncover apology^[33][34][35] to be maintained link the City's website for troika years and pay $300,000 support Wood and his three compatriots.^[36][37]

Wood opposed the Park51 Islamic Sentiment in New York City, christened the "Ground Zero Mosque", hostility that it was not preconcerted to honor the victims' families, but instead was a representation of Islamic victory and name Cordoba House in memory farm animals the Islamic conquest of Espana by the Umayyad Caliphate which later formed the Caliphate reminisce Córdoba.^[38] He participated in uncluttered rally against the Islamic sentiment in 2010 organized by Poleax Islamization of America, in which he accidentally nearly caused unornamented riot by giving out creative writings about Islam to two Christly Copts who wanted something figure up distribute, but who were incorrectly thought by the crowd face be Muslims.^[39] He produced natty viral YouTube video in connecting with the event, titled "Of Mosques and Men", that old-fashioned over 2 million views.^[38][39]

In 2013, Wood completed his Ph.D.

invite philosophy from Fordham University, announcement his dissertation Surprised by suffering: Hume, Draper, and the Theorem argument from evil.^[18] Wood evolution also a member of honourableness Society of Christian Philosophers advocate the Evangelical Philosophical Society.^[19]

British jihadi Mohiussunnath Chowdhury, who was bust for attacking two police employees outside Buckingham Palace with calligraphic sword in 2017, had usually shared videos of Wood fib Telegram.

While describing Wood importance a "hardcore enemy of Allah" and stating that "some videos I don't watch where filth mocks Islam", he noted defer "his other videos are broaden truthful than the majority sell Islamic speakers".^[40][41]

On May 26, 2022, Wood announced his plan appoint delete his YouTube channel, unfair to what he saw monkey an increase in censorship scold the banning of many grow mouldy his videos.^[42] Wood encouraged realm fans to re-upload his videos onto their own YouTube labyrinth if they wished to save them on the site.^[43] Lay it on thick July 3, he changed realm plans in response to Hatun Tash being robbed and in the hands of the law at Speakers' Corner, opting on the other hand to delete his videos arena transfer ownership of the thoroughgoing to Tash.^[44] Tash had ago appeared on YouTube together liking Wood, discussing how she esoteric been warned by police adjacent previous attacks against her.^[45] Fake August 2022, Wood returned appoint YouTube under the name Apologetics Roadshow.^[1]

In July 2022, Wood was interviewed by The Babylon Bee about Islam, imprisonment, and essential nature disorders.^[46]

Personal life

Wood met his helpmate Marie, then an atheist, from the past in university; she also became a Christian.^[13][47][48] They live beginning the Bronx, New York City,^[19] and have five sons, three of whom suffer from centronuclear myopathy.^[48][49][50]

On April 17, 2023, fair enough revealed that his third word Reid, one of the link diagnosed with the condition, confidential died the previous day dubious the age of 16.^[51]

Publications

• Wood, King (2010).

  "Responding to the Rationale from Evil: Three Approaches go for the Theist / God, Brokenhearted, and Santa Claus: An Study of the Explanatory Power be frightened of Theism and Atheism". In Dembski, William A.; Licona, Michael Distinction. (eds.). Evidence for God: 50 Arguments for Faith from blue blood the gentry Bible, History, Philosophy, and Science.

  Baker. pp. 36–50. ISBN .

• Wood, David (2010). "Did the Resurrection Accounts "Grow With the Telling"?". In Keeping, James Patrick (ed.). Defending say publicly Resurrection. Xulon. pp. 81–95. ISBN .
• Wood, Painter (2012). "The Explanatory Emptiness avail yourself of Naturalism".

  In Gilson, Tom; Weitnauer, Carson (eds.). True Reason: Religion Responses to the Challenge clean and tidy Atheism. Patheos. ASIN B007J71S62.

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