res office line is a scholar as you're about to find out in a fox news about
the find out he's written about many of the different religions
he's written a book zell the life and times of Jesus of Nazare well
it's a historical account of Jesus fascinating I like to know what its
in it but I don't get much of a chance when he goes on Fox News Channel
because they're not asking what's in the book there and ask him how
dare you well I mean watch red outline was a question but converted back to the
faith of his forefathers
Islam he has not written a book about Jesus the book has become controversial
as it calls into question some of the core tenets up Christianity
idk where you're a muslim also why did you write a book about the founder of
Christianity
well to be clear I am a scholar
religions with four degrees including one in the New Testament
and fluency in biblical Greek who has been studying the origins of
Christianity
for two decades who also just happens to be a Muslim
that was a great Pune okay euro
Muslim writing about our profit
what do you do doing what are you thinking you're
but where it that's not how academics works is the like these are Christians
you over there you write about Jesus wasn't go ahead my about mohammed
I jus manual ever Moses good luck
ok I 0 ofcourse a game yours
of us is a know or care to know how that works then interested in facts
all they do is look at it from their perspective their perspective is
we bring in people who have a certain bias and then we put that bias on air
so I assume Rosol sluggers is a big he's a Muslim must be bison favor miss llame
so probably write a book from my perspective I got news for you he's not
Fox News Channel he actually cares about the facts
now you think well as pretty bad right that went on for nine minutes we're
gonna give you
short snippets ovett but it was unbelievable
the house she kept going back to him back to tears as I can so
it's not that I'm just some Muslim writing about Jesus I am in expert with
a PhD in the history of religions
a but I've been obsessed with Jesus it still begs the question why would you be
interested in the founder of Christianity
because it's my job as an academic
I am a professor all religion including the New Testament
that's what I do for a living actually
I find the question its awesomely stunning
I'm agnostic I'm interested in Jesus
I like tacos I put back together
has questions about cheeses why can't I be fascinated by that
but in there were like okay you're either belabor that said yeah
unknown you take whatever the local pastor wanna borrow stowed US crude get
any
you shut down people's throats why would you be interested in is the intellectual
exercise
less you wanna know the facts fox's flow mixed
play curiosity over history and facts
it continues just to be clear this is not some attack on Christianity my
mother is a Christian my wife
is a Christian my brother-in-law is an evangelical pastor
her anyone who thinks that this book is an attack on Christianity
has not read it yet I won't but i wanna Murray to some quotes from
from love the people who are criticizing you II love WT
so now I'm done criticize you which by the way is not routine come back to it
at the end again
so I move on to people I love years ago I am
from your newspaper and then there's a guy of a Twitter
who can keep reading criticism why yes what's in the book
and is it true that you're going to do propaganda for Muslims with well that's
where we're headed let's watch
one from John Dickerson who has written a
op-ed piece on boxes not common he says I am
it's not a historian's report on Jesus is that an educated Muslims opinion
about Jesus he says its conclusions our long-held islamic claims namely that
Jesus was a sales profit
type who did it didn't claim to be God
I'm bet well that's actually not
what Islam claims about gee this might might a book about
ag's is overturned out pretty much everything that this long also thinks
about
Jesus as well and to be clear I just want to emphasize is one more time
I am a historian I am a PhD
in the history of religion her this isn't a Muslim
opinion this is an academic work
I love history not about the Christ
or about Christianity for that matter it's about a historical man who walked
the earth
two thousand years ago in a land that the Romans called palestine
how how it are your findings different from what
islam actually believes about Jesus
budget Islam doesn't believe that Jesus was crucified first evolved
long believed in the virgin birth a I mean
Jesus was most definitely crucified and my book does question the history City
out the virgin birth
so again I mean I know that we've mention this three times now
I'm not sure what my faith happens to do with my 20 years have academic study in
the New Testament
a great god I love the city you so much equities like
to be clear I am our his story had
questions like What what name so what does that mean we know that meets
I Niksic this is not just a random
Muslim opinion I could be suckered Smith
Ian Foster's like Research Unit a me know what research means
K plan so I don't know what that means I don't know what every
in there baby feel like I do all you have is opinion on by a thread that's
what we do here
and I have to confess you it's only upon the third viewing ever did I just
noticed
that are so-called expert issues remain op-ed from was from talks to them
go up spoke somebody else and partners also hated your book because then I'd
so why don't you couldn't yes they didn't think you are a Muslim
we're gonna get to that that's awesome this keep growing
of course in any scholarly discussion ag's is out with any scholarly
discussion at any ATM figure
there are going to be widespread differences but mike got my 100 pages
%uh endnotes sites every scholar who disagrees with me
and every scholar who agrees with me a we're not talking about those people who
disagree with you scholars many scholars disagree a few as well
you like the scholars pit bikes news dot com
they also and I got a guy on Twitter & here I like your work either
okay you think
two-way academics works is we don't know exactly what happened two thousand years
ago
we try to piece it together and intact ice is okay look I'm gonna miss
research and I have research and then sometimes we agree sometimes we disagree
she's like yeah alright but let's get back to the fact that you're a muslim
wide pure cane I'm just says that so your book is written with clear
by us and you're trying to say it academic that's like having a democrat
write a book about why reagan wasn't a good republican is a
it just doesn't work well he later than I would be like
it would be like a democrat with a PHD in reagan who has been studying his life
in history for two decades
writing a book about what then why would you how to get rid of my area promote
democracy by writing about a republican
I i feel you're a sweetie is is that I am may I just magic II sentence for a
moment please
I think that the fundamental problem here is that you're assuming that I have
some sort of
faith-based bias in this work that i right I write about Judaism
I write about Hinduism I write about Christianity I write about Islam
my job as a scholar a religions with a PhD in the subject
is to write about religions a
he's trying to be his clear I think can possibly be
that would be like a democrat with a PhD in region
I K and he's right
she he can she can get back pace pass the bank
that he might have a faith-based bias wife because she has a faith-based
buyers
the entire network has a faith-based bias
name is Lauren green by the way and I have never seen an interview
that bad even on Fox did you notice what she said in the middle there
i'd like a democrat writing a book about reagan and how they understand
you how to promote democracy what
where did you find them about your body is school even through the screen
that was amazing Paul Martin the pub done yet
I think it's unfair to just simply assume
because up my particular state background
that there is some agenda on this book that would be like saying that a
Christian who writes about Muhammad
is by definition you know not able to do so because
he has so we can do so I is again said and you currently have me and if you
look at what I said wait it out but I'm surviving I'm never disclosed that you
are a must when I think that's
an innocent man well the second page of my book the second page in my book says
I'm a Muslim
who every single interview I have ever done that
on TV or on print says I'm a Muslim you may not be familiar with me
but I'm actually quite a prominent Muslim thinker and the United States
have written a number of books
about Islam it's just simply incorrect to say that
media isn't saying that I'm a Muslim I would actually encourage you to actually
try to find
media that doesn't mention my biography which by the way
again is on the second page up the book kayak
she's got ur talking point and she can get off a bit
and it's a clear fifes is more like are by the muslims they never did I was the
bombings except for the fact that they denounce
every single bombing and I can show you statement after every bombing illegal
but they never do that
and but you never really your mother did you is
on the second page over my
book okay shit nonetheless
nonetheless wow that was awesome according to Fox News
if you're not that specific category of human being
you're not allowed to write about anything cuz you don't have the
appropriate bias
now does that mean that men cannot write books
about women interesting does that mean that men cannot write
legislation about women would Fox News can't agree with that
interesting okay I like how we have disqualified
everybody about writing my christianity unless they're deep
believer in Christianity and whatever that means the Fox News
whichever strain of Christianity that you have to believe in
but we're also meant that no Christian can
ever write about Islam some I wonder if any other Fox News host or any of that
experts at fox news dot com have written about Islam at all
I'll probably not or if they have we should immediately discount
anything in a Fox News host has ever said about Islam
fair enough that we probably should do that was
and absolute at big beat down that reso us line gave Fox News
it was also clinic in bias
and buffoonery by Fox News
well played well played