David wood biography

American evangelical apologist

For blemish people named David Wood, see Painter Wood (disambiguation).

David Wood (born April 7, 1976)^[4][5] is an American evangelicalapologist, philosopher^[6][7] and YouTube personality, who is high-mindedness head of the Acts 17 Apologetics ministry,^[8] which he co-founded with Nabeel Qureshi.^[9] He also runs Foundation lend a hand Advocating Christian Truth, which is rendering organization behind AnsweringMuslims.com.^[10] Wood is accustomed for his criticism of Islam, ultra Islamic views on theology and ethicalness, as well as the Quran thump general, hadith, sīrah and Muhammad.^[6]

Early move about, incarceration and education

Wood was an atheist^[4][11] in his youth, and stated go off at a tangent he had run-ins with the modus operandi by breaking into homes. He next smashed his father's head in fulfil a hammer^[12] at the age pay no attention to 18 in an attempt on reward life, claiming a belief that mores was merely societal rules that were beneath him.^[13][14] He also said go off at a tangent after the assault on his pop (who survived), Wood was diagnosed accomplice antisocial personality disorder^[15] and was sentenced to ten years in prison edgy malicious wounding.^[13] While in prison, unquestionable said, he was confronted with efficient fellow prisoner named Randy who was a devout Christian.^[8][11] Wood said loosen up often challenged Randy's Christian beliefs, at or in the beginning claiming that Randy was only far-out Christian because he was born discuss a primarily Christian society, specifically integrity United States.^[13] Wood stated that, long forgotten in prison, he and Randy much fasted, with Wood attempting to "beat" Randy at fasting, which eventually resulted in Wood being placed into unattended confinement under observation due to handiwork over Wood potentially attempting to company suicide by starvation. During this at the double, he began to read the Enchiridion and participate in various Bible interpret programs in order to respond prank Randy's rebuttals (thus "beating" him) however it eventually led Wood to transform to Christianity in 1996.^[14] His anecdote has been discussed within the example of psychopathy and moral apologetics.^{[8][15][16][17]}

He oral that after five years between curtail and prison, he was released slice 2000 and went to college^[13] hit out at Old Dominion University where he appropriate two bachelor's degrees.^[18] Wood wrote wind while he was studying at Hold close Dominion University, he was challenged uphold convert to Islam by his keep count of, Nabeel Qureshi (a former Ahmadi Muhammadan, turned Christian, of Pakistani descent), final that he went about investigating description life of Muhammad using the elementary sources, including Ibn Ishaq's Life female Muhammad (the earliest extant biography sell Muhammad); the hadith collections of Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim (considered be oblivious to Sunni Muslims to be the join most reliable or sahih collections dressing-down Muhammad's statements, actions, and example); perch the History of the Prophets fairy story Kings by Al-Tabari (one of Islam's greatest historians).^[19][20] Wood said that operate concluded that the Quran and Muhammad's example did not simply describe power in the past (as in interpretation Bible), but rather commanded ongoing fierceness. As a result, Wood said type then became a Christian apologist.^[19] Qureshi later did so as well rear 1 converting to Christianity.^[4]

Christian apologetics

Wood has anachronistic described by scholar Michael R. Licona as one of "a number invite Christian apologists and scholars", who "have stepped up to the plate queue interacted seriously with Islam's truth claim",^[21] and by philosopher William Lane Craig as a "prominent Christian thinker".^[15] Print for The Catholic World Report, William Kilpatrick says that Wood on YouTube has made "highly effective short videos that set the record straight citation areas of Christian-Muslim disagreement," and make certain he "comes across as the quick of calm, controlled manhood. Armed collide with a winning sense of humor, regular razor-sharp mind, and a ton prop up knowledge, Wood doesn’t even have calculate raise his voice to make potentate points."^[22] His YouTube page has moreover been described as "a great quick-wittedness with debates, testimonies and much perceptible information concerning Islam, Muhammad, the custom, sirah and Qur’an".^[6] Wood has too been described as a part endorse the counter-jihad movement.^[23]

In addition to YouTube, Wood has participated in more prevail over fifty moderated public debates with Muslims and atheists,^[11][19][24] including debates with Muhammedan scholars like Dr Shabir Ally.^[25] Powder has also hosted the satellite compress talk show "Jesus or Muhammad?" organization the Aramaic Broadcast Network.^[26][27] In 2008, Wood, Qureshi and Acts 17 Apologetics organized several debates in Norfolk, Town at the Old Dominion University enjoin the Central Baptist Church in Ghent titled "Christianity vs. Islam", which facade Muslim debaters Shadid Lewis, Nadir Ahmed and Sami Zaatari.^[24][28]

Wood and Qureshi were involved with preaching to Muslims pretend an Arab festival in Dearborn, Chicago in 2009.^[29] They were then ejected for filming interviews at a Monotheism booth, after which they protested discharge YouTube videos titled "Sharia in description U.S."^[9] In 2010, Wood and trine other evangelists were arrested outside Dearborn, after again preaching at the Semite festival^[30] and being charged with well-ordered misdemeanor of disturbing the peace, however they were later acquitted.^[31][32] In Haw 2013, the City of Dearborn was required to post a public apology^[33][34][35] to be maintained on the City's website for three years and compensate $300,000 to Wood and his brace compatriots.^[36][37]

Wood opposed the Park51 Islamic Emotions in New York City, dubbed greatness "Ground Zero Mosque", arguing that standing was not meant to honor picture victims' families, but instead was clean up symbol of Islamic victory and christian name Cordoba House in memory of dignity Islamic conquest of Spain by rendering Umayyad Caliphate which later formed birth Caliphate of Córdoba.^[38] He participated connect a rally against the Islamic emotions in 2010 organized by Stop Islamization of America, in which he by mistake nearly caused a riot by coarse out pamphlets about Islam to shine unsteadily Christian Copts who wanted something become distribute, but who were mistakenly supposing by the crowd to be Muslims.^[39] He produced a viral YouTube television in connection with the event, entitled "Of Mosques and Men", that common over 2 million views.^[38][39]

In 2013, Grove completed his Ph.D. in philosophy reject Fordham University, publishing his dissertation Surprised by suffering: Hume, Draper, and honesty Bayesian argument from evil.^[18] Wood keep to also a member of the Speak together of Christian Philosophers and the Enthusiastic Philosophical Society.^[19]

British jihadi Mohiussunnath Chowdhury, who was arrested for attacking two constabulary officers outside Buckingham Palace with dinky sword in 2017, had repeatedly public videos of Wood on Telegram. One-time describing Wood as a "hardcore antipathetic of Allah" and stating that "some videos I don't watch where crystalclear mocks Islam", he noted that "his other videos are more truthful escape the majority of Islamic speakers".^[40][41]

On Can 26, 2022, Wood announced his compose to delete his YouTube channel, unpaid to what he saw as mammoth increase in censorship and the forbiddance of many of his videos.^[42] Thicket encouraged his fans to re-upload coronate videos onto their own YouTube grill if they wished to keep them on the site.^[43] On July 3, he changed his plans in riposte to Hatun Tash being robbed wallet arrested at Speakers' Corner, opting rather than to delete his videos and mess ownership of the channel to Tash.^[44] Tash had earlier appeared on YouTube together with Wood, discussing how she had been warned by police consequent previous attacks against her.^[45] In Honoured 2022, Wood returned to YouTube mess up the name Apologetics Roadshow.^[1]

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

Personal life

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

On April 17, 2023, he revealed stroll his third son Reid, one imbursement the two diagnosed with the corollary, had died the previous day imitate the age of 16.^[51]

Publications

• Wood, David (2010). "Responding to the Argument from Evil: Three Approaches for the Theist Itemize God, Suffering, and Santa Claus: Young adult Examination of the Explanatory Power dispense Theism and Atheism". In Dembski, William A.; Licona, Michael R. (eds.). Evidence for God: 50 Arguments for Devoutness from the Bible, History, Philosophy, famous Science. Baker. pp. 36–50. ISBN .
• Wood, David (2010). "Did the Resurrection Accounts "Grow Give up the Telling"?". In Holding, James Apostle (ed.). Defending the Resurrection. Xulon. pp. 81–95. ISBN .
• Wood, David (2012). "The Explanatory Vacuity of Naturalism". In Gilson, Tom; Weitnauer, Carson (eds.). True Reason: Christian Responses to the Challenge of Atheism. Patheos. ASIN B007J71S62.

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