David Wood (Christian apologist)

For other people named David Wood, see David Wood (disambiguation).
David Wood
Residence Bronx, New York
Nationality United States
Occupation Christian apologist
Religion Christian (Non-denominational Christianity)
Spouse(s) Marie
Children 4
Website acts17.net

David Wood is an American evangelical missionary and philosophy lecturer.[1][2] He is currently head of the Acts 17 Apologetics Ministry.[3] He has degrees in philosophy and biology, and is pursuing a Ph.D. in the philosophy of religion at an academic institution in the State of New York.[4][5] He is also a member of the Society of Christian Philosophers.[6]

Personal life

In his teens, Wood attempted to kill his father with a hammer. He was committed to a psychiatric hospital by his mother where he was diagnosed with an anti-social personality disorder. Wood was later transferred to jail by the state of Virginia. While in jail Wood confessed to the attack and subsequently served a 10 year prison sentence for malicious wounding. [7]

Wood, formerly considering himself an atheist, converted to Christianity while serving his prison sentence.[7]

Christian apologetics

Wood has participated in numerous public debates with Muslims and atheists,[8][9][10] usually in a public hall or in front of a university audience.[11][12][13][14] Wood was invited on several ABN shows, in inter-religious discussions against atheism and Islam, where among other things he regularly appears on the Aramaic Broadcasting Network.[15] Wood has stated that he is a former atheist. He has produced YouTube videos presenting his views on religion.[16]

Wood opposed the Park51 Islamic Center, arguing that it was not meant to honor the victims' families, but instead was a symbol of Islamic victory and named Cordoba House in memory of the Islamic conquest of Spain by the Umayyad Caliphate which later formed the Caliphate of Córdoba.[17] Wood disagreed with Pastor Terry Jones in the 2010 Qur'an-burning controversy, comparing it to the Uthman Qur'an burning.[18]

Wood was arrested outside Dearborn, Michigan, after preaching at an Arab festival and being charged with a misdemeanor of disturbing the peace, but was later acquitted.[19][20] In May 2013, the City of Dearborn issued a public apology to Wood for his arrest.[21]

Wood wrote a polemic regarding the work of Richard Carrier which he titled "Good 'n' Senseless Without God: A Critical Review of Richard Carrier's New Book, Sense & Goodness Without God".[22][23] Wood has also written journals arguing against the views of Dan Barker.[24]

See also

References

  1. ↑ The American Evangelical Christian/Muslim Debate Series
  2. ↑ Conversation between Shadid Lewis and David Wood
  3. ↑ Acts 17 Apologetics
  4. ↑ Feldman, Kiera (November 1, 2010). "Killing the Buddha: The anti-Muslim Machine". Killing the Buddha. Retrieved 2013-10-26. Wood is a PhD student in philosophy at a respectable New York institution whose name he didn’t want me to use.
  5. ↑ David Wood, Blogger profile
  6. ↑ Arab Detroit News David Wood, an evangelical from New York Detroit Free Press Re-print
  7. 1 2 "Misguided Man Assaults Father with Hammer". cbn.com. Christian Broadcasting Network. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  8. ↑ Evidence for God: 50 Arguments for Faith from the Bible, History, Philosophy By William A. Dembski, Michael R. Licona
  9. ↑ An Open Debate Challenge to Shabir Ally, Jamal Badawi, and Zakir Naik
  10. ↑ David Wood, Muslim-responses.com
  11. ↑ battle of religions Retrieved 26 January 2011
  12. ↑ Rebuttal to David Wood
  13. ↑ Big list of Christian Vs. Muslim debates This article contains links to several David Wood video debates
  14. ↑ Debates Look At Islam, Christianity Daily Press (Virginia) newspaper
  15. ↑ MUST SEE ISLAMIC TV MINISTRY: Promoting ABN (The Aramaic Broadcasting Network) at ABNsat.com « The Religion of Conquest
  16. ↑
  17. ↑ Mosque plans near Ground Zero By Pittsburgh Tribine-Review
  18. ↑ Original Quran-Burning Took Place in the Mid-Seventh Century CNS News Cybercast News Service
  19. ↑ Jury acquits 4 arrested for behavior at Arab fest Associated Press re-print
  20. ↑ Dispute in Dearborn Christianity Today magazine
  21. ↑ http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2013/05/dearborn_ordered_to_apologize.html
  22. ↑ Wood, David. "Good 'n' Senseless Without God: A Critical Review of Richard Carrier's new book, Sense & Goodness Without God". AnsweringInfidels.com. Archived from the original on 2006-02-11. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
  23. ↑ Richard Carrier. On the Deceptions of David Wood
  24. ↑ Defending the Resurrection By Ed James Patrick Holding

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