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< User:Adpete

(This is a work in progress)

(Disclosure - looking for a wider audience after getting only one respondent at Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/Noticeboard). Hi. I'm wondering whether notable Christian apologist Josh McDowell is a reliable source to use in the article on Muslim apologist Ahmed Deedat. The book in question is "The Islam Debate", by McDowell and John Gilchrist (Full book scan (8 MB) here [1] (yes it's a legal scan, it's McDowell's own site); Amazon page here[2]). Published in 1983, it was written as a follow-up to a public debate between Deedat and McDowell in 1981. I am not arguing for its use directly in the article, rather I am arguing that it (like Deedat's own writings) is an important primary source on Deedat to include as a reference or external link. I argue it is based on the following points:

I am being opposed by User:ScienceApologist, who wants better third-party references showing that McDowell is qualified to give an opinion on Deedat. If I understand SA correctly, SA does not dispute that McDowell is a notable Christian writer, but what s/he wants is a 3rd party source which says that McDowell is qualified to comment on Deedat in particular (rather than Christian topics in general). My argument is that McDowell's (popular) standing is so high, plus the fact that he has debated Deedat personally and Deedat has responded to him in print, makes it self-evident that McDowell's opinion is notable. In fact it's hard to imagine anyone more qualified (notability-wise, not necessarily quality-wise) to offer a Christian critique of Deedat. 05:32, 1 September 2009 (UTC)


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