Muslim Leaves Christian Speechless…Not So Fast!
In a recent video, a Muslim apologist confronted a young Christian man with tough-sounding questions. One of the main ones was:
“Can God have a God?”
At first, it seemed like the Christian was left speechless. But when we step back and carefully examine what was being asked, the picture changes.
At first, the question seems sharp. If a Christian answers “yes,” it sounds like we’re claiming there are two Gods. If we answer “no,” the follow-up is: “Then why did Jesus pray?”
But the problem isn’t with Christianity—it’s with the way the question is framed. The Bible doesn’t teach that God prays to God. Instead, it reveals that Jesus, who is both fully God and fully man, prayed to the Father during His time on earth.
Jesus prayed, not because He lacked divine power, but because He was showing us the perfect model of obedience and communion with the Father. Share on XWhen we forget that Jesus had both a divine nature and a human nature, we fall into the very confusion that opponents want us to stumble over.
Christians must stay ready for moments like this. The Bible provides clear answers, and understanding them keeps us from being shaken by confusing questions.
When Confusion Clouds the Truth: Flipping the Question Back
In the video, the Muslim speaker argued,
“When there’s confusion, there cannot be truth.”
Ironically, the confusion comes from twisting the question in the first place. A better way to handle such conversations is to slow down and clarify what’s really being asked.
This reframes the discussion in Biblical terms rather than letting the opponent control the narrative. If we allow Muslims to misstate our beliefs, they will make Christianity appear contradictory when it is not.
Interestingly, even the Quran contains troubling language about Allah that Muslims rarely acknowledge.
In one famous debate, the Quran’s wording about Allah “praying for” Muhammad came up. When pressed, Muslim apologists tried to change the meaning, insisting it meant “praising,” not “praying.”
So when Muslims ask, “Does God need to pray?” the Christian can respond, “No, but your own sources describe Allah praying. How do you explain that?”
By turning the question back, we expose the double standard.
God as Father in Deuteronomy and the Virgin Birth Argument
Another point often raised is that the Bible supposedly never speaks of God as Father. Yet the Old Testament itself proves otherwise.
“Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?” – Deuteronomy 32:6
Moses describes God as Father—not in a physical sense, but as the One who creates, redeems, and sustains His people. This is vastly different from the Quran’s rejection of God’s Fatherhood.
Muslims tend to assume that “Father” implies physical procreation, as if God would need a wife to have a son. But the Bible’s language is spiritual and eternal. Jesus is not the Son of God by physical birth but by eternal relationship.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
– John 1:1, KJV
The Muslim in the video also tried to minimize the significance of Jesus’ virgin birth by comparing it to Adam’s creation from dust. His point was:
“If Adam had a special beginning, and he isn’t God’s son, then why should Jesus’ special birth make Him the Son of God?”
At first, this sounds like a fair comparison. But it overlooks the fact that Jesus’ uniqueness goes far beyond His birth. Unlike Adam, Jesus existed before all things.
He is the eternal Word who became flesh (John 1:14). The virgin birth fulfills prophecy, but it is not the foundation of Jesus’ divine Sonship.
“Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” – Isaiah 7:14
Jesus was not “created” at Bethlehem. He entered the world as the eternal Son, taking on human flesh.
Muslims often argue from human logic: “If a human father has a child, that child is also human. So if God had a Son, wouldn’t that mean two Gods?”
But God is not bound by human categories. He is far greater than our limitations.
This is why trying to impose human family dynamics on God always leads to error. Christians confess one God in three Persons—not three gods.
The Greek Philosophy Claim
Toward the end of the video, the Muslim speaker repeated another common objection: that Christianity mixed Greek philosophy with Jewish belief, turning a prophet into a divine figure.
History disproves this claim. Long before Greek philosophy, the Old Testament shows God appearing in visible forms. In Genesis 18, Abraham meets the LORD in human form.
In Exodus, Moses speaks with God “face to face.” Throughout the prophets, God reveals Himself as dwelling with His people.
The New Testament clarifies what the Old Testament already anticipated: God comes down to dwell among us in the person of Jesus Christ.
Christianity is not a product of Greek philosophy. It is the fulfillment of God’s promises from the very beginning. Share on X“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.” – John 1:14
Standing Firm in Truth
Debates like these remind us of the importance of knowing what we believe and why. Clever questions may leave someone “speechless” for a moment, but the Word of God provides clear answers.
When Muslims argue that God cannot have a Son, they are thinking in human categories. When they say Christianity is based on Greek myths, they ignore the Old Testament foundation.
And when they ask if “God can have a God,” they are misrepresenting what Christians actually believe about Jesus.
The truth is simple: there is one God, eternally revealed as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Jesus prayed to the Father as the perfect man, while never ceasing to be God.
If you’d like to go further into these kinds of objections and how to answer them, I encourage you to read this article wherein another famous Shaykh argued with New Yorkers about the Bible’s integrity.
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