When a man who spent years preparing to become a Baptist minister encounters Islam for the first time, the last thing he expects is to find the truth he has been searching for all along. Camille Meeks grew up in a conservative Christian family and decided in his senior year of college to pursue seminary — but a friendship with a Muslim classmate would change the trajectory of his life forever.
From Converting Others to Being Converted
What began as an attempt to convert his Muslim friend to Christianity turned into a deep comparative study of both faiths. Through the works of scholars like Ahmed Deedat, Jamal Badawi, and Gary Miller, Camille discovered unsettling truths about the Bible he had believed in his entire life — unknown authors, missing originals, councils voting on which books to include, and nothing preserved in the language Jesus actually spoke (Aramaic). The more he studied the Bible’s history to defend it, the more his own conviction was shaken.
“Instead of him being a confused Christian, maybe I was a confused Muslim. My search came down to one question: is Jesus God or not? If he is, I am a Christian. If he is not, I am a Muslim.”
Jesus Speaks for Himself
- Jesus said “The Father is greater than I” and “I of my own self do nothing” — statements incompatible with being God
- On the cross, he cried out “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” — God does not call upon God
- John 16 describes a coming comforter who “will not speak of himself but what he hears he shall speak” — a description that fits Prophet Muhammad perfectly
- By graduation, Camille had found that the Quran was everything he wanted Christianity to be in terms of authority and authenticity
“The best way to do dawah is to just shut up and be a Muslim. Every time I practice my faith, I get a million questions. When I try to talk about my faith, I get hands up.”
