I am cross-posting this from youtube. If you want to see action taken again Adam, do email the relvent parties, including the presidents of both universities (esp. Mary-I)-their email addresses are highlighted
Background: Back in September of last year, I had a zoom call with a Baptist, Adam O'Flynn (the so-called "The Christian Warner"). Unlike Adam, I am happy for people to see the exchange. He embarrassed himself--it was clear that he was both ignorant and disingenuous, and to this day, remains butt-hurt. [1] Since then, he has (1) tried getting strikes against my youtube channel and (2) have lied about my credentials. [2]
On June 9, I had a debate with another Baptist, Kelly Powers, on the topic of Sola Scriptura. It was not even close: the Protestant side lost. Kelly immediately had a "coping" session, and little Adam appeared on it around the 45 minute mark. This is when he decided to, not just slander me, but slander Jonathan Burroughs (his thesis supervisor at Mary-I, Limerick *and* the qualifications of other professors in the theology department there *AND* the Pontifical University of Ireland, Maynooth itself. I was annoyed, but I shrugged it off initially, as it only shows Adam is pitiful and, as I have said before, cognitively limited. *However* an Anglican "frenemy" (we have sparred on doctrine since 2009) was pissed off. So much so that he (1) emailed Jonathan Burroughs (Adam's thesis supervisor), and, after getting no response, Drs. Connolly and Finnegan from Mary-I and the Presidents of both Mary-I and the Pontifical in Maynooth. As with my friend, Liam, I am calling for Mary-I to throw the book at him. If you think it appropriate, let the relevant parties know, including the President of Mary-I, Prof. Dermot Nestor. Emails are included below (they are all accessible on the Mary-I Website, so nothing that is not easily accessible is being shared here). Liam is currently on a vacation for a few weeks, so not sure if he has received any direct response.
I am reproducing the emails here (sadly, there is some bold/emphasis that does not come out from the OG):
[1] Email no. 1
From: Liam McDade <liam.mcdade.1984@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Jun 14, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Subject: Complaint about your student Adam O'Flynn
To: <Jonathan.Burroughs@mic.ul.ie>
Drs Burroughs,
I am Liam McDade. I am an Anglican who has an interest in world religion, and
have dialogued with some representatives of different world religions over the
years, including some people involved in the following. With that as
background--
I recently came across a video by one of your current (former?) students, Adam
O’Flynn. This was aired on Tuesday, June 9th of this year, so just in the
past week. He discussed the status of theology degrees from the Pontifical
University of Ireland, Maynooth, and labeled them as “not credible."
According to the Mary-I Website, you received all your degrees from Maynooth, and two of your colleagues, Drs. Finegan and Connolly also received degrees therefrom. I think it is vile that a student who wishes to have accreditation from Mary-I would slander (1) a graduate from Maynooth and (2) indirectly do the same for those in the Mary-I theology faculty.
Adam makes his initial appearance around the ~45 minute mark of this video (a
debate review):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kk9snnQ6Ik
At the 1 hour 6 minute mark, we have him declare:
I can confirm as someone who lives in Ireland as well who is Irish, I can confirm that the university that was mentioned [the Pontifical University of Ireland, Maynooth] is not a credible university. There's for theology, two credible universities in Ireland. One is Mary Immaculate College, the other is Trinity College, Dublin.
I understand there is a time and place for rhetoric, but
when the qualifications of one's professors (and in the case of you, Dr.
Burroughs, I am assuming thesis supervisor?) are dismissed like this, it is a
spit in the face of academia and shows great disrespect. Further, the
Pontifical has long had a strong theological tradition, and I would hate for
such an offhand remark to obscure that for Maynooth itself too.
Perhaps this is not actionable, but I thought I would bring it to your attention. If he has yet to graduate (I remember on his “The Christian Warner” youtube channel he has mentioned doing a MA in Mary-I on the Gospel of Matthew, thus my assumption you are/were his thesis supervisor) I think he should be forced to apologize to you and this fellow in the video and to your esteemed colleagues. And perhaps, if he has already graduated, there is a way to penalize him. I also will let you decide if you wish to forward this complaint to Fr. Michael Shortall (President of Maynooth) and/or Professor Dermot Nestor, as well as Drs. Connolly and Finnegan, too. While I wish to send it to them, I believe prudence dictates that I send it to you first.
Either way, I thought I would bring up this slanderous claim against the credibility of Maynooth and by extension your degrees by one of Mary I's own students, to your attention.
Best,
Liam Matthew McDade
Kinsale, Cork
[2] Email no. 2 (I was bcc'd in this one; email no. 1 was forwarded in this email; also note that Tom Finegan and I were friends during our undergraduate days in Maynooth [2004-2007]) From: Liam McDade<liam.mcdade.1984@gmail.com> To: patrick.connolly@mic.ul.ie; tom.finegan@mic.ul.ie CC: President@mic.ul.ie; michael.shortall@spcm.ie Drs. Connolly, Finegan, et al., Perhaps Dr. Burrough's is on a break for the summer. However, as this complaint still has to be actioned, and as you and other parties have been attacked (directly or indirectly) by Adam O' Flynn's public slandering of the credibility of theology degrees from the Pontifical University of Ireland, Maynooth, and as a result, the credibility of Drs. Connolly's and Finegan's degrees, as well as all of Dr. Burroughs' qualifications, I am forwarding my initial complaint about this student to you gents. I hope appropriate action will be taken. I also believe the respective presidents of both universities should be alerted to this, too. If, as Adam O'Flynn (falsely) claimed, your degrees are indeed "not credible," that means Mary-I made a gross error in hiring any or all of you; in other words, these comments represent an attack on your academic credentials and abilities, not only the credibility of degrees from the Pontifical in Maynooth If it were up to me, nothing short of a public apology to all parties involved and revocation of any qualifications (grades, diplomas, degrees) by Mary-I would be in order. Mise le meas Notes: [1] To download the mp4 from zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/jfrMAoHp2pfgiQ9OJt3tU8-W-sf7UzjJv9dz8X5NKiM4PUhQY1X0_pNBYH62s2XR.fTt2VXsgZRs7DynJ Passcode: 4r@?FP!+ [2] For e.g., he claimed I applied and was rejected by Mary-I (Limerick) and Trinity College Dublin. This is false. As I told Adam, I (successfully) applied for a PhD program in NT studies in the Dominican Biblical Institute in Limerick. However, my thesis supervisor (Thomas Brodie) was too liberal for my taste. I am glad I paid attention to those impressions as he would later write a book rejecting the historicity of Jesus. I have the emails from mid-2009 showing I was accepted by DBI Limerick from Brodie himself. Again, Adam is a liar.
