Not the least of the vices within the Qur'an is the underlying attributes of the alleged God, Allah. However I think that rather than make a case against the morality of Islam (As I did in my article titled 'The Divine Contradiction Of Islam'), it would cause more success in debunking Islam if I made a case against that which is logically incoherent.
God entails properties that without, He would cease to be God. He must be omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent, absolute in love, and perfect in morality. But, upon examination, we find that these properties entail are in one instance, self-contradictory. Namely, to be absolute in love entails mercy, and to be perfect in morality entails justice. However, these two traits stand in stark contrast.
The God Of Islam, in some instances, is wholly merciful, and in others, is wholly just. But Allah, when being merciful, he is also being unjust. The concept of salvation in this religion is that if your good deeds outweigh your evil deeds, you will receive eternal salvation. In essence, Allah turns a blind eye to the evil that people commit if they do good as well. This is not justice; it is mercy.
Similarly, there are instances wherein Allah renders justice, but not mercy. These are not situations that call for either justice or mercy. But rather, in a God that is absolute in love and morality, situations like a persons' salvation call for both justice and mercy. Allah cannot condemn a person into Hell without bypassing his infinite love which entails mercy. Of course that entails that Allah does not have infinite love, and thus renders this version of a perfect being imperfect.
Further, and crucially, there are consistent Qur'an verses that suggest that Allah does not love the unbeliever. Allah does not love people in their sin, but only does he love the sinless. Only when our good deeds outweigh our bad can we begin to earn the love of Allah. Again, this is in stark contrast with what the philosophy of God must entail. God's love must be absolute, lest we are able to conceive of a being that loves more, and therefore conceive of a greater being. That is exactly the predicament that the God of the Qur'an is in. Just take a look at these rather awkward verses.
"God loves not the unbelievers." (III. 33)
"God loves not the impious and sinners." (II. 277)
"God loves not evildoers." (III. 58)
"God loves not the proud." (IV. 37)
"God loves not transgressors." (V. 88)
"God loves not the prodigal." (VI. 142)
"God loves not the treacherous." (VIII. 59)
"God is an enemy to unbelievers." (II. 99)
The Islamic might at this point attempt to turn the tables on the Christian and say “Well, if Allah is imperfect in this way, then you must concede that the Christian God is imperfect in light of Psalms 5:5.” However I find this objective boggling, as the Psalms are a poetic expression. It is nothing to found doctrine upon – especially when that doctrine is in contrast with many other verses of, and indeed the very theme of the Bible. If we were to ask that psalmist if God loves the evil-doer, he would of course cry out “Yes, God loves everybody. That is what makes Him God.”
This is the greatest difference between the Qur'an and the Bible. The Qur'an describes a perfect being with imperfections such as partial and incomplete love. It describes a being with conflicting attributions. While the Bible answered the conflict of mercy and justice from the very beginning through burnt offerings. Later, Jesus came in self-sacrifice so that God could for the remaining existence of humanity be both merciful and just. The Bible has had a crossroad between these two traits since humanity was vanquished from the Garden Of Eden.
Thus Christianity succeeds precisely where Islam fails. Islam is logically incoherent in that we can conceive of a being greater than Allah in one that has this crossroad between mercy and justice; one that is absolutely loving and perfectly moral. The God of Islam demonstrates time and again that he cannot be both, and is therefore neither. Therefore we can conclude that Islam offers a fallible version of God, and ergo offers very questionable teachings.
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