Why did he leave useless things in there like the appendix then or male nipples? Surely an omnipotent being could of done a little better? I wasn't saying god couldn't design things, it was more aimed at respects comment that everything is perfectly designed. If you're saying god did/can create flawed things then i agree with you. Sort of like the Demiurge deity of the gnostics is an imperfect god created by another god.
Nothing that God created is useless, that's just your personal opinion. He creates/designs things in a manner which He likes. And Yes, God does create things-biggest proof of that is the human being, the human is flawed, and is not perfect. Like I said before, God can create something flawed or something perfect, all is in His wisdom for doing it.
I don't really understand what you're saying here, maybe you need to rephrase it. Are you saying sickness and suffering is a test from god? I doubt a 2 Year old with leukemia who dies at 2 and a half really needs their morals or ethics tested by God. You could say its to test the parents but how cruel is it to bring a life into the world and destroy it, to only test the parents, not really showing much regard for the suffering of the child.
I don't need to rephrase it, you understood my point.
Do you know that God is the most loving and loves that dear child ( in your example) more than it's own parents? So you cannot say it's cruel. the child suffering from leukemia is sent by God with obvious wisdom behind it, of course, it could be a test from God towards the parents, their patience, maybe it was this very child's sickness that caused their parents to be brought back to together after constant arguments, maybe this child's sickness will inspire the doctors to find a cure and cure the many thousands that have the disease?
And anyway, this child will be raised in paradise for they are still innocent. And no, God doesn't need to test the ethics or a two year old child, such thing only happens in puberty-where they are sound and are able to make decisions by themselves.
Suffering is also a test from God? What about if a child was brutally raped and murdered? Surely God could of prevented that if he willed, So, Why wouldn't he? Things like this happen all the time and he doesn't stop them. The child who was murdered was too young to need to be tested, they can't even think coherently yet and wouldn't be considered an adult Islamically.
You could argue maybe its to test if the Rapist would do it on his on free will and send him to hell later for it. Murdering the child denies the child of its free will though, why would god allow the destruction of one persons free will and life to simply test another's? If god is omnipotent he would surely know what that rapist would of done before he even does it anyway. He would also know what he is thinking and will think, so there is no need to let this poor child to be abused in such a way so he can just 'test' someone.
Yes suffering is a test from God and is a expiation of sins. In some ways, it can be a mercy, but we may not know it.
This is why we have our Justice system ( talking about Islamically) to take care of the evils that is done to kids, whether it's rape, murder or theft.
Ofcourse God would know the rapist's intentions, God knows both the past and the present, both the future and our inner selves. What we think, how we think, what's going to happen tomorrow and so forth.
I don't really understand what your trying to say, are you saying that He shouldn't allow this child to be raped ( even though He knew he was going to be) just to 'test' him?
You do know that God has forbidden rape from the first place, and warns that if someone was to do such act he will have to suffer the consequences, this child is considered innocent. If someone was in that position ( not a child, but whoever) His/her test will be to keep patient and have their faith in Allah, for the humiliation they are in ( though they are innocent). And they are rewarded for that.
It wouldn't signify weakness, it would signify mercy, compassion and forgiveness. Why is such a mystical and powerful being so arrogant in the fact that the amount of punishment or sin he hands out is based on how different the particular religion a person was born into happens to be from Islam? It's not the persons fault he was born as a Hindu and worshiped multiple gods and yet he punishes someone who believed in one god (Satan,Thor,Zeus,etc) less than them? How is this fair? This person was just unlucky enough to been born there.
I'm agnostic i guess you'd say.
Signify Mercy, compassion and forgiveness for God choosing not to forgive those who die on shirk? No, that's justice. And everything what God lays out is Justice. They are attributing false Gods to Him, what can be more insulting than that?
God has all those attributes, Merciful, compassionate, forgiving, for He is known to be The Most Forgiving, the Most Merciful, the Most Kind, all these are part of His 99 names and attributes ( search more on them) and also one of His names is the All Just..
People have Intelligence. They have sound minds to clearly see the wrong and the right. Man-made religion cannot be sound, for it is made by someone who is flawed and bound to have flaws in the religion. But not divine law-because it comes from the Flawless.
That means people should question their faith. Everyone at some point in time has to make a conscience decision of what religion they choose to follow, not just because their forefathers followed a particular religion.
That is why there are many converts to Islam, from a wide spectrum of people. Those who Islam wasn't exposed to at all will be given a chance in the next life, and they will have to make a choice there. Know that your Lord is always Just.
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