Islam is fallible

Submitted by xtian (United States), Nov 15, 2005 at 23:35

i will say that after reading the Qur'an, a lot of what is written seems like pretty fallible logic anyone could come up with.

In one case, it states that it is impossible for God to have a son, because "who would be his mate". First of all, the omnipotent God is all-powerful, as described within, and therefore the Qur'an allows this possibility of demi-God creation with a human or no mate. The commandment states, worship no gods "before" me. Its one thing if it says there is no son of god, its another if it contradicts itself, which philosophically speaking, is incorrect. One of the main criticisms of xtianity is therefore the limited monotheism, and Islam is reactionary as an "absolute" monotheism. However, the Qur'an states that Allah, the Qur'an, and the throne of allah are all uncreated, meaning all three are essentially Gods themselves being uncreated-yet not powerful. This is a limited form of monotheism as well.

Pantheism finds God in all things, even inanimate things, which can be related to the inanimate Qur'an and Throne. Furthermore, and to cut this short, Islamic doctrine in the mainstream and extreme have become more catholic in their appearance as time progresses. Even sufis, ascetic mystics, acknowledge their own saints, and the transcendance of M., while the Shiites acknowledge the transcendance of the 12 Imams after him.

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