Essay on children

“Theist cry when babies die”- Exposing the hypocrisy of Christo-Islamic religion by reason, logic & scripture.

 

1.      Introduction

2.      Illogical

3.      Unjust

4.      The problem of omniscience

5.      The schizophrenic redeemer

6.      The insult to reason

7.      An obvious coping mechanism

8.      Psychology & humanity of the theist

9.      Statistical profundity

 

 

i.                     Introduction

 

ii.                   Illogical

 

A common theme of christo-islamism is that life is ‘a test’. We are to be tempted, challenged, do as we are told and perhaps we will not be put to an eternal fiery existence upon death. However, when the reality of dead children going to heaven automatically is raised, there is no logic to the life is a test for everyone argument.

 

Suppose a man- one years old- dies. His automatic next destination is an eternal paradise. In this paradise he will be 33 years old according to hadith’ite Islam, with all the adult benefits that come with it. This is akin to any male’s fantasy in this life, at this moment- if you could have anything you wanted, what would it be? He imagines it, feels happy about it, and alas he has it. And what has this 1 year old done to deserve it? Nothing. His existence has only brought pain and suffering to his family and those who knew him. Yet he will get an eternal paradise.

 

Suppose then that a man- sixty years old- dies. He was not a believer, but unlike the dead child he knew his own name and brought benefit to society. He will be sent to hell for an eternity with no way out. He fits in comfortably with life being ‘a test’. But it was only a test for him because he lived to a certain age. It was not to the child.

 

Life is not a test if different rules apply to different people. It is either a test or it is not. This is further exemplified by the animal kingdom, where life is indeed a test but is a test of the survival of the un-weak. Humans are physiologically animals, and scientifically and logically speaking we remain animals. The one concession I can give to the theist is that life may be a test, but not your test: Darwinism’s test is logical, and unlike invisible deities, we know is true.

 

 

iii.                  Unjust

 

Only a theist can really refuse to see the unjustness of the situation. A baby gets an eternal paradise for doing nothing. Whatever the baby did, god could have done to the rest of humanity. He would have what he wanted since dead babies seem worthy of spending company with him. Yet the adult goes to hell- eternally. This means that over 99.99% of the adult’s existence will be being tormented. Again, completely unjust and it makes no sense.

 

iv.                 The problem of omniscience