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Divine Morality On Trial: The Killing Of The Innocent Child In The Quran
In Surah Al-Kahf, Khidr kills a child who committed no crime, only because God knew he would disbelieve in the future.
If this is truly God’s word, why would God tell a story where He Himself violates the very moral principles He commands humans to follow—namely, that killing an innocent is wrong?
If human morality, given by God, says this is evil, and if 8 billion humans would instinctively call this act immoral, why is it presented as just because ‘God has wisdom’? Isn’t this arbitrary morality—right and wrong changing only because God does it?
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Divine Morality On Trial: The Killing Of The Innocent Child In The Quran
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Every moment, God gives death to people, big and small. To give life and death is His prerogative. The question of morality does not apply here to God. He did not create the world based on justice. He will dispense justice in the hereafter. In the story of Moses and the man of God, the man of God was a tool who was executing His orders. He was not a human, who have been made responsible for their deeds. These are two different domains.
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Your main point is: “Question of morality does not apply to God.” The rest is just justification for that point.
If I claim to be a prophet and kill an innocent soul, will I not be responsible for killing an innocent soul if I say I am a tool of God and He ordered it? If my followers use this argument, will it be equally valid?
And you, as Muslims, should not criticize me, because you yourselves accept this rule. I would call it double standards if you criticize me while accepting it for God. What point do you have other than “God said so, we cannot question” to justify this immoral act that 8 billion people—and even Prophet Musa—considered immoral?
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