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Questionable Teachings of Islam:

One Billion People Deceived

Analyzing Islamic Theology

Part 3: Predestination of Souls

Predestination, in theological belief, means that God has already predetermined in
advance which person will spend eternity in heaven and which person will spend eternity
in hell. Islam is one such religious ideology that teaches predestination, while Christianity
preaches that God gives all people the freedom to choose for themselves. Granted, there
are some Christian dogmas that also lean toward predestination; however, the basis of
such teaching is countered when one reads the context of the complete message as
presented in the Holy Bible.

What may be confused with predestination is God's Divine attribute of being All-Knowing
(Omniscient). Therefore, although God desires all of mankind to be saved from the wrath
to come, He actually knows which individual will choose to accept His plan of Salvation
and which individual will choose to reject Him. This does not prevent God from continually
offering each individual the opportunity to know of His existence. In the end, each person
will not be able to say that they were not aware of the existence of God nor can they say
that they had not been told of His plan. Basically, each person chooses to love God willingly
and through his or her own personal decision. By the same token, one willfully decides
and chooses to reject God through his/her personal decision of doubt and unbelief.

As stated, if predestination was a true fact with God, then all people have already been
assigned to either heaven or hell and they literally have no choice in the matter. Their fate
has been pre-planned! That means that no matter how good or how bad a person lives on
earth, they already have their eternal destination waiting for them. Does that sound like
a Just and fair God?

Note: Color-coded text in this section:
Green = Qur'an / Ahadith Red = New Testament Blue = Torah

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