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Does this argument refute Islam?

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The Qur'an is full of verses where it tells you that Allah loves you if X. That is, on one condition. For example, in Sura 3 Ayah 32, it is said that "Allah does not love those who do not believe". And, that Allah's love is conditional, makes me think something... Allah is supposed to be the highest conceivable being, isn't He? If you can find a being who has more perfection than Allah, that being is the one who is God (not the other). For example, if there is a being more perfect than Allah, Allah would no longer be God, because God by definition is perfection and the absolute. Okay, so God is the perfection of good. OK, and the ultimate moral perfection, love, right? Because there is no greater expression of kindness than love. So, if Allah is God, he should show the highest degree of love possible and no being could surpass him (since he is God). But the Qur'an says that Allah's love is partial and conditional, the expression of his love is not total and perfect (he does not love everyone, and he only loves you if you repent, and go with him). If Allah does not show the highest degree of love possible, he is not perfect, then he is not God? In Christianity it is not so, Christ loves even his enemies. Christ died on the cross loving those who crucified and killed Him. Hence the famous phrase "Father, forgive them, they do not know what they are doing". Or even in the Sermon on the Mount, where Christ said that "blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven."Or "blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied." The love of the Christian God is absolute and unconditional, God loves us all. How is this argument refuted?
Asked by Alex Iglesias (117 rep)
Apr 25, 2024, 07:41 AM
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