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Concept of Gods Mercy in Islam & Christianity - IPCI

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Thus we enter the truly stagger<strong>in</strong>g vicious circle <strong>of</strong> a God who<br />

punishes himself <strong>in</strong> order to forgive the men and women who<br />

<strong>of</strong>fended him.<br />

One day there was a dentist who was an oral hygiene enthusiast. He<br />

loved his work and was a true expert <strong>in</strong> dentistry. However he could not<br />

tolerate bad teeth. Throughout his career, all his patients had some tooth<br />

defect or the other. Some peoples teeth were rotten, others plaque<br />

<strong>in</strong>fested, some needed a fill<strong>in</strong>g, others needed a root canal. Old people<br />

had teeth miss<strong>in</strong>g while majority had wrong proportions; some were too<br />

cramped together, others to wide apart. None were perfect.<br />

After many years practic<strong>in</strong>g, he lost all hope <strong>in</strong> f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g anyone with a<br />

perfect, flawless, beautiful set <strong>of</strong> white teeth, free from any fault; except<br />

for one very precious well ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong>ed set. HIS VERY OWN TEETH!<br />

So the dentist hav<strong>in</strong>g perfect teeth thought; “How nice it would be if I<br />

sacrifice my lovely teeth for the sake <strong>of</strong> all my patients with defective<br />

teeth; grant<strong>in</strong>g them everlast<strong>in</strong>g good teeth free from decay!”<br />

Hammer and chisel <strong>in</strong> hand he smashes his can<strong>in</strong>es, <strong>in</strong>cisors and f<strong>in</strong>ally<br />

the molars. Under no antistatic, the dentist suffers pa<strong>in</strong> for all his past<br />

and future patients leav<strong>in</strong>g him toothless. The dentist had reached the<br />

p<strong>in</strong>nacle <strong>of</strong> dental care, by pay<strong>in</strong>g the price for rotten teeth once and for<br />

all. Mank<strong>in</strong>d‟s teeth problem is solved.<br />

Would not the entire dental fraternity not consider the dentists actions<br />

as immoral or looney?<br />

The concept <strong>of</strong> atonement via blood sounds like a dentist try<strong>in</strong>g to<br />

break his own teeth <strong>in</strong> order to calm and treat his patients who<br />

have severe tooth decay.<br />

This is the core <strong>of</strong> Paul<strong>in</strong>e Christendom. This dogma lacks the essence<br />

<strong>of</strong> mercy and has baffled many Christians, <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g the number <strong>of</strong><br />

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