I will probably get some hate mail over this one.
Here is why. The muslim god is not merciful… not even in the slightest.
Possibly the biggest reason why is because the muslim punishment for apostasy is death.
If it wasn’t death it very well could be somethign else that will be highly uncomfortable…
For example…
The Qur’an in Sura 5:33 says:
5:33 Those who wage war against God and His Messenger and strive to spread corruption in the land should be punished by death, crucifixion, the amputation of an alternate hand and foot. . . .
I suspect that there are a large amount of atheists who are forced into being muslim due to fear from parents, friends, or entire society.
In fact, there is a murder trial being conducted at this moment in Canada about some honour killings. I am not going into great detail about it so I will give you the Cole’s notes version.
The father named Mohammad Shafia, his son and his 2nd wife (he had 2 wives) killed his first wife and 3 daughters. His first wife wanted a divorce and this daughters didn’t want to wear the hijab… and other things that typical Canadian girls want to do at their ages. The father deemed them to be “sluts and whores” and had them killed in order to regain his family’s honour.
Here is a news article about it.
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/12/14/shafia-boys-selective-memory-always-helps-parents-crown
Here is an article about the history of honour killings.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/12/02/f-honour-killings.html
There is nothing merciful about honour killings… or killing in general.
Now, the muslim god, the christian god, the jewish god, or any other god for that matter is not merciful.
It’s a good thing that none of them exist. It’s not the god that kills people, it’s people that kill people.
Hopefully one day we will get through this…