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They forget to mention that he was not granted visa for 21 countries of the
world. Can aperson imagine a 'God' visiting the earth and requiring a visa
to enter a country! The Arcbishop of Greece said that if Rajneesh had not
been deported, they would have burnt his house and those of his discipiles.
The fourth test, which is the most stringent, is There is none like unto
Him. The moment you can imagine God or compare God to anything
then he (the candidate to divinity) is not God. It is not possible to
conjure up a mental picture of the One True God. We know that Rajneesh
was a human being with a white flowing beard. He had 2 eyes 2 ears, 1
nose, 1 mouthPhotographs and posters of Rajneesh are available in
plenty. The moment you can imagine what god is, he is not God.
Many are tempted to make anthropomorphic comparisons who was
given the title of Mr. Universe, the strongest man in the worl. What is the
concluding remark to this section of "acid test"? This said testcannot be
passed by anyone except the true God.

By what name do we call God?

The Muslims prefer calling Allah, instead of the English word God. The
Arabic word, Allah, is pure and unique, unlike the English word God,
which can be played around with.
If you add s to the word God, it becomes Gods, that is the plural of God.
Allah is one and singular, there is no plural of Allah. If you add dess to the
word God, it becomes Goddess that is a female God. There is nothing like
male Allah or female Allah. Allah has no gender. If you pre-fix tin before
the word God, it becomes tin-God i.e., fake God. Allah is a unique word,
which does not conjure up any mental picture nor can it be played around
with. Therefore the Muslims prefer saying 'Allah', but sometimes while
speaking to the non-Muslims we may have to use the inappropriate word
God for Allah. Since the intended audience of this book is general in
nature, consisting of both Muslims as well as non-Muslims, I have used
the word God instead of Allah in several places in this article.

God does not becomes a human being:

Some people argue that God can do everything, then why cannot He take
human form? If God wishes He can become a human being. But then He
no longer remains God because the qualities of God and human beings in
many respects are completely incompatible. The following paragraphs will
show the absurdity of the idea of God becoming a human being.
God is immortal and human beings are mortal. You cannot have a Godman i.e. an immortal being, and at the same time and in the same
entity. It is meaningless. God does not have a beginning while human
beings have a beginning. You cannot have a person, not having a

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beginning and at the same time having a beginning. Human being have
an end You cannot have a being, which has no end and an end at the
same time. It is meaningless.
God Almighty does not require to eat whereas human beings require
nourishment to sustain life.
And He it is that Feeds but is not fed.
[Holy Quran 6 :14]

God does not require rest or sleep while human beings cannot go
indefinitely without rest.
But He the Living, The Self-subsisting, Eternal. 296 No
slumber can seize Him Nor sleep. His are all things In the
heavens and on earth.
[Holy Quran 2:255]

Worship of another human is useless:

If the idea of God becoming a human is unacceptable, we must also agree
that there is therefore no sense in worshipping another human. If God
becomes a human form, He ceases to be God and possesses all the
qualities of a human. For example if a brilliant professor meets with an
accident and suffers irreparable loss of memory, it would be foolish on the
part of his students to continue to take lessons from him in that subject.
Moreover if God takes human form, the same human cannot later
become God, since human beings, by definition, do not possess the
power to become God. The worship of God in a human form is therefore
a logical fallacy and should be abhorred in all its forms.
That is the reason why the Holy Quran speaks against all forms of
anthropomorphism.The glorious Qur'an says in the following verse:
"There is nothing whatever like create him"
(Al-Qur'an 42:11)

God does not perform ungodly acts:

The attributes of Almighty God preclude any evil since God is the
fountainhead of justice, mercy and truth. God can never be thought of
as doing an ungodly act. Hence we cannot imagine God telling a lie,
being unjust, making a mistake, forgetting things, and such other
human failings.Similarly God can do injustice if he wants but He will
never do it because being unjust is an ungodly act.
The Holy Quran says:
Allah is never unjust In the least degree
([Holy Quran 4:40)

God can be unjust if he wants, but the moment God does injustice He ceases to be God.

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God does not forget nor does He make mistakes:

God will not forget anything because forgetting is an ungodly act, which
reeks of human limitations and failing. Similarly God will not make a
mistake, because making mistakes is an ungodly act.
my Lord never errs, nor forgets.
[Holy Quran (20:52)]

God performs Godly acts:

He has power over all things: The Islamic concept of God is that God has
power over all things. The Holy Quran says in several places:
For verily Allah has power over all things
[Holy Quran (2:106)]
[Holy Quran (2:109)]
[Holy Quran (2:284)]
[Holy Quran (3:29)]
[Holy Quran (16:77)]
[Holy Quran (35:1)]

Futher the Glorious Qur'an says:

Allah is the doer of all He intends

[Holy Quran (85:16)]

We must keep in mind that Allah intends only Godly acts and not
ungodly acts.
Many religions at some point believe,directly or indirectly in the
philosophy of anthropomorphism i.e. God becoming a human form. Their
contention is that Almighty God is so pure and holy that He is unaware
of the hardships, shortcomings and feelings of human beings. In order
to set the rules for human beings He came down to earth in the form of
a human. This deceptive logic has fooled countless millions through the
ages. Let us now analyze this argument and see if it stands to reason.

The Creator prepares the instruction manual:

Allah (SWT) has endowed us humans with reason and intelligence. We
invent and manufacture appliances for specific purposes. Tape recorders
for instance are manufactured in large numbers. It has never been
suggested that in order to understand what is good for the tape recorder
the manufacturer should become a tape recorder himself. One simply
assumes that the manufacturer will publish an instruction manual, since
he has complete knowledge of his product. In short the instruction
manual gives the dos and donts for the machine.

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