Put simply, the basic premise of the Abrahamic beliefs (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) are as

follows:
- God is just, kind, perfect
- This life is our first and last life
- God is testing us here
- Based on the marks we obtain in this test, we will go to either Heaven or Hell.
The differences between Judaism, Christianity and Islam lie only in
- the testing criteria and the description of Heaven and Hell
- the level of fanaticism required for passing this Test.
But the basic construct is same One Life which is Test, God is best examiner, and Result is
Pass (Heaven) or Fail (Hell) .
Let us evaluate this basic construct critically through a series of examples, and decide whether it
is logically plausible.
1.
Many children die in the wombs. Now as per Islam or Christianity would they go to Heaven or
Hell? Most scholars of Islam and Christianity say they go to Heaven because they never did
anything wrong in their lives.
Now my question is Did they even have an option to do anything wrong?
Is God not being partial by clearing one candidate even without starting his examination, and
another one has to keep giving test after test continuously for 100 years!
2.
Many children die young before they reach maturity. Even the wrong acts they do are not out of
willful desire to do something wrong but out of innocence. Would they reach Heaven or Hell?
If they reach Heaven, then why does God not kill everyone in their childhood and ensure a seat
in Heaven for them? Is God not being unjust and imperfect?
If they reach Hell, what was their fault?
Say twins were born. Both lived same innocent life for first 3 years. Then one died. He will go
straight to Heaven. The other remained innocent for next few years, then got into bad company,
became an Apostate/Kafir and died at age of 60. Now he should go to Hell, as per the Books.
Is this not Gods crime that he made him live for 60 years and not his brother? Had he killed
both at same age of 3 years, both would have gone to Heaven!
So if there is one life and permanent Heaven/Hell, it proves God is unjust.

3.
A person is born insane. His mental faculties have not developed beyond say, age of five. But he
lives a long life. Will he go to Hell or Heaven?
Again the same questions as above rise. And result in either God being unjust or concept of one
life as test to enter Heaven/Hell being wrong.
4.
One person is born in family of Hindu, another in home of an atheist, one as a Muslim and
another as a Christian. Based on what they imbibe from their respective societies, they become a
devout Hindu, Atheist, Muslim and Christian respectively.
Now as per Islam, only those who believe in Quran and Muhammad can go to Heaven. As per
Christians, only those who surrender to Jesus can go to Heaven.
So who will go where?
Definitely the Hindu and Atheist are bound to go to Hell. Now my question is Was God not
unjust by not giving everyone birth in family of Muslim or Christian, whosoever is correct?
What is my fault if I was born and brought up in a Hindu family and never got any reason to be
convinced by Quran or Bible? Why has God planned my stay in Hell from advance?
5.
A person who is devout follower of Islam believes that children go to Heaven because that is
what scholars teach him. So as a noble example of self-sacrifice, he starts killing children. His
logic is that, even if I have to burn in Hell forever, I should do my best to ensure that these
innocent children get reservation for Paradise!
Thus he is doing a selfless social service. Will he go to Heaven or Hell?
If he goes to Heaven, then Allah or God is setting a wrong example for people to follow.
If he goes to Hell, then selflessness is bad.
Further, since no one will actually know who will go where until doomsday comes, it means God
has already spread enough confusion to motivate many innocent selfless social workers to follow
the path of infanticide and killing!
6.
An unbiased testing environment will demand that
- first the subject be taught to everyone with same facilities,
- then they should be evaluated under same testing environment.
Accordingly, God should have first imbibed Quran or Bible, whichever is true, in hearts of all
people, then given them birth in same types of family, allowed them to grow up in same place
and in same conditions, and only then should have conducted the test.

But in this world, we find the testing environment to be as diverse as one can possibly imagine.
And yet God is claimed to be perfect, just and kind!
Most religious scholars answer this paradox by saying that God or Allah knows how to decide
the fate by whatever acts people have done in their respective lives based on whatever
environment they had to live in. This seems to be like God having something like the
Duckworth-Lewis formula which is used to decide winner of an interrupted cricket match.
Now this raises few doubts:
One,
if indeed God is perfect and He has such a great scoring formula, why did he create the entire
drama and wasted so many years? He should have used the formula in the very beginning and
directly sent everyone to either Heaven or Hell!
Two,
If the formula works on a stillborn child or a fetus, why did he unnecessarily bias against certain
folks and had them face troubles of long lives? After all He had created everyone equal to start
with!
Three,
The test seems to have discrete results. As per Quran, all Heaven-goers would get 72 virgins
each. There seems to be no concept of variation of results as per deeds. Some books do talk of
several varieties of Heaven, but these merely increase a binary solution to a finite number
solution (Instead of one Heaven and one Hell, there are now say 10 Heavens and 10 Hells). But
still there is no continuous gradation. It is like a continuous function equation is giving a nonzero discrete answer, which is mathematically improbable.
7.
People seem to be retaining their youthful bodies in Heaven. Now will they be able to change
their looks if they want to? What about children and fetus who go to Heaven? Will they go as
adults? Will they receive a training in Hebrew or Arabic which is supposed to be the language of
Heaven? If indeed so, why did God not make only one single language in earth also?
8.
What about animals reptiles, insects, mammals and other creatures? Will they go to Heaven
or Hell? The earlier belief was that animals do not have souls. But now that it has been amply
proved that at least the higher animals feel pain and pleasure like humans, the opinion is divided.
Some claim that they will also go to Heaven. Others say that Allah knows the best!
In case they go to Heaven, why did God or Allah bias against others and not gave them birth as
cockroaches and goats? That way they too would have got straight passport to Heaven!
In case they go to Hell, what was their fault?

Also, will they live like cockroaches and goats, or will they get human body? Will their
intelligence be enhanced? Or they remain equally dumb as in earth?
9.
Heaven and Hell seem to be permanent. It will continue forever, as per these religions. Now if
that be so, Gods injustice becomes even more prominent in light of above points.
Based on one single test, God put certain people directly in Heaven without testing them at all!
Others he tested for so many years. Some he gave birth in homes of Apostates, some as children
of Prophet himself.
Is this not gravest cheating?
God is the most unjust and biggest cheater of these stories of there being one single exam and
Heaven/Hell forever be true.
A corollary:
What would happen if people start fighting or cheating or adultery in Heaven? Will they be
shifted to Hell? Or will they be permitted to do whatever they want and yet remain in Heaven?
The Holy Books seem to be silent on this!
By Agniveer