Why do you prefer serial killers?

[The Grand Nudger]

There are serial killers living among us who choose their targets without any logical reason. Even though it is highly unlikely, you can be one of their victims. Now imagine yourself sitting on a serial killer’s chair, tightly bound and crying not from fear or hopelessness but from excruciating pain. There is really nothing to stop him except watching him parting you piece by piece in unbearable pain.

As a Muslim, I wonder something. God sent hundreds of prophets over thousands of years, from Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus to Mohammad. They were all kind, nice, and reliable people who said “We don’t want anything from you; our rewards belong to God.” They all had the same message which you already know very well. However, you didn’t care about them; instead, you hated them, mocked them, and even killed some of them. 

On the other hand, now you are in a chair waiting for death, bound and helpless, you pray to God to save your life. 

The question is: while hundreds of nice and kind prophets of God could not make you believe in Him, how come a serial killer can open your blind eyes and let you see him? In fact, all this time, you were denying the existence of God just because you couldn’t see Him.

You'll have to ask your coreligionists why you keep killing each others and shamans and witchdoctors.  You might wanna talk to your god about all those serial killers.

This business about a serial killer, though.  Are you telling us that's the kind of thing that would make you believe in god, if you didn't already?  Being bound and gagged.  Sobbing, probably tortured or at least severely beaten.  I imagine there's more than one reaction to that situation - but we probably won't ever get much good data on it, what with how people in those situations often don't live to talk about it?  I would suppose that alot of people in that situation..and even less extreme encounters with death, probably do die wishing someone would come and save them. 

Results may vary.....

I think, though, you should run this thought experiment in the reverse. I've been sent no prophets, and I'd rate yours no higher than lunatics if they aren't pure fiction - that's true. But I do see you killing each other, and all of the killing in the world in general. God built a meatgrinder, it's followers built a death cult, apparently. Do you kill each others wizards and worship death because you prefer serial killers?