The Allah Who Cried Wolf

Islam

Thesis: Denying Jesus' crucifixion creates a huge trust problem in Islam.

According to Islam, Allah’s deception of making Jesus’ crucifixion “appear so” (Quran 4:157) already produced a global damnable religion that sends sincere believers to hell: Christianity.

So how can Muslims trust that angel Jibreel’s revelation of the Quran to Muhammad (another supernatural event) wasn’t another deception from Allah that produced another damnable religion: Islam?

Sincere Trinitarian Christians are going to die thinking they will go to heaven because Jesus paid for their sins through the crucifixion and Allah is gonna be like "it was made to appear so" and send them to hell.
And this won't happen to Muslims, why?
Because the appearance said so?

If the Christians don't know they will be rugpulled until they die, how do Muslims know?
You can't trust any promise of safety from a God who rugpulls sincere believers.

Analogy:
People form a religion around a miracle/illusion from Paul, claiming Paul wanted it.
Paul then comes back, says he faked it, and tortures everyone who believes in this religion.
People form a second religion around another miracle/illusion from Paul, again claiming Paul wanted it.
Would you believe in the second religion?

Responses and Why They Don't Work:

  • Circular: Aligns with prophets, fitra (Judaism + Deism), Allah says X, last prophet, X is in Quran = "Because the appearance said so" -> Deception resulting in hell burns down the reliability of the channel. So, the appearance (Quran) can’t verify itself as non deceptive
  • No Necessity/Entailment: It's not about that. It's an issue about trust in religions people form from supernatural appearances. But if people already formed a religion (Christianity) that sends u to hell based on one deceptive supernatural appearance (Jesus’ crucifixion), why would u trust another religion (Islam) that people formed based on a new supernatural appearance (Jibreel appearance to Muhammad revealing Quran)?
  • Content: Beautiful, 23 years, inimitable, scientific facts, predictions -> even if granted, why can't Allah do this in a deception?
  • Downstream: preserved, hadith, trustworthy Prophet, companions witnessed ->  even if granted, none of this matters if it was made to appear so
  • No deception: Next verse is after made to appear so is “rather Allah raised him up to himself” (4:158). All classical tafsirs agree Allah did it. but even if granted, there is something or someone that is powerful enough to create mass supernatural deceptions resulting in damned religions. Same Problem.
  • Good Reason/For Enemies:  Allah raising Jesus to Himself saved him (Quran 4:158), so why did Allah add the deception (Quran 4:157)? But even if granted, billions of sincere Christians ended up believing in the deception. Even if it was good deception, many sincere Christians don’t know this and are going to hell. So there could be a good reason you are deceived too that you don’t know. also, circular.
  • "Radical skepticism": I don’t believe in a devil that mass deceives people. You believe in a God that does.

Commonality:

  • None of this matters if it was made to appear so.
  • Deception resulting in hell burns down the reliability of the channel.
  • So, Quran can't verify its own reliability when it is the appearance under question.
  • If sincerity to a supernatural appearance didn't save Christians from your God, then your own sincerity to this appearance can't save you.

I've posted this argument along with others on this website (with linked sources):
https://islamsproblems.com/allah-who-cried-wolf/

Posted Jun 15, 2026, 12:53 PM UTC

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