The real Atheists

Le 1 janvier 2011.

Kada ka yarda kafri ya fi ka imani ga Allah mai tsarki; ko arna ya fi ka adalci da bin dokokin Allah Ubangiji
(Do not let yourself be less faithful to the holy God than the uncivilized pagan is; nor be less righteous than the unbeliever by the laws of the Lord God)-----A (Qur'anic) preacher in Mango, Togo


Atheists are not rare. Practical atheists are not as uncommon as the concept of atheism in a religion-soaked world might presuppose. Many atheists are very religious, yet practically very atheistic nonetheless. But the real atheists are not those placard-bearing crusaders and protesters marching, sometimes, in the streets of some European cities....The real atheists are the those who pray and praise accordingly, frequently, but whose utmost loyalty is to their personal ambitions: ambitions that oppose and disgrace the God they claim to worship

If the revealed Way of the Only-True God is followed by religionists, users of holy names and articles, the question of whether there exists (a) God or not would not have arisen. If it does, it would not have acquired any moral force. It would be simply an extravagant intellectual speculation...; for the benefits of God's presence would be so manifest, so doubt-neutralizing... You don't go doubting that there is fire when or where light and smoke are in progress