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It was Darwin’s theory of evolution, followed by Marx’s materialistic (even if
inadequate or wrong) theory of history and society and Freud’s attribution of
human behavior to influences over which we have little control, that provid-

ed a crucial plank to the platform of mechanism and materialism” that has
since been “the stage of most Western thought”." 157

But this is all a deception.
Human beings are not freed from their responsibilities by regarding
everything as simple and unconscious. And it is impossible for a feeling of avoiding one’s responsi-
bilities to make people happy. Once people cast off this feeling, they will not suddenly enjoy earth-

ly pleasures or at once be freed from all their worries. There is a very important truth that atheists
and Darwinists either do not know, or refuse to admit: Allah creates all things. It is also Allah Who
creates blessings and pleasures in this world. And it is therefore Allah Who bestows the sensa-
tion of enjoying earthly pleasures and a pleasant life.

If Allah so wishes He can make a person suffer the worst unhappiness and torment in the midst
of all blessings and in great plenty and abundance. No matter how much a person may strive to have
unlimited enjoyment of all delights, it is still Allah Who bestows pleasure and happiness on him.
One of atheists’ and Darwinists’ gravest errors is that they ignore this reality.

Everyone who thinks he has no responsibilities is also searching for love, comfort and security,
just like everyone else. But he will possess none of these in a society made up of individuals like him-
self. Throughout his life, the irresponsible person tries to forget that he will one day die. But he is in
fact constantly in the shadow of death. He sees the deaths of people around him and constantly wit-

nesses sickness and accidents. Even the death of an insect will remind him of the death he is trying
to get away from. No matter how much he tries to deny the fact of death, the fear of it will eventu-
ally enfold his entire body. He grieves for people around him who die and, according to his own be-
liefs, just cease to exist. He begins to find it impossible to deny that his own body cannot withstand

the ravages of time, and that death is drawing closer all the time. Far from comforting him, denying
the fact of death will bring with it fear, stress and worry.

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