Page 125 - The Worst Slander: Idolatry

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar) 123

Prophet Moses (pbuh) burned the calf and threw its ashes
into the sea. So they properly smashed the logic of the idol-
atry. Today, it is necessary to smash the logic of idolatry in
a drastic way, which can only be done by changing one's
intention and perspective.
Therefore, the greatest change experienced by new
believers takes place primarily in their own mind. While they
might be able to maintain certain elements from their previ-
ous life, they will nevertheless have a totally new perspec-
tive and understanding. In short, their society's social
norms, their elders' and ancestors' beliefs, their own per-
sonal desires, and the ideas of other people will become
meaningless, for they will regulate their new life solely
according to the Qur'an and the hadith and aim to achieve
Allah's approval. By ceasing to illogically serve and please
many minor and false deities, they will surrender entirely to
Allah. This is revealed in the Qur'an:
(Joseph said:) "What you serve apart from Him are only
names that you and your ancestors have made up.
There is no mandate for them from Allah. Allah alone is
qualified to judge. His order is to worship none but Him.
This is, in truth, the straight and upright religion, but
most people do not know." (Surah Yusuf: 40)