Page 57 - Satan's Sly Game: The False Religion of People-Worship

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

error, preferring to please other human beings and to fear their
censure. Thoughts like, "What will people say?" and "If my
friend says one more word, they'll find me out," and "Everyone
does it, so I'll do it too," may turn a person into someone who
worships people (Allah is beyond that) and not Allah, who is de-
voted to the pursuit of the world and totally removed from the
moral teachings of the Qur'an. As a result, some see no wrong in
showing no sense of compassion, mercy or love, and enjoy op-
pressing others. Those interested only in money and social posi-
tion see nothing wrong with a mentality that leaves no room for
moral virtue. If most of his social class is unjust, fraudulent, with
no moral virtues—knowing that he will be thrown out if he acts
any differently, he behaves like the others. He will think posi-
tively about even an immoral person, if his boss thinks well of
him. Conversely, if his director does not have a good opinion of
this individual, our example may say negative things about him,
without even having looked into the person's real character.
These people have completely disregarded Allah and religious
morality, and as a natural result, most continue to live according
to the axiom that "the majority is right." They demonstrate no in-
dependence of character. They become members of a circle sim-
ilar to those social groups mentioned above, for they think that
everyone lives, acts and thinks in a certain way. Wherever they
turn, they find people like themselves conforming to the major-
ity; and they cannot detect the error of their mental state because
they mix with people whose main aim is pleasing others.
As these brief examples show, if people adopt a lifestyle
with no concern for winning Allah's favor, they will gain noth-
ing. A society of intellectually and morally corrupt individuals

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