Page 62 - Satan's Sly Game: The False Religion of People-Worship

THE "LET THEM SAY" AND "DON'T LET

THEM SAY" PRINCIPLES IN THE

"RELIGION" OF WORSHIPPING PEOPLE

he basic rules of this "religion" are founded on two prin-
ciples: "Let them say," and "Don't let them say." At these
T principles' root is the error of seeking to please others
and feeling one has to assume the identity and lead the kind of
life that others expect. In other words, a person who adopts such
a goal has ceased to use his mind and his freedom of thought. He
will have to change himself constantly in relation to other peo-
ple's expressions of praise, affection, interest, intimacy and
friendship. Such concerns as, "I want people to say this about
me", and "I don't want anyone to say that about me" prevent him
from using his mind and cause him to make every effort to-
wards the impossible goal of trying to please everyone. He is
forced to live not in accordance with what he sees as very true
and of which he does not have the slightest doubt, but in accor-
dance with what society demands. However, in the Qur'an
Allah says that a life not founded on seeking to please Him will
certainly lead to Hell the one who lives it.

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