Page 79 - Satan's Sly Game: The False Religion of People-Worship

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

A person who thinks in this way work hard so that his ac-
quaintances will not say, "He doesn't even have a car," or "He
doesn't have a house of his own." He'll devote his entire life to
attaining those material possessions regarded as indispensable
by his society.
If he owns a business, this individual will try to act in an au-
thoritarian way towards those around him. He will be harsh to
his employees so that no one can say that he "can't get anyone do
to what he says."
A woman would not want her friends to gossip that she's
not good at housecleaning. So, even though she may sometimes
neglect her housework, every time her friends are coming over,
she will clean it down to the last speck of dust and prepare vari-
ous lavish foods. But she doesn't care about places that her
friends will not see.
Another person will fill his library with books he has no in-
tention of reading so that people will not think him ignorant or
uncultured. Or he will take a book with him on vacation and
pretend to read it, so that people will not say that they have
never seen him open a book.
A member of the religion of people worshippers will pre-
tend to be interested in the same things that interested his social
circle, because he feels obliged to follow their rules. For exam-
ple, even though an art exhibition doesn't appeal to him, he will
attend as if it were a homework assignment; just as he will go to
an auction, a car race, or learn to play the piano. He will force
himself to do things he doesn't like so that people will accept
him, like him, and not say, "He doesn't fit in," or "He's a dilet-
tante." (Of course, there is nothing wrong if he likes doing these

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