Page 61 - The Religion Of The Ignorant

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

He offered it to them and then exclaimed, "Don't you then
eat?" (Surat adh-Dhariyat, 24-27)
As can be seen, the Prophet Abraham (as) treated his guests
with great consideration, even though he did not know them, and
offered them refreshment without causing any embarrassment.
When Ignorantism prevails, however, people's attitudes are ex-
ceedingly selfish and inconsiderate. If you go to the home of some-
one under the spell of the Religion of the Ignorant, you will
experience an intense feeling of being a burden, because under the
moral values of that religion, a guest is regarded as just another
mouth to feed.
People concerned over mutual interests, of course, play host to
one another at specific times to keep their relations on a sound foot-
ing. However, under the rules of Ignorantism, when one person vis-
its the home of another, he is later expected to repay that hospitality
in kind. Being someone else's guest three or four times in a row is
out of the question!
The hosts impatiently await their guests' departure. They can-
not abide their presence for more than a few hours. If the guest has
not been specifically invited for dinner, they will not offer him any-
thing to eat. Since the emphasis is on sending the guest back home
by incurring as little expenditure as possible, a few of the very
cheapest things may be brought in and handed round. Hosts gener-
ally set aside the best for themselves and minimize costs by offering
the worst to their guests. It's regarded as the height of bad manners
for guests to have more than one helping at dinner, and if they do
ask for any more, the hosts will secretly gossip in the kitchen about
how ill-bred they are, saying things like, "Don't they eat a lot? Let's
hope they don't stay too long." Neither is the guest's wandering
about the house welcomed, and no matter how long they may stay,

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