Page 201 - A Historical Lie: The Stone Age

HARUN YAHYA

This theory was put forward in the 19th century by atheist an-
thropologists and has been kept alive ever since, presented in vari-
ous scenarios. But it is nothing more than a deception. As
archaeological and historical evidence shows, contrary to what these
scientists have proposed, from earliest times there was a monotheist
religion that God revealed to humanity through His prophets. But at
the same time, deviant, superstitious beliefs have always coexisted
with the true religion. Just as today there are people who believe that
God is the One and Only deity and lead their lives according to the
religion He has revealed, so also are those who erroneously worship
idols of wood and stone, or satan, or their ancestors as well as vari-
ous spirits, animals, the Sun, the Moon or the stars. And many of
these people are not backward, but on the contrary live in very ad-
vanced circumstances.
Throughout history, there have also been those who have not
obeyed the precepts of the true religions revealed by God and tried
to eliminate their moral values. The Qur'an tells us of some people
who wanted to include superstitious beliefs and practices in the true
religion revealed to them and ended up altering and destroying it:
Woe to those who write the Book with their own hands and

then say "This is from God" to sell it for a paltry price. Woe to
them for what their hands have written! Woe to them for what
they earn! (Qur'an, 2:79)
This is why, over the course of time, some who believed in the
existence and unity of God and obeyed His commands abandoned
true religion. In this way, deviant beliefs and practices came into
being. In other words, contrary to what some have proposed, there
has never been a process of religious evolution; but true religion was
at certain times distorted, as a result of which deviant ones arose.

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