In Serch of God
3. Man Does Not Stand Alone
~ 22 ~
which comes with the acquisition of experience and
knowledge, a great number of people, including
atheists and apostates, become serious in their
approach to the subject of God.
A thinker has aptly said:
A smattering of knowledge turns
people away from God. Greater
knowledge brings them back to Him.
Here are a few examples to illustrate this point. Let
us take the case of a youth who, having grown up
with romantic ideas, enthusiastically enters upon
married life by opting for a “love marriage”. But
very soon this love turns to hate and the couple
ultimately separate. Then the husband realizes that
his acceptance of love as the “summum bonum”
was the result of his own immaturity. Consciously
or unconsciously, he begins to feel that his
perception has not been clear enough to understand
life in depth and that a superior guide is required to
compensate for his inexperience.
