Our God — Page 148
148 can produce these sentiments in their most perfect form and in a comprehensive manner in mankind. Other factors in their capac- ity and quantity cannot compare with it. Therefore, our claim can be rejected only if it can be proven logically that belief in God cannot motivate sentiments of brotherhood and love; or if it can be demonstrated by experience and observation that those who do not believe in God are more sympathetic, philanthropic, and loving to mankind than those who believe in Him. Unless either of the two is established, no one has the right to contend that belief in God is not, or atheism is, conducive to such sentiments, merely on the grounds that an atheist also has such sentiments to some extent. I cannot believe that a sensible person can accept even for a moment that atheism in itself can—or that belief in God can- not—be conducive to these sentiments. These two statements are so obviously unnatural and contrary to fi t rah that no sensible person can accept them. If properly believed in, God is the focal point upon which all creation ultimately converges. The concept of unity and oneness are inseparably linked to this focal point; rejecting it [i. e. God] is tantamount to admitting that this uni- verse has no centre or origin. As soon as you entertain this notion, ideas of unity and oneness start vanishing. Can anyone say that common fatherhood cannot lead to unity and brotherhood but separate fatherhood can? No, never! If, at times, sons of different fathers live together in peace and with love, we cannot conclude that common fatherhood cannot lead to love and brotherhood. We will instead infer that some other factors have brought them together at one point despite, but not because of, being sons of different fathers. Likewise, admittedly, if these sons of different