My Book About God

by Rashid Ahmad Chaudhry

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My Book About God — Page 5

5 Salma— No, I haven’t. Mary— Then how do you know that God really exists? Barbara— Well! I have seen pictures in books where God is shown as an old man with a long white beard sitting on a cloud surrounded by angels. Different reli- gions have different ideas about God. My friend Neeta is a Hindu and I have seen pictures where God is shown as an elephant or sometimes a human figure with many arms. Mary— Our teacher told us that the ancient Egyptians used to worship a God that looked like a jackal. She also told us that some Egyptians worshipped cats. Now tell us, what does your God look like?