Our God — Page 107
Logical Arguments for the Existence of God 107 beyond temporarily taking over the hearts and minds of a few men. In the history of nations, the doctrine of atheism can be compared to a small group of insurgents who revolt from time to time against an organised and established government, but cannot hold out for long; nor do they manage to achieve any lasting and strong sovereignty over any significant territory. Can the author- ity of any established government be challenged on account of such rebels? No, never! Is Belief in God Based on Superstition? If at this point someone harbours a doubt that some Western his- torians claim to have identified some ancient nations who were altogether unaware of the belief in God, then the answer to this is as follows: Granted, some historians have noted this, and, in particular, they have asserted that peoples living in the earliest age were unaware of the belief in God altogether; however, a careful study reveals that such authors have been mistaken and have not fully done their research. Specifically, they have erred in attrib- uting the idolatrous beliefs of certain ancient nations merely to fear, ignorance, and superstition, and concluded from this erro- neously that they never believed in one God. That is absolutely incorrect; the fact is that idolatry, though resulting from igno- rance, is an offshoot of the belief in God, not its root. That is to say, idolatrous beliefs always result from the corrupted forms of belief in God and never develop in the complete absence of belief in God. There are instances in world history that a nation appears to believe in God initially and, later, idolatrous notions