Theist and
atheist –Where is God?
By
P.R.Ramachander
One person Hari,
who was good and devout ,
Went to worship
God in a temple ,
An atheist
standing near the gate ,
Jeered it him
and called him a fool
Hari , with folded
hands in salute,
Asked the Athesit, “Sir
what foolish,
Job have I done to
be called as a fool,
I was just
entering the temple to worship the Goddess
there”
The Athesist said , “ You are going
inside ,
To worship a stone
, while there are ,
Plenty of stones
all around here,
And that is why I
called you a fool.”
Hari smiled and replied , “Sir , do you ,
Salute your mother
and love your wife,
Who are after all
ladies , can you not worship and love,
That Beggar woman
sitting there “
Atheist Got angry
, “ what nonsense ,
Are you telling , how can I salute
or love,
That yonder beggar
lady”, but Hari asked,
“Sir She is also a
lady like those in your home.”
Hari replied ,
“stones and stones are there,
But there is stone
inside which is my goddess,
Just like
ladies and ladies being everywhere,
There are ladies
in your home who are mother and
wife to you.”
The Atheist Got furious
and with blood boiling ,
Told, I am going to make the stone inside the temple,
Wear a garland
of foot wear today
, as I still,
Do not understand how a
statue can be a goddess.”
Hari laughed
and from a near by shop brought ,
A very big
framed photo of the Atheist himself,
And Asked the Atheist, “This is your
photo,
And I am sure you
will agree that it is not yourself.”
The Atheist
replied , “Yes , definitely
it is not me,”
Then Hari , who readily
had a garland of foot wear ,
Garlanded the
photo with that garland.
The Atheist was
furious , “How can you?”
Hari said, “you yourself
told that it is not you.”
The atheist replied
“But it represents me,”
Hari told the Atheist
, Sir this is what I was telling
you,
The statue
inside to my mind represents the Goddess.”
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