In The Name Of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Extracts from What is His name? by Ahmed Deedat

This primitive man is higher in his Concept of God Almighty than the millions of the civilized men and women, of both East and West who strut the world today! “ATNATU” IS NO COCONUT! AN AUSTRALOID: the aborigine of South Australia numbered about 100 000 when the European first touched the shores of Australia. Today, after 200 years, he has been reduced to half that number, and only half of this “half” is pure-blooded.
BELIEF IN GOD UNIVERSAL
Belief in God is ingrained in the nature of man. As long as man existed on earth, the knowledge of God Almighty also co-existed. As Professor Max Fuller in his Hibbert Lectures said:
RELIGION IS NOT A NEW INVENTION. IT IS, IF NOT AS OLD AS THE WORLD, AT LEAST AS OLD AS THE WORLD WE KNOW. THERE NEVER WAS A FALSE GOD NOR WAS THERE EVER A FALSE RELIGION, UNLESS YOU CALL A CHILD A FALSE MAN. ALL RELIGION, SO FAR AS I KNOW THEM, HAD THE SAME PURPOSE. ALL WERE LINKS IN A CHAIN WHICH CONNECTS HEAVEN AND EARTH, AND WHICH HELD, AND ALWAYS WAS HELD, BY ONE AND THE SAME HAND.
GOD NOT PARTIAL
If God Almighty is not partial to His creatures with regard to material blessings like - fresh-air, rain, sunshine etc., why should He be partial in regard to His spiritual blessings (The Guidance of God)? He has not been partial! There is no nation or language group on earth who does not know God by some name. This knowledge was given by the Creator Himself through the lips of His chosen messengers. Though all theology (knowledge of God) originated with God, mankind played fast and loose with those pure and holy concepts, adding frills and adornments where no embellishments was needed - it despoiled the language. In the words of Mrs. Ellen G. White, a prophetess of the 7th Day Adventist Movement, in her Bible Commentary it is said: LEARNED MEN HAD IN SOME INSTANCES CHANGED THE WORDS, THINKING THAT THEY WERE MAKING IT PLAIN, WHEN IN REALITY THEY WERE MYSTIFYING THAT WHICH WAS PLAIN.
In the Religious Annals of the world, the Jewish and Christian Scriptures called the Holy Bible abound with graphic examples of portraying God after mans own pattern:

IMPERFECT DESCRIPTIONS OF GOD
LIKE A MAN “And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.” (Genesis 11:5)
MOSES SEES GODS BACK PARTS?- “And, I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.” (Exodus 33:23)
WRESTLES WITH JACOB -“And He (God) said, thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and has prevailed.” (Genesis 32:28)
LIKE ONE DRUNK -“Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.” (Psalm 78:65)
REGRETS MAKING MAN- “And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.” (Genesis 6:6)
RESTED AND REFRESHED • in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested AND WAS REFRESHED.” (Exodus 31:17)
Out of the encyclopaedia of 73 Books of the Roman Catholics and 66 Books of the Protestants called the “BIBLE”, endless number of quotations can be culled to fill a book larger than this publication to illustrate mans various imperfect descriptions of God. The above examples will suffice, I hope. In the realm of the spirit, no nation has had as much opportunities as the children of Israel. And despite repeated warnings to the effect that: THY GOD IS A JEALOUS GOD, HE SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GOD BEFORE HIM, NOT EVEN OF THE LIKENESS OF THE THINGS ON EARTH, OR IN THE HEAVENS ABOVE, OR IN THE WATERS BENEATH THE SEA. . . (Exodus 20:3-5), they took the golden calf for worship, and again and again reverted into idolatry.
BUT DID HE NOT EAT FOOD? “And they gave him (Jesus) a piece of broiled fish, and of and honeycomb.
And he (Jesus) took it, and did eat before them.” - (Luke 24:42-43)
Further, the mother of Jesus was a woman of truth, a pious and saintly woman - BUT DID SHE NOT EAT FOOD? Can’t you see the implications? Do we need an Australoid (The aborigine of South Australia) to remind us? Indeed, we do! In this battle for the hearts and minds of people, we need his “Atnatu.” In his simple rustic language, in his childish puerile way, he is telling the world that his God eats not. That the one who eats can never be his God, because he would not be ATNATU. Our primitive brother had no inhibitions. He called a spade a spade.

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