The Athiest Pays

[Shehbaz Khan]

The Athiest Pays

There was an atheist living next door to an old woman who was a Muslim.

Everyday he could hear her praying and praising God for all of the things He had done for her. One day the old woman fell on hard times and had no food in her house.

The atheist overheard her praying to God to please send her some food. So, off the atheist goes to the grocery store, thinking he was gonna fix the old gal once and for all. He bought two bags of groceries and, after placing them on her porch, he rang her bell and then hid in some nearby bushes.

When the old woman came out of her house, she saw the bags of groceries and started giving thanks to the Lord for sending her the food.

At that point, the happy atheist JUMPED from the bushes and shouted, "AH-HA! The Lord didn't send you those groceries! It was I who put them there!!!!"

Without a pause, the old woman shot back, "PRAISE YOU DEAR LORD. NOT ONLY DID YOU SEND THE GROCERIES, YOU MADE THE DEVIL PAY FOR THEM!"

[Dust]

Must admit, it was nice! Poetic justice.

[Dust]

I can't stop thinking about this. It is very deep.

The writer was not a simpleton.

[JAMALUDEEN]

HAHA -- Thanks for sharing.

[Dust]

What do you mean, a sincere question?

[Shehbaz Khan]

Thanks for appreciating

[Dust]

I still can't get over it. I am so astonished at how we take things for granted.

I can honestly say that this story has humbled me.

[Khan Gul]

I still can't get over it. I am so astonished at how we take things for granted.

I can honestly say that this story has humbled me.

Dust, I read every post of yours on PF. Islam has begun to occupy your mind in all earnest. Every day new impressions break over you; every day new questions arise from within and new answers come from without that awaken an echo of something that had been hidden somewhere in the background of your mind. You are a Muslim without being aware of it.

[Shehbaz Khan]

Oh Dust you are an Athiest?

[Dust]

Dust, I read every post of yours on PF. Islam has begun to occupy your mind in all earnest. Every day new impressions break over you; every day new questions arise from within and new answers come from without that awaken an echo of something that had been hidden somewhere in the background of your mind. You are a Muslim without being aware of it.

Thank you for taking the time to jot down your thoughts.

I will respond to your post after some deep thought.

[Dust]

What don't you get?

[PFgulalai]

@Qrratugai....I got it..lolz

Never help those who can't be helped by God.

I am wondering what's so "educational" in this post?

[Dust]

Never help those who can't be helped by God.

How did you conclude that?

[Dust]

Many things.

1. What is deep about this? (I'm assuming there is, seeing some of the responses.) If the story is asserting the idea that God provides for people, what indeed is funny, serious, or deep in this particular one?
2. What is the moral/lesson of the story?
3. Is this intended as a mockery of atheism or atheist?

And, for you especially, Dust, what made you say that you cannot get over it?

I'm asking these questions because I REALLY don't find anything deep here ... neither in the way it's expressed nor in the message in it. I wanna make sure I'm not misreading or misunderstanding something. If I am, I wanna know what I'm missing out on.

Have you ever seen God? But you do believe in Him, correct? Does He not claim to be the Provider, as per the Quran?

Let us start off here.

[Dust]

Also, the lady calls the atheist a devil ... what is deep or beautiful about that? Everyone does that.

Maybe I'm looking too much into it, I onno.

Aren't you a believer? Excuse my ignorance, if I am wrong.