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(From Mr. Adnan Oktar's live interview on Kanal 35 TV and TV Kayseri, November 22nd, 2009)
ADNAN OKTAR: We need to find the secret to being sincere. People are unable to find the secret of sincerity. They act superficially and are greatly influenced by one another. If they see 3 or 4 show-offs, they –by which I mean some people– immediately adopt a show-off state of mind, as well. In a crowded environment they adopt an aggressive attitude. I see it on television programs, people who are there just spoiling for a fight are brought to the front on some programs, just so people will disgrace themselves and cause a scandal, shouting and screaming, and then under all that excitement, people call one another on the phone to tell them what is going on, telling them to tune in to whatever channel it is. This causes terrible distress to the human soul. What need is there for such tension? And it is truly amazing. One watches in amazement how someone can be so shameless and suffer such psychological damage. It is something really terrifying. It is disgraceful to encourage it.
Such people should not be supported anywhere, and such behavior should be condemned. Fighting, arguing, insulting people and humiliating the other party. What we like is compassion, mercy and love. Tension, humiliation… It is a terrible thing to humiliate someone else on a live broadcast. Or even on a recorded program. What difference does that make? Some people actually think that behaving badly, showing-off or insulting people is virtuous behavior. They applaud when someone is rude or puts someone else in a difficult position as if it is a talent. But that is actually terrible rudeness, because the other party could also behave in that way, with interest, if they so wanted. They could give back twice what they get, or even three times. But someone who is polite and modest is never defeated. He wins, because he is a worthy human being. It is also very important not to have dealings with such people. These people should first be taught manners, and the ugliness of their behavior must be emphasized. In other worse, abuse should never be admired. “He is shrewd, vigil, inexorable, so on..” Someone who does that is merely vulgar, and nothing more. He is crude, vulgar, low class and base. They shouldn’t be admired anyway.
Then you have the type who does not have any benefit to the society, does not produce anything, but only consumes. The kind of people who say I went somewhere for free and had dinner with so-and-so, I got a free plane ticket and flew off somewhere, and there were all these people around me, and you will never guess what we did. Well, what happened was... That kind of talk. They try to make people envious, and that is ugly, too. The kind of people who produce nothing, who are no use to man nor beast, who have absolutely no ideas of their own and who take no interest in the problems of the world, mankind or the country, and who are only interested in enjoying themselves. I turn on the TV and see them continuously playing games. They jump into the pool, eat the free meals the hotel provides. Then there is free entertainment where they leap around like mad things before the cameras. They don’t really enjoy it at all, though they pretend to. What is enjoyable about it? They are obviously troubled inside, some are from mafia, or stalkers and things. Not everywhere, and my apologies to them, but some places.
People are even in danger of their lives in some places. What is enjoyable about that? Some people take drugs or smoke dope. No-one is what they seem. They jump and down all the time, but their troubles and worries accompany them. There is no point in pretending happiness. We need to look for true happiness. We must be honest and well-intentioned. One can find happiness through doing good, by striving to earn Allah’s approval. One can be happy if one lives by the Qur’an and uses one’s mind in a positive way. Otherwise, one can never be happy, insha’Allah.
PRESENTER: Insha’Allah.
Jan 04, 2010
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