Three friends worked at the meat processing plant.
- Why don’t you believe in God? – Semyon’s friends asked during lunch break.
– God is something supernatural. And what is not natural is artificial, not real. How to believe in fiction? – he answered the question with a question.
“We don’t know,” Ivan and Ibrahim answered him evasively, “everyone in our family believed, so we believe.”
After work, getting ready to go home, Ibrahim said to Semyon:
– Ivan and I rocked a bottle of Stolichnaya – will you be with us?
- No. Thank you guys, you know that I don’t drink,” Semyon answered.
“How do you live,” Ivan turned to Semyon, “you don’t drink wine and vodka, you don’t swear, you don’t know other women besides your wife...
“It’s good for you to say, Vanya,” answered Semyon, “Now, if you get drunk, swear, or start a fight, will Christ forgive you?”
“If I repent and pray, then, of course, he will forgive,” Ivan answered.
- Will Allah forgive you, Ibrahim, if you steal something, commit adultery with someone else’s wife, or commit another sin? – Semyon turned to his second friend.
“Allah is merciful - I will perform prayer and forgive,” answered Ibrahim.
- You feel good! But I don’t believe in any God, so there’s no one to forgive me, so I try not to sin,” said Ivan.
“Yes, it’s hard to live without faith,” Ivan noted.
“You will be lost without faith,” added Ibrahim, hiding the bag of meat under his jacket.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru