Cairo – On July 30, Al-Bawaba News released a special issue featuring in its front page a "seemingly blasphemous" article that was titled: "I have hated God." The "bold" title has stirred much controversy and a storm of hype since its release. The article simply tackles the bitter experiences of some people from theism, deism, agnosticism and eventually atheism. The article was meant to show our readers that how radical thought and fanatics are leading young people astray; i.e. right into the clutches of atheism rather than guiding them to the light of faith and pure religiousness. The author might have been unsuccessful in choosing the title that has been misinterpreted as blasphemy against God –Almighty. However, I have to preclude all these misjudgments or any further abstruse discussion which are nothing but figments of the detractors' imagination. In truth, the author was as though straddling which title he would choose for his article from the following two: it is "I have known God" or "I have fallen in love with God." In fact, this article is the first of what the author thought of as an article trilogy. It is a trilogy documenting some living experiences about how different kinds of thought have led some people to faith; others to piety and a group of others were led astray to atheism and even worse to blasphemy. The trilogy was meant to tread a very fine line on the issue by highlighting how religion coupled with rationalism could be a benign force that can liberate our natural goodness.
