Reflections On Faith

[laian]

But the traffic lights are there, we can see them, we understand their purpose.

Yes, I think in this analogy the traffic lights would be compared to the Qur'an/hadith (for muslims), or other visible "rules" like the bible, etc. Allah, the hidden authority whom we are obeying, is compared to the government/police, which is generally not visible, but we are aware they exist and we know there are consequences for disobeying the "rules".


And even JohnDoe would stop at 2am with no one around, just to check for cops