Even if theism is a failure, it's still superior to atheism

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As already commented upon, even great minds who recognize the mistakes of others have their own blindsides.  He pointed out what he mistakenly believed were facts (that he..ofc...was misinformed by magic book about) as a way of highlighting the futility and irrelevance of disputes over other..as he saw them..lesser disputes.

So, I gather that is what happened to you, from that response.

There are figures like that in western history too.  Guys who had profound things to say - between trying to measure how many angels could dance on the head of a pin.

That's true, everybody makes mistakes. He actually supported philosophy at some point in his academic career, but ended up renouncing it completely and concluded that the Sufi path is the best mindset for a Muslim.

And yeah there are many great names in western philosophy too, they are the reason medieval islamic philosophers got infatuated with metaphysics in the first place.