(September 17, 2023 at 2:20 pm)WinterHold Wrote:(September 17, 2023 at 2:07 pm)LinuxGal Wrote: According to Sufi teaching God gave ishara to Iblis that he should not bow down and so he disobeyed, lest he commit shirk, but in his sirr he was the most loyal servant who was willing to suffer punishment in order to demonstrate pure tawhid. That makes Iblis the best Muslim in history.
That is pretty insulting to God, painting him as a toddler who plays pranks and give secret "signs/ishara" to creatures. Thus; I don't even consider such interpretations.
No one gives a shit what you consider insulting to a god.
Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble. - Joseph Campbell 
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Militant Atheist Commie Evolutionist