(April 16, 2015 at 5:06 pm)MysticKnight Wrote:(April 16, 2015 at 4:04 pm)Surgenator Wrote: So god, the most intelligent being possible, thought it was a good idea to use the word 'day' instead of 'step'? Because using the word 'step' is obviously more confusing than day.If you read Imam Khomeini's interpretation, that is quite clear why, because it has to do with the light.
I don't see any "clear" reason why it is a metaphor. The Khomeini's interpretation is just that, an interpretation. Why is his interpretation more reasonable than the literal interpretation?