When people want to be rid of Heaven it is logical to start by creating an atmosphere in which spiritual things appear out of place; in order to be able to declare successfully that God is unreal they have to construct around man a false reality, a reality that is inevitably inhuman because only the inhuman can exclude God. What is involved is a falsification of the imagination and so its destruction. Frithjof Schuon
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This quote is one of the clearest pieces of writing on the subject of evil and how it should be treated. The quote above was made by a man who suffered for his beliefs and who was exiled from his home. The idea is that if you are given an opportunity to live in someone else’s reality, you will be able to come up with the most convincing lies. Evil is so convincing because it appeals to our worst nature. Our worst nature is so strong that we are willing to believe lies about the greatest thing in the world just to get rid of it.

Source: Understanding Islam

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