• Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    11 months ago

    It does not present well if the prophet of God cannot take a curse without outrage.

    I believe there is a tale in the One-Thousand-and-One Nights about the Caliph and a boy who mocks him. The Caliph is distraught, and the tale addresses this very scenario, citing the Koran.

    I cannot speak to religious justifications for humility and suffering fools, but when gods and kings react disproportionately to provocation, their enemies surely watch and take note.