Look at the way these "scholars" muddy the waters when it comes to even clear cut matters like polytheism. Imagine if someone said "bowing to an idol is disbelief but bowing to an idol as a guest of a temple to show human respect isnt that big of a deal"
One of the stupidities of the age we live in common is that people expect theologians to be politicians, and politicians to be theologians.
Anything having to do with idolatry, polytheism, and pagan rituals are abhorrent to the sensibility of people of faith.
That being said,
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