Nature has a single deity and is under the dominance of only one God. This is why in Islam Satan is not standing against God but against the divine-half of man. And since man is a two-dimensional creature who is kneaded of mud and God, he is in need of both. His ideology, religion, life, and civilization must all be capable of satisfying both of these dimensions. The tragedy is that history does not bear witness to this fact.
History shows that all societies in the past chose either asceticism or worldliness.
Chinese civilization was worldly first. The lifestyle of her aristocracy gave primacy to pleasures, beauties, and the maximum use of natural resources. In such an atmosphere Lao-Tzu emerged with an ascetic religion that called attention to the spiritual side of man and consequently society was driven towards monasticism, theosophy, and Sufism. Later, Confucius appeared and China swung back towards worldliness. India, under the Vedic influence, was driven towards Sufism and asceticism.