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I've studied the basic philosophy of Islam with respect to how you should lead your life in preparation for the afterlife, but there are a couple of questions that I have not received any satisfactory answers to from anyone, including the local imam (his answer was basically something about God's will and mysterious ways... bruh moment).
If the afterlife is so important and should be the focus of your deeds on earth, then why are our human lives so frail and short? Why are the eternal fates of our souls resting upon mere decades of life, and why is it that our lives are so vulnerable to practically everything in nature and the world? Why wouldn't God make humans a little more physically tougher and live for a lot longer to help secure the destination of our souls for heaven through our long lives with good deeds? Eternity is a hell of a long time for our souls to risk damnation for a life that's usually less than a measly century.
The other question I had was why are earthly pleasures promised rewards for the afterlife in a heaven where there is no pain, sadness, fatigue, thirst, hunger, death, or sexual urge? Why are we given the promise of things in a place where we won't have need for them? If I'm going to a place where I am immortal for all time (whatever time means in a realm like heaven), then why would I care about rivers of milk and honey, or trees with never-ending fruits, or gaggles of virgin heaven-women eagerly waiting for my ethereal spirit cock to pop their spirit cherries? I'm going to be there FOREVER, which means that those earthly human desires of the body and flesh will get old in an instant (remember: infinite time).
I don't expect any of our Muslim brocels here to be philosophical theologians, but I truly would like to hear some of your answers to these questions.
If the afterlife is so important and should be the focus of your deeds on earth, then why are our human lives so frail and short? Why are the eternal fates of our souls resting upon mere decades of life, and why is it that our lives are so vulnerable to practically everything in nature and the world? Why wouldn't God make humans a little more physically tougher and live for a lot longer to help secure the destination of our souls for heaven through our long lives with good deeds? Eternity is a hell of a long time for our souls to risk damnation for a life that's usually less than a measly century.
The other question I had was why are earthly pleasures promised rewards for the afterlife in a heaven where there is no pain, sadness, fatigue, thirst, hunger, death, or sexual urge? Why are we given the promise of things in a place where we won't have need for them? If I'm going to a place where I am immortal for all time (whatever time means in a realm like heaven), then why would I care about rivers of milk and honey, or trees with never-ending fruits, or gaggles of virgin heaven-women eagerly waiting for my ethereal spirit cock to pop their spirit cherries? I'm going to be there FOREVER, which means that those earthly human desires of the body and flesh will get old in an instant (remember: infinite time).
I don't expect any of our Muslim brocels here to be philosophical theologians, but I truly would like to hear some of your answers to these questions.