Posted on 06/12/2006 6:47:12 AM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32
"The virgins are calling you," Mohamed Atta wrote reassuringly to his fellow hijackers just before Sept. 11.
It has long been a staple of Islam that Muslim martyrs will go to paradise and marry 72 black-eyed virgins. But a growing body of rigorous scholarship on the Koran points to a less sensual paradise -- and, more important, may offer a step away from fundamentalism and toward a reawakening of the Islamic world.
Some Islamic theologians protest that the point was companionship, never heavenly sex. Others have interpreted the pleasures quite explicitly; one, al-Suyuti, wrote that sex in paradise is pretty much continual and so glorious that "were you to experience it in this world you would faint."
But now the same tools that historians, linguists and archeologists have applied to the Bible for about 150 years are beginning to be applied to the Koran. The results are explosive
(Excerpt) Read more at taipeitimes.com ...
"Muslim martyrs will go to paradise and marry 72 black-eyed virgins."
And I'm sure that someone at CNN will blame the Marines for giving them the black eyes.
If a CNN journo had seen Christ walk on the waters, the headline would have read, "Self-proclaimed Messiah can't swim."
"The results are explosive..."
Did they have to use that word???
According to whom?
After all, where are you going to be after three months?
What, no movies?
Oh please SouthPark makes more sense than this.
If sex isn't the issue with the 72 virgins - who will prove they are???
I'd rather say "What, No Whining?"
Being around 72 women for all of eternity is a tough row to how. Being around one is hard enough, but 72? How is that pleasurable?
"I never understood the attraction to 72 virgins."
The 72 virgins never bothered me, it was the thought of the 72 MOTHER IN LAWS!
Asleep with an enormous grin on your face?
The 72 virgins, which are houris (spirit creatures the rough equivalent of angels), not human women, have the convenient ability (given apparent Muslim preferences) to "revirginate" themselves after every episode.
D'oh!
Always remember: whenever saying anything even slightly embarassing to islam, don't forget to include the required christianity = islam disclaimer.
That is, bar none, the funniest thing I've ever read on FR. And we have a lot of witty ones among us. Kudos!
lol! ;-)
The women don't get whine - remember Muzzies can beat their women... rod to be no thicker than their thumb.
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