72 Virgins

It also a kind of contradiction in the heart of Christianity. For a whole religion to which based upon this life merely being a pre-lude to the afterlife to ackknowledge death as the end of something.

Not so, till death do us part, has to do with the forsaking of others. In heaven no one is forsaken and after death everyone is joined with each other, so marriage is irrelevant. In heaven everyone is 'married' to everyone else......and no there is no sex in heaven.

It's difficult to think of any really theological reason in any religion I know of - though primarily it has to be Christianity that advocates it. The words of the Christian marriage service, generally, stipulate 'forsaking all others' and 'until death do us part' but I'm not aware of any injunction actually requiring that. (The second is nowadays anyway routinely ignored by most Christians.)   The ten commandments forbid adultery, but that never precluded having several wives (or husbands).   The key figure is of course St Paul. Not because he went on about it being better to marry than burn (which doesn't itself imply monogamy) but because of his saying 'Let every man have his own wife.' But even that seems to be, the way he argues it, a practical recommendation rather than a theological injunction.   His theologically preferred position was celibacy, not monogamy.

This is interesting, so monogamy could be challenged in orthodox christian belief (as Mormons have challenged.) Of course monogamy for the most part works out better in the world since the sexes are evenly distributed. Still this is interesting.......

Originally posted by JanusRook It also a kind of contradiction in the heart of Christianity. For a whole religion to which based upon this life merely being a pre-lude to the afterlife to ackknowledge death as the end of something. Not so, till death do us part, has to do with the forsaking of others. In heaven no one is forsaken and after death everyone is joined with each other, so marriage is irrelevant. In heaven everyone is 'married' to everyone else......and no there is no sex in heaven.

So gay marriage in heaven, wow.

Like I said no sex, no problem.

Originally posted by bleda 72 virgins ok ı want to 20 swedish+20 venezule+20 russian+10 spanish+1 japanese+ 1 turkish woman

Originally posted by Northman Originally posted by Scorpian                     Hey! Northman what's my chances of getting into Valhalla                      If you are a brave warrior and die in battle, you chances should be good. (quite similar to Islam I guess)   Valhalla can't come up with 72 virgins - but Freya the godess of love and fertilitywill keep you happy I think - or one of the Valkyries. Ask the Queen Valkyrie Dawn - she will know     You will get eternal life though - feasting every night, eating the same pig over and over again - and fighting every day without the possiblity of getting killed.....   Its not unusual to hear something like this in Valhalla: "Hey Scorpian - you beheaded me yesterday with your waraxe - what an awsome blow - lets have a drink on that."

Originally posted by TheDiplomat Originally posted by Paul Russian Virgins?????????   yeah it sounds impossible, doesnt it?

So many questions here. If I 'ma up there and hurris are made from light then what I 'm made of? Surely if my body is buried on earth then I'm the cohesive energies that took off for other realms at the point of physical death? Most religions believe that but the point is how you are greeted on the other side.

72 virgins? but then who would bother to count? Don't stand there, just start to mount! In the interests of equality one hopes there would be 72 virgin men to pleasure the ladies as well. But if we are made of energy stuff how could we get it on? Do we have to go to the toilet or even have an anus for gays to lust after up there? Perhaps it all cames by touch. You and her put you fingers or whatever else together and waves of orgasmic pleasure comes that passes all earthly understanding.