Ain't That Funny

Nothing is more pointless for believer of one religion to laugh at the beliefs of another. It is fashionable these days to laugh at the promise of the supposed belief that there are virginal harems in heaven for suicide bombers. Is this such an outrageous idea when it comes to religious beliefs compares to immaculate conception or needing at least three wives to go to the best part of heaven? The very nature of religion is that it requires faith in something empirically outrageous. It also often produces amazingly perverted scenarios for heaven. Dante’s heaven, for example, has the saints sitting around gazing at the light emulated from the Virgin Mary contemplating her perfect beauty. If I had told a psychiatrist that were my fantasy, I might very well be put on some watch list somewhere. It really does not matter what the heavenly payoff is for suicide bombers or crusaders. What is important is why and for what they did it. To make fun of it only obscures these questions and prevents any real prevention from coming forth.