format_quote Originally Posted by
keiv
What exactly is it about Jannah which makes you view it as hedonistic?
I don't mean it in a bad way, only the philosophical sense of the word which is different form how it is used in colloquial dialogue.
I always hear this talk about houri, sexual pleasure, consumption of fine food and so forth. Are such things true?
Because this would greatly contrast Christianity and its concept of spiritual glory and purity where the body is removed and only the spirit remains. Where worship is placed as the pinnacle of greatness.
It would also oppose reincarnation from Dharmic religions obviously along with unity.
And of course it has no resemblance to pagan concepts like eternal combat or eternal servitude to the gods. But paganism has its hedonistic conceptions of the afterlife more grand than what I think Islam has to offer (I am not making this a competition).
I am just trying to scale and compare where Islam stands on its a assertion of the afterlife. I am getting a lot of mixed messages and I am not sure if this has anything to do with madhabb or not.