Saturday, November 12, 2005

Husband and Wife Martyrs?

I'm confused--what does this mean for the 72 virgins? Do they each get them? Do they split them? If so, are half of them boy-toy virgins, for the wife's enjoyment?

Or do you not get virgins if you're married? Or, maybe, you get virgins if you're married, but your wife does not become a glorious martyr?

Or perhaps, the husband gets the 72 virgins and the wife--even if she is a glorious martyr--gets bupkis?

God be praised, these are hard questions.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Haven't you heard? In the afterlife, good Muslims get golden raisins, not virgins. (I'm not making this up. Really, how could I?)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,2763,631357,00.html