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Averroes wrote: ↑Fri Aug 31, 2018 10:23 am
In my view, sacrificing to God, the Almighty whatever He has commanded us to sacrifice is the best of all possible available options.

Let me explain that. As we have already agreed, belief in God, the Almighty is a “very effective means” against depression, and according to you, until science finds another alternative, it is the best currently available option.

And now, by sacrificing whatever sacrifice that God, the Almighty has commanded us, we in addition to a happy life here, we get an eternal happy life in the Hereafter if we obey God’s command. This is what you said in the quotation.

Now, the other side is as follows. For one does not believe in God, the Almighty, the immediate consequences of that is that one is affected by the “existential crisis.” And this is not good I presume. I say “I presume” because I always believed in God, the Almighty, so I never experienced that. All praises and thanks are due to Allah, the Most Compassionate.

So, depression is not something I consider to be a good thing. So, in addition to depression in this life, for one who does not believe in God, the Almighty, there is an eternal life of even more misery awaiting that person in the Hereafter.

So accordingly, belief in God, the Almighty preserves us from existential depression in this life, and in the Hereafter we get even more pleasures.

Indeed, among the many other pleasures, if Allah, the Most Generous grants me access in His Paradise, then I will be having great inexhaustible sex with eternal beautiful virgins in His Paradise.

Whereas disbelief in God, the Almighty gets one depression in this life, and eternal suffering in the Hereafter.

Veritas Aequitas wrote: ↑Mon Sep 03, 2018 4:10 amI presume both female and male virgins are available in Paradise.