07-12-2004, 10:25 PM
Quote: It is you sir that has been brainwashed, and when you die you won't even understand that the fundamental beliefs you hold dear will not have meant a damn thing.
Salaam Alaikum!
I had a similar-albeit fruitful-discussion about this with my future "partner." Some time ago, she asked me my opinion on the anthropological view of death. I responded: There are voluminous views on death anthropologically, philosophically, neurologically, etc.each thus having their own robust arguments. It essentially comes down to faith.
I'll repeat what I said to her that night. There are no convincing arguments for or against the Islamic view of death whether it be from a social—philosophic—psychological discipline; we'll all have to wait until the big sleep to unearth the answer, won't we?
--Ibn