(November 1, 2021 at 9:44 pm)Foxaire Wrote: That we exist is by any objective standard an accident that we only perceive as happy via an irrational emotional perspective.
Well, if the goal is to be happy, then one would be content with this irrational perspective. I am not sure what "objective standard" you're referring to that makes our existence accidental. Maybe we understand a great deal of how we evolved, this doesn't negate a possible intention -you know, what us theists are arguing for.
(November 1, 2021 at 10:15 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Islam isn't a thing I'd point to and say was helping with the uncertainties of life..or, anything at all, really. I think that most of the faithful, yourself included, haven't deeply considered the ramifications of their beliefs - too caught up in some doomed attempt to hold or prove that they're true. A god who cares could be a nightmare for all of the reasons a person who cares can be.
Remind me, what happens to people who reject your boyfriends advances?
Islam does contain faith elements that help one cope with uncertainty, like the belief in divine decree, which means that anything that happened to oneself couldn't have been otherwise, because everything is foreordained by God. Issues of free will aside, this belief helps alleviate any feeling of regret about what one did in their past. Your perspective creates your reality... as they say.. if one's perspective (even if deluded) makes them more resilient in the face of difficult circumstances, then why should they look for something else?
I assume you're referring in your question to hell... well, simply put, Islam doesn't demand much, after all. Believing in one God and following the prophet in a few rituals and rules of conduct isn't challenging in any way. Avoiding to fall from the eighth floor of a building isn't challenging, but people who go ahead and do jump off it shouldn't complain afterwards........