tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post5383344834309870129..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: A Helluva Place Anastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-42508802691049776302013-02-05T16:27:22.113-08:002013-02-05T16:27:22.113-08:00Rehan, I've just this moment added that book t...Rehan, I've just this moment added that book to my Amazon basket. The Jewish and Christian texts here are a lot less specific than the Islamic. It seems obvious when one thinks about it. Now I'm annoyed that it did not occur to me before!Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-86973747293959695202013-02-05T16:22:07.189-08:002013-02-05T16:22:07.189-08:00A favourite of mine. :-)A favourite of mine. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-67699422647533636212013-02-05T11:10:43.658-08:002013-02-05T11:10:43.658-08:00I am currently about half-way through a superb boo...I am currently about half-way through a superb book called <i>Islam & the Divine Comedy</i> showing how Dante's great poem could not possibly have been influenced by Christian concepts of the afterlife but was in fact based on accounts and commentaries of the Islamic idea of Hell and Paradise, particularly the accounts of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ's Night Journey and the esoteric and mystical 12-volume magnum opus the <i>Futûhât al-Makkiyya</i> [<i>The Meccan Revelations</i>] of <a href="http://www.ibnarabisociety.org" rel="nofollow">Ibn al-'Arabi</a> who is known in Europe as Doctor Maximus.<br /><br />The Islamic Hell is not everlasting but Paradise is. Hell and Paradise occupy the same space. Muhammad ﷺ once said that the expanse of Paradise is spread out upon the entire creation of Allah. He was asked as to where, then, Hell would be and he replied that it occupied the same space but that people did not know it! What an incredible and time-defying understanding of dimensions at a time when people could not have conceived of such a thing and Judgement Day has been described as a continual court in session.Rehan Qayoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02391797858691917631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-29189775758055879092013-02-05T10:50:29.240-08:002013-02-05T10:50:29.240-08:00Good old Schopenhauer!Good old Schopenhauer!Rehan Qayoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02391797858691917631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-56641534310452213012013-01-17T15:56:53.978-08:002013-01-17T15:56:53.978-08:00Something else for me to look into. Something else for me to look into. Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-4788912407136348792013-01-16T17:01:19.345-08:002013-01-16T17:01:19.345-08:00We just did.We just did.anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-13153635200748336232013-01-16T15:54:35.513-08:002013-01-16T15:54:35.513-08:00I'll keep a special place for you. :-)
The t...I'll keep a special place for you. :-)<br /><br />The truth is, as you clearly understand, Antisthenes, is that this is hell and we are the devils in it. This is not an original observation. Schopenhauer said as much. Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-85455878541410680902013-01-16T15:50:26.135-08:002013-01-16T15:50:26.135-08:00Can they do that? I was under the impression that...Can they do that? I was under the impression that Federal law trumped that of the States, an issue decided by the Civil War. Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-78635819720376054442013-01-16T15:48:34.685-08:002013-01-16T15:48:34.685-08:00It was indeed. It was indeed. Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-35756115863362485062013-01-16T15:48:10.780-08:002013-01-16T15:48:10.780-08:00I know her well. :-)I know her well. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-3464410095140680442013-01-16T15:47:50.412-08:002013-01-16T15:47:50.412-08:00I'll make that visit myself one day. :-)I'll make that visit myself one day. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-11843119976314337522013-01-16T08:56:14.425-08:002013-01-16T08:56:14.425-08:00If the bottom picture is what awaits me in Hell th...If the bottom picture is what awaits me in Hell then sign me up. In the mean time I can dwell on the rather attractive Anna the Imp one you have on your site. I note you have invoked the name of Epicurus it is as Epikuros that I am known on Discus when I make comments to blogs that use that system. I am an atheist and from what little I know about Greek philosophers is that if Epicurus teachings had become more established than that of Aristotle's then today deists would be very much in the minority. Perhaps then the billions that have died in the name of one religion or another would not have done so. However being human if we do not kill each other over religion we will always find another reason and usually anyone will do. Antistheneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10120647617145756102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-66931937034168103172013-01-16T08:27:46.363-08:002013-01-16T08:27:46.363-08:00The Texas State legislature has passed a bill in e...The Texas State legislature has passed a bill in effect that future federal gun control laws will not apply in Texas, the State of Oregon has similar proposals in progress and undoubtedly other states will follow suit. States Rights issues.anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-28422312278583201942013-01-15T22:13:11.679-08:002013-01-15T22:13:11.679-08:00The concept of 'Burning in Hell' has for c...The concept of 'Burning in Hell' has for centuries been used as a means of control by fear, a concept which is steadily losing popularity with freethinking people everywhere. Bahhh! Bahhh! Bahhh!anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-83589535207673832282013-01-15T22:01:49.156-08:002013-01-15T22:01:49.156-08:00My sister 'Hel' 'Goddess of the underw...My sister 'Hel' 'Goddess of the underworld' runs the place, so no problem! anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-85717909655199588792013-01-15T16:59:07.051-08:002013-01-15T16:59:07.051-08:00I've been to Hell, and got the T-shirt:
http:...I've been to Hell, and got the T-shirt:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell,_Grand_Cayman<br /><br />Then I went to the turtle farm and Stingray City.Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.com