beyond the whole heaven being materialistic thing, do any other aroaces feel like religion literally can’t appeal to you?
all of the rules were made on the basis that we’re all allo/hetero. i have to cover my legs. why? they’re just legs.
i never understood that people (men, in my case) are genuinely attracted to them.
the concept of modesty, which i hate in general, literally has made no sense to me. why do people need to cover up? who is getting attracted to some guy’s kneecaps???
so, islam was never really able to grab me. because i didn’t feel the necessary things they needed to could control me.
if i resist my urges here, i can have them all in our non guaranteed afterlife.
but i have no urges, what now?
oh…no. no you’re not supposed to do that either. are you crazy?
because yea one side of the coin is to make more muslims. there’s a reason it’s the fastest growing religion. it’s because women are being used like cattle and are just popping out more and more indoctrinated children.
on the other side, if you’re asexual, aromantic, or both, there’s nothing enticing about the religion.
i follow these rigid rules that prove this earth is a prison for the believer…for what?
so i can be miserable in heaven, too? i’ll get to sleep with my husband that is forced on me!! yayyyyy!!!!
a biological process that only exists for reproductive purposes, meaning it wouldn’t even make sense to exist in a place like heaven, is my reward?? oh how kind. surely if pleasure was the goal, sex wouldn’t be a requirement. if you wanted humans to experience pleasure in heaven, why would you make them do the reproductive process to obtain it?
why’s our reward that our spouses get infinitely more beautiful the more we look at them? endless sex. endless beauty.
WHO is this for? what god, who created us all and knows the diversity of sexualities he gave us, would create a heaven that’s just one giant cishet orgy?
no god would. a man, however… heaven is one giant male fantasy. 72 virginal creatures, a soulmate you can also fuck that isn’t jealous you’re cheating on her constantly, AND she just keeps getting hotter the more you look at her??
so, as an aroace woman, i might as well disobey and go to hell. it’s the same experience, only this time i lived my only guaranteed life happily on my terms.