[ExI] Lost photos

PJ Manney pjmanney at gmail.com
Tue Jan 15 16:49:35 UTC 2008


On Jan 14, 2008 3:11 PM, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:
> <http://www.corkscrew-balloon.com/02/03/1bkk/04b.html>
>
> Scholars Scrutinize the Koran's Origin
> A Promise of Moist Virgins or Dried Fruit?
> New York Times (and International Herald Tribune), March 4, 2002
>
> Quote:
> So, for example, the virgins who are supposedly awaiting good Islamic
> martyrs as their reward in paradise are in reality "white raisins" of
> crystal clarity rather than fair maidens.

And if this is true --

Aggression as rewarding as sex, food and drugs:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-01/vu-aar011408.php

-- then Jihad-for-Jihad's-sake, virgins, raisins and wine are all
pretty equal reward-wise to our brain.  It's a neurochemical no lose
situation.

PJ



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