The Reason christian theology and its apologetics think the "perfect" state in Heaven is asexual is because its early theologians were influenced by Greek dualism, which came from Plato. This was the idea that the spirit is good, but the body (and its desires) is "fleshly" or corrupt. And so from early on Christian theologians like Augustine baked a deep-seated suspicion of physical pleasure into the faith. This created a fractured spirituality where the 'flesh' is seen as a rival to the soul In contrast, Islam teaches that the body is a trust from God, where even physical intimacy with a spouse is an act of Sadaqah (spiritual charity) that earns divine reward. Similarly, African traditions view the body holistically as the vessel of vital force and ancestral lineage, where there is no 'shame' in the physical because it is inseparable from the spiritual. This is precisely why many Christian critics attack Islamic concepts of Paradise, such as the Hooris. Because their own theology cannot reconcile holiness with pleasure, they view a physical afterlife as 'low' or 'profane.' They are unable to fathom a reality where physical ecstasy and spiritual devotion are interconnected, ultimately projecting their own cultural 'body-shame' onto traditions that have always seen the human experience as a unified, sacred whole."
