@[email protected] to Ask [email protected]English • 8 months agoShouldn't most religious people in theory be excited to die because then they get to experience the afterlife?message-square145fedilinkarrow-up1332file-text
arrow-up1332message-squareShouldn't most religious people in theory be excited to die because then they get to experience the afterlife?@[email protected] to Ask [email protected]English • 8 months agomessage-square145fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLuxlinkfedilink10•8 months agoThe religions where this was a strong desire are gone, because the people that brlieved in them kept dying
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•8 months agoAmerica is filled with people that use religion as a cultural tool of identity and dominance.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•8 months agoOr they’ve changed. Martyrdom and suicide were both enormous issues in the early Christian church - so much so that church leadership had to establish the doctrine that “if you kill yourself, or you start the fight, you don’t go to heaven”.
The religions where this was a strong desire are gone, because the people that brlieved in them kept dying
No. America is filled with them.
America is filled with people that use religion as a cultural tool of identity and dominance.
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Or they’ve changed. Martyrdom and suicide were both enormous issues in the early Christian church - so much so that church leadership had to establish the doctrine that “if you kill yourself, or you start the fight, you don’t go to heaven”.