@_number8_ to Ask LemmyEnglish • 8 months agoShouldn't most religious people in theory be excited to die because then they get to experience the afterlife?message-square162arrow-up1335arrow-down120file-text
arrow-up1315arrow-down1message-squareShouldn't most religious people in theory be excited to die because then they get to experience the afterlife?@_number8_ to Ask LemmyEnglish • 8 months agomessage-square162file-text
minus-squareLuxlinkfedilink6•8 months agoThe religions where this was a strong desire are gone, because the people that brlieved in them kept dying
minus-square@mojo_raisinlinkEnglish5•8 months agoAmerica is filled with people that use religion as a cultural tool of identity and dominance.
minus-square@Mirshelink5•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.
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”.
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