(October 13, 2015 at 8:48 pm)Chad32 Wrote: The world trade center was destroyed by people willing to die for what they believed. Samurai would gut themselves for the sake of honor. Convincing people to die for beliefs isn't all that hard.
The writings from Josephus aren't very credible, from what I've heard.
Let's not forget Jonestown and Heaven’s Gate. These people were not just willing to die, they proactively took their lives because they believed in a better afterlife. Compare that to Christians who say they believe but do everything in their power to avoid death. If willingness to die is the litmus test of true faith then I know of no true believers today or even last week.
Isn’t it odd that people who praise others for dying for their beliefs never practice what they preach?
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
