(January 22, 2015 at 1:06 pm)Tonus Wrote:(January 13, 2015 at 9:06 pm)professor Wrote: However, there is a big difference between dying (or dying in the process of being a murderer- in the case of Islam) in the belief that action will (by itself) will warrant Paradise, verses being willing to die rather than reject one's belief.The issue in either case is that if the belief is wrong, you wasted your life (and potentially that of others) on something with less value than a stick of gum.
In one of my post, I listed some people who were considered martyrs in each of their religion. Many of the Hindu martyrs would meet the Professor's requirements for dying rather than rejecting their faith.
