esp if you’re one of the devout ones who think they’ve been really good

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    The religions where this was a strong desire are gone, because the people that brlieved in them kept dying

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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”.