_number8_@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoShouldn't most religious people in theory be excited to die because then they get to experience the afterlife?message-squaremessage-square134fedilinkarrow-up1326file-text
arrow-up1326message-squareShouldn't most religious people in theory be excited to die because then they get to experience the afterlife?_number8_@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square134fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLuxlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·8 months agoThe religions where this was a strong desire are gone, because the people that brlieved in them kept dying
minus-squaremojo_raisin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 months agoAmerica is filled with people that use religion as a cultural tool of identity and dominance.
minus-squareMirshe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 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”.