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Mar. 18th, 2003 09:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
unbibiumSuppose our planet had no concept of martyrdom.
No suicide bombings.
Christianity would have to find a better argument than "Jesus died on the cross, and it hurt really really bad!"
And people with low self-esteem wouldn't have their precious "the more you suffer, the more it shows you're really good, right?" meme, to convince them that their self-loathing gives them character, and their self-destruction gives them virtue.
Does martyrdom really benefit anyone on any level?
This is a young idea and I haven't put it to much scrutiny.
No suicide bombings.
Christianity would have to find a better argument than "Jesus died on the cross, and it hurt really really bad!"
And people with low self-esteem wouldn't have their precious "the more you suffer, the more it shows you're really good, right?" meme, to convince them that their self-loathing gives them character, and their self-destruction gives them virtue.
Does martyrdom really benefit anyone on any level?
This is a young idea and I haven't put it to much scrutiny.
