_number8_@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoShouldn't most religious people in theory be excited to die because then they get to experience the afterlife?message-squaremessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up189arrow-down1message-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 · 5 months agomessage-square94fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLux@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·5 months agoThe religions where this was a strong desire are gone, because the people that brlieved in them kept dying
minus-squareMirshe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 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
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”.