_number8_@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoShouldn't most religious people in theory be excited to die because then they get to experience the afterlife?message-squaremessage-square164fedilinkarrow-up1335arrow-down120file-text
arrow-up1315arrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square164fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMirshe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·2 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”.
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”.