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  • Martyr - Wikipedia

    The Christian martyrs of the 1622 Great Genna Martyrdom; 17th-century Japanese painting A martyr (Greek: μάρτυς, mártys, 'witness' stem μαρτυρ-, martyr-) is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing to renounce or advocate, a religious belief or other cause as demanded by an external party. In colloquial usage, the term can also refer to any person who suffe

    Martyr - Wikipedia
    kerryl
    kerryl 2006/06/17
    Martyrdom The concept of heroic martyrdom is termed "Istish-haad".
  • Martyrdom

    To die for something you believe in. That is perhaps the most noble of all human endeavors. Seeking martyrdom on the promise of a "get out of hell free" card. That is perhaps the most idiotic of all human endeavors. Martyrdom is one of those theological Catch-22 situations. On the one hand, who wants to deny paradise to a believer who has given his or her all to the cause of their particular

    kerryl
    kerryl 2006/06/17
    to die for something you believe in.
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