Would you die for your beliefs?

by purplesofa 48 Replies latest jw friends

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  purplesofa

  I wonder, are we more willing (as humans) to kill for our beliefs than die for them?

  purps
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  godadist

  Live free or die.

  Yes I would.
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  blondie

  “First they came for the Communists, but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists, but I was neither, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews, but I was not a Jew so I did not speak out. And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me.”

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer quotes (German Lutheran Pastor and Theologian. His involvement in a plot to overthrow Adolf Hitler led to his imprisonment and execution. 1906-1945)

  I think there might be some beliefs I would put my life on the line for. Hopefully I would not wait until I was the only one affected.

  Blondie
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  trevor

  My belief is that I will die.

  So I am pretty sure that things will work out very neatly.
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  purplesofa

  I think there might be some beliefs I would put my life on the line for. Hopefully I would not wait until I was the only one affected

  Blondie,

  I thought about this very thing alot this am.

  purps
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  BurnTheShips

  My belief is that I will die.

  So I am pretty sure that things will work out very neatly.

  Observation of other human specimens proves that this theory has strong predictive power. BTS
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  WTWizard

  I would not stake my life on my beliefs. Because it is likely that something is wrong with some of them, and dying for them would finalize any errors in beliefs I might have.

  Dying for a person, well that's another matter. However, I would not die for one of those cockroach-witlesses, and especially not for a member of the Filthful and Disgraceful Slavebugger class.
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  Terry

  I finally had an epiphany one day. The nine eleven terrorists died for what they believed. The gist of that is nihilism. A good philosophy would be opposite. A person would LIVE for their beliefs and contribute toward others living as well.

  Death is the easiest thing of all. It doesn't require skill, talent, education, morality, principles or ethics. A blind, mindless and irrational plunge into the abyss is not the mark of a noble being or an enlightened soul.

  I now see that when I use to say I would DIE for my beliefs I was an unthinking, programmed robot cut off from values. I was a tool, a blunt instrument of a feckless ideology.

  Religion often teaches us who our enemies are so that we can root for their destruction according to our own program notes.

  Christopher Reeve is an example we might contemplate. After he realized he was paralyzed for life he thought about and discussed suicide with his wife. They rejected it for a number of positive reasons, not the least of which was hope firmly planted in the intelligence of man utilizing technology. Reeve became a spokesperson for spinal injury and was high-profile in establishing awareness and funding for research and development.

  Dying for a cause is like sneezing for the whales and coughing up phlegm for endangered species....and just as effective.

  Living for a cause is applying your humanity to the solution of a problem and bringing it to fruition for the benefit of all.

  As Judaism succintly says, "He who saves one life saves the world entire!"
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  FreudianSlip

  I can think of no beliefs, that I currently have, that I would be willing to die for.
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  NewYork44M

  My family - Yes.

  My beliefs -No. I don't really believe or trust anything except myself. But, how can I die for myself? That is like "having your cake and eating it too."