Shouldn't most religious people in theory be excited to die because then they get to experience the afterlife?
esp if you're one of the devout ones who think they've been really good
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esp if you're one of the devout ones who think they've been really good
The religions where this was a strong desire are gone, because the people that brlieved in them kept dying
No. America is filled with them.
America is filled with people that use religion as a cultural tool of identity and dominance.
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".