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Most "Christians" Would Not Die For Their Faith.
(I do not claim I would always be faithful. I want to be.)
 Stranger  17 Sep 2008 03:08
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I don't know fursure I think alot would. You know if someone puts a gun to your head and says deny your faith or die I think alot of Christians would however I read storys of Christians who were beaten and thrown in prison and beat every week until they would deny their faith some did some did not all you had to do is deny and you were set free. I believe it depends on what matter of death as to how many would die a gun to your head or tortured severly and thrown to the lions like in the days of nero.
 
 doran  21 Sep 2008 05:04
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That's absolutely true. Most would punk out before becoming martyrs. But you also should admit that most atheists would not die to try to prove their beliefs (or lack thereof) either.
 
 Grenache  18 Sep 2008 15:41
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 I assume that most atheists wouldn't either. It's universal to try to preserve our own life.
by  Stranger
 19 Sep 2008 20:04
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I agree, but then most Christians wouldn't be put in that situation anyway, so don't need to. More of them would if they lived in a whorls where they could...if that makes sense...
 
 Hermione82  17 Sep 2008 22:23
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Yes, MOST "Christians" would not die for their faith.
Their faith is not pure: Committed like the pig at the feast is 100% committed; the chicken is not.....only gives up an egg....not much cost to the chicken..........the pig at the barbecue however gives ALL....so it is with impure "Christians" who will not die for their faith = puny faith.
 
 Scorpion  17 Sep 2008 21:03
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 It all depends on the person, anyone would rather live than die for their religion, not just christians
by  juanster93
 20 Sep 2008 07:27
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I would tend to agree, although I am not most Christians. I would die for my morals and beliefs that I had learned from my religion, but I would not die for the religion itself. Then again, there was that whole Crusades thing that a lot of people died for...
 
 Damien  17 Sep 2008 14:20
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I tend to agree. I think it would be highly unlikely for by far the vast majority to lay down their life for their god.
 
 Jahwobble  17 Sep 2008 12:00
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I suspect most people wouldn't die for any belief system, be it christianity, fascism, atheism or anything. Sometimes they are placed in a situation where they have little choice but I very much doubt the majority of Christians would die for God.
 
 Quincel  17 Sep 2008 06:58
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I'm not sure if I would or not (though I like to think that I would). I did hear a story though, about a girl in one of those anti-Christianity countries. She wouldn't defy her God, so they chopped her head off. My friend's sister's pastor has a picture of the executioner holding her head (super creepy, isn't it?).
 
 bookworm3  22 Nov 2008 02:24
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It totally depends on how much a christian believes in their faith, because the premise of our faith is to make it back to heaven: Therefore, dying.

I somewhat agree with you that a lot of christians aren't like that though.
 
 meghanbean  21 Sep 2008 05:49
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Depends Really. How do you describe death? I think most people would fight to the death for their morals and beliefs, but they wouldn't simply wait for it.
 
 verum  18 Sep 2008 04:17
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Okay, this debate makes no sense! If you are a true Christian, you should be willing to die for God; not the devil that influences it. I would die for my faith and beliefs on God, he died for us! Why not live for him :)
 
 dokennedy  18 Sep 2008 01:27
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 "Christians" means alleged Christians.
by  Stranger
 19 Sep 2008 21:21
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What would be the point in dying for their faith, what could it possibly achieve?

What a silly debate...
 
 Kirsty08  17 Sep 2008 21:06
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 Kirsty08,

this debate is about the depth of one's spiritual conviction & commitment.

:-)
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 17 Sep 2008 21:22
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Does "most" mean 51% or 99%?
I think many would. The evidence is out there to prove it. The girl at columbine, the Sudanese Christians, the people in that movie "end of the spear" just to name a few.

The hardest part of being a Christian in my opinion is the living for God part rather than the dying for God part.
 
 created  17 Sep 2008 03:21
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 The cases you brought up are of few compared to how many were around who claimed being Christians and were threatened with death, right?
What I mean is that most who say they are aren't. "Most" being an obvious majority. It's in the Bible, I think, that there are many liars in that regard. I'll have to check it.
Living for God is harder than dying for him? Wow. Maybe.
by  Stranger
 17 Sep 2008 03:26
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