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QotD

posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:24am on 2022-08-05

"There are many ways to summarise the differences between Judaism and Xtianity but a key one is their different answers to the following question:

"'Is martyrdom ever something to be desired?'

"Xtianity: Yes!
Judaism: No.

"So much stems just from that.

[...]

"Like we honor martyrs but we don't glorify or romanticise martyrdom and that describes the entire philosophical difference clearer than most other attempts

-- Meig/Tzippi (ey/em/eir) ([twitter.com profile] DinosaurBiology), 2022-08-02

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