The difference - Lemmy.world

I like this Jesus guy’s ideas, I just don’t think he’s magic.

I like what this guy named Matthew said Jesus guy’s ideas were. Mark and Luke said the same but weren’t as good as writers. And another guy named John wrote a fanfic expanding on the original.

And then a guy called Paul (aka Saul) got involved despite never having met the OG crew. And started an expanded universe messing up the canon forever.

And then they all died for their faith, bar John who was imprisoned for life.
The terrorists on 9/11 were just as brave dying for their faith.
Pretty low to liken the Apostles to terrorists. The difference is that they created the story and witnessed it. The 9/11 terrorists believed Mohammed’s lie.
In their minds they were just as virtuous in their fight against adversities and died for their beliefs. My point is that that you can have these great convictions for horribly causes. The great blind conviction isn’t a virtue. It doesn’t mean that early Christian writers should be respected. Ancient political movements with cults of personality associated telling their followers to die for the sauce is always disgusting.
There’s a huge difference between being killed by the authorities for showing disloyalty to an autocratic government and committing an act of terror by killing thousands of random people to make your point.