Narland wrote:Principality of the Raix wrote:You realize the above situation is being played towards the secondary of your compromises, which due to the above situation places you like me in the nil survival for our integrity.
Yep, thankfully God is the God of no-win scenarios. No sane person should like the thought of dying for their conscience sake. The only hope (for the believer on Christ) is the historicity of the resurrection of the Christ. He raised people from the dead as proof of his power and raised himself from the dead as proof of his divinity. I am convinced, better to be a martyr committed to the temporal/temporary flames (or whatever method of execution) on earth, than cowardice on earth and eternal flames thereafter.
Oh, well your's rather down to the belief. My reasoning is based more on sin in that scenario, as I am too proud to change my view based on belief. I need evidence, proof and even then I remain skeptical. So why should I change my belief, based on survival. True, most humans would rather survive. However surviving without the freedom to express your real belief is only a shell of actually living life, like living in a country that is very authoritarian. You will become a shell of yourself, had you ever tasted freedom before being forced under the heel.