:yea: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2022/09/11/walled-lake-man-killed-police-after-killing-wife-shooting-daughter/8058356001/

  • ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]
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    2 years ago

    If I was Muslim in inquisition era Spain and the inquisition said “We’re going to murder you if you don’t eat this ham sandwich” I would absolutely eat the sandwich.

    This is mostly based on the fact that when I was Christian if someone had said they were gonna murder me if I didn’t deny I’m Christian I wouldn’t have hesitated.

    Obviously that doesn’t make the person giving threats okay but when given the choice between a relatively small sin against your religion and being violently murdered, most people pick the first one.

    • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      loads of people didn't though and they didn't not because they didn't understand that being killed was bad but because they didn't accept that armed men could tell them not to practice their religion

      • MaeBorowski [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        Exactly. And in addition... A person might easily say "yeah, I'd lie about my beliefs to save my hide!" But when the opposition forces it to be a matter of your very being and culture, when they force it to be a rejection of all the traditions you associate with your family, your very culture... It becomes a lot more understandable to be willing to die in defense of it.