What is a martyr? I always thought of it as something I would rather avoid, but if it happened to happen to me, it would look good on my eternal resume. In this age though of Islamic fanatics murdering innocents in the name of martyrdom, I thought it expedient to draw some specific distinctions.

A Christian martyr, for example, dies so someone else can either live or know the truth about life. t’s the celebration of life by being willing to die for life, usually someone else’s, that is its beauty. It’s giving yourself away so others live.

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