“It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.”
“he has martyred me, but for no cause”
“The Captain: A martyr, Lavinia, is a fool. Your death will prove nothing.Lavinia: Then why kill me?”
“While we may not be called to martyr our lives, we must martyr our way of life. We must put our selfish ways to death and march to a different beat. Then the world will see Jesus.”
“[...]not even dying a martyr's death is classified as extraordinary obedience when you are following a Savior who died on a cross.”
“Death is inevitable. But the meaning people attach to death, its causes and aftermath, is culturally given. Without meaning, without culture making sense of things, life would be impossible.”