The only difference between suicide and martyrdom is press coverage.

I just read a book called Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk. He said something to the effect of: if Jesus had died in prison would we be saved?This makes a lot of sense to me. I mean would Christianity be the largest religion on the planet if Jesus wasn't crucified? Where would Jesus be without the disciples?------------------
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The point I'm trying to make is that if Jesus did die in prison, you wouldn't know about him or be a 'christian.'

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Yes it would be, thanks to Constantine, who couldnt really care less how Jesus died, it would still be the largest faith. But only for the next few years, Islam will rapidly pass it by in terms of number of followers quite soon.

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not quite buddy... I think the christian faith would have to have quite a following before the emperor of the Roman Empire considered belief in it. I mean 300 years after Jesus's death, they had enough members to attract Constantine's attention. Would they have had those necessary members if Jesus had died in a prison?------------------
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hey hey. ummm yeah haven't been here for a while so please be patient while i try to catch up. thanks.------------------
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He lay down his life for us of his own accord , therefore what ifs are meaningless with me.

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I dunno. it kindof seems like cheating to me. i mean hey yeah i'll die for your sins but its all cool cause i know im coming back in three days. i mean if i could give my life to feed the entire world as long as i knew i could come back in three days, i'd do it.------------------
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