Worst line ever: "My God, my tourniquet, return to me salvation!" Ewwww.
Heroin addiction? Don't see any other possible interpretation of that line.
Never thought of it in terms of the suicide/victim-stance thing, but it's all still very Christian - suicide being a sin but martyrs get sainthood: where do you draw the line?
The motivations are (hopefuly) quite different.
Suicide is wrong because it's throwing away your life meaninglessly. Martyrdom is the ultimate expression of belief in a cause and does good with your death as well as with your life. Suicide is essentially a selfish act, martyrdom is a selfless one.
(Not a Christian, but I can come off sounding like one at times).
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Heroin addiction? Don't see any other possible interpretation of that line.
Never thought of it in terms of the suicide/victim-stance thing, but it's all still very Christian - suicide being a sin but martyrs get sainthood: where do you draw the line?
The motivations are (hopefuly) quite different.
Suicide is wrong because it's throwing away your life meaninglessly. Martyrdom is the ultimate expression of belief in a cause and does good with your death as well as with your life. Suicide is essentially a selfish act, martyrdom is a selfless one.
(Not a Christian, but I can come off sounding like one at times).