Raw_Power comments on Mere Messiahs - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Raw_Power 25 September 2010 12:37:19AM 6 points [-]

Nitpicking: I don't believe Muslims would fail to be humbled by such a man. A suicide bomber knows he is taking the easy way out of a life where he expects to succumb to sin (suicide bombers are usually notorious sinners [citation needed, I don't remember where I read that]) by taking a path he was told would guarrantee him a place in Paradise (more importantly, away from Hell). To the likes of him, a man who does what Perry did, with the beliefs with which he did it, commands respect. Though I am purely speculating here: if those alledged Muslims are anything like, say, Fred Phelps, there is no telling whether they would adopt this perspective.

More importantly, while "Jesus dying forever" is not a valid hypothesis for them, you seem to be underestimating a Christian's Willing Suspension Of Belief For The Sake Of Speculation.