A modern day martyr movement is possible and supremely to be hoped for. It is also of course scary. But so many people's lives lack meaning that sacrificing oneself to a higher purpose can paradoxically be life-affirming and promoting. "He who would save his life shall loose it, and he who would loose his life shall gain it."
A martyr impulse is valuable for strategic purposes in a world climate dominated by fear. Often when a principled public servant steps forth with reports of mis-deeds within the gears of government, that person is snuffed out. Paul Wellstone is one example of this. Assassination is indeed an effective tool when applied sparingly and in relatively cautious measure. But it becomes highly problematic to assassinate an entire culture of intentional martyrs. To do so only confirms the perspectives of the people sacrificing their lives.
While it would be nice for people not to feel a need to be willing to die for justice and noble intentions, realistically a thoroughly corrupt world system will tend to kill these people anyway if they demonstrate indications of being able to assist considerable numbers of people improve their lives and gain liberty from economic slavery systems. In an age of wayward imbalance, martyrdom suddenly doesn't seem like such an unusual idea.
In 1536 William Tyndale was imprisoned, strangled and burnt on a stake. He had translated the New Testament into English for the first time in history from the earliest original Greek sources. This was not appreciated at all by contemporary religious authorities who put an end to Tyndale's translating activities.
As with Tyndale and earlier Christian martyrs, people today who seek and broadcast the purest possible truth are a major irritant to power brokers who would prefer a world fashioned upon lies conducive to their earthly control schemes. However, prospective martyrs today are less likely to be killed for religious reasons than for exposing the criminal Federal Reserve System, or revealing 9-11 to have been a "false flag" operation, where rogue elements within a government attack their own citizens to justify imperialism foreign and domestic.
A martyr impulse is valuable for strategic purposes in a world climate dominated by fear. Often when a principled public servant steps forth with reports of mis-deeds within the gears of government, that person is snuffed out. Paul Wellstone is one example of this. Assassination is indeed an effective tool when applied sparingly and in relatively cautious measure. But it becomes highly problematic to assassinate an entire culture of intentional martyrs. To do so only confirms the perspectives of the people sacrificing their lives.
While it would be nice for people not to feel a need to be willing to die for justice and noble intentions, realistically a thoroughly corrupt world system will tend to kill these people anyway if they demonstrate indications of being able to assist considerable numbers of people improve their lives and gain liberty from economic slavery systems. In an age of wayward imbalance, martyrdom suddenly doesn't seem like such an unusual idea.
In 1536 William Tyndale was imprisoned, strangled and burnt on a stake. He had translated the New Testament into English for the first time in history from the earliest original Greek sources. This was not appreciated at all by contemporary religious authorities who put an end to Tyndale's translating activities.
As with Tyndale and earlier Christian martyrs, people today who seek and broadcast the purest possible truth are a major irritant to power brokers who would prefer a world fashioned upon lies conducive to their earthly control schemes. However, prospective martyrs today are less likely to be killed for religious reasons than for exposing the criminal Federal Reserve System, or revealing 9-11 to have been a "false flag" operation, where rogue elements within a government attack their own citizens to justify imperialism foreign and domestic.
0 comments:
Post a Comment