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I think a lot of people would be willing to endure more than 12 hours of
torture.. and death.. for a lot less than that. A lot of people
throughout history have done so. I think most of us hope we'd do so too.
I think many, if not most, of us would do so for our friends or family.
If we happened to save the world in the process then great.
On the other hand it'd be very hard to do the same for an abstract
cause. It's been done but I'd bet it's much more rare.
>But just for 12 hours, right? I know this is a religious thing and I
>can't expect dispassionate discussion, but wouldn't a lot of people suffer
>very terribly for 12 hours in order to open the gates of heaven to all
>humanity and to take their place at the right hand of God in an eternal
>paradise? I think so. There was a lot at stake.
>
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