• Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net
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    3 months ago

    For one, it was part of the prophecy that’s referenced a few times in the New Testament.

    For two, martyrs maker good PR. My favorite example is:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignatius_of_Antioch

    Who near as I can tell arranged his own arrest and execution in Rome, and preached the entire way there to the crowds that came to see a Christian (novel in those days)