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%PRACTICE TRADITION HONORED SUPPORTED MARTYR SIN+990607
%DIE DEADLY KILLED VIOLENT BATTLE WAR SUPPORT CAUSE+990607
%TRAGIC UNINTENDED DISINTEGRATIVE CONSEQUENCE EVIL 990607
Communities on both sides honor martyrs who have
died in violent conflicts in support of their own
community's "righteous" side of dichotomous issues. This
practice of honoring martyrs has some tragic consequences
for communities on both sides of contentious conflicts:
1. The practice encourages contentious people who
are preoccupied with issues of control to move conflicts
toward violent engagements --- rather than toward WIN
WIN conflict resolution led by prudent peacemakers.
2. Citizens in communities are led to be more
willing to sacrifice both personal and communal integrity
in support of contentious positions --- rather than to
take prudent risks in seeking mutual understanding and
mutually balanced relationships.
3. In a corollary way, communities are prone to
fail to give much honor and/or support to true
peacemakers who are ready, willing, able to lead people
toward WIN WIN conflict resolution.
4. Sometimes martyrs are said to "go to heaven" as
a place of ultimate reward, perhaps instant reward.
Accepting such a concept of heavenly rewards places
unrestrained power in the hands of those leaders who
determine upon whom the blessing of the martyrs status
is laid. Such power corrupts leaders and those who follow
them. Those who are corrupted include even those who say
they are disciples of the "Prince of Peace" who refused
to have his disciples resort to violence when he was
arrested and subsequently crucified.
We need to be aware of and beware of the tragic
consequences of honoring martyrs who have resorted to
violence in support of their chosen causes.
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