Would you convert on threat of death?
Whether you are religious or not, would you convert to a different religion on threat of death? Would you be willing to die for what you believe in? Also, what if the threat of death was somebody else? Would you convert to save their life?
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If it is as something as frivolous as proclaiming you believe in some religion? Then yes I would, no sense in dying over that. Just lie, who will know? If there is a god, and it cared at all about us, then it would probably understand the situation and see in our hearts that we only mean to save our lives and the lives of our loved ones. It would be a damn shame if someone felt compelled to die due to some ignorant sense of pride or duty. Then again, perhaps if someone were willing to do that, then they disserve what they get in the end, a bullet delivered straight into their empty, useless brain cavity. Side: Just lie
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"Would you change your race on threat of death?" That's how I read the question. Not in the sense that race=religion, but in the sense that it is not something I can change out of fear. - Simply because I will myself to believe something (out of fear) does not mean I will ever truly believe that thing. I could never in a million years believe Christianity (arbitrary example). The fact that there is someone pointing a gun to my head doesn't change the fact that it is illogical (to me). Side: not possible
I'm not willing to die just because I don't believe in anything. Now, considering that we live in a totalitarian regime where my deviation will never be heard (most likely), I'd just humor my government and pretend to be w/e they ask of me. You know, so long as I don't have to do anything severely unpleasant (like get raped by monkeys every Sunday). Although, I've accepted that here in America, I'm willing to die for what I say, mainly because if someone does kill me, they'll be labeled as a lunatic and would make all their people look bad, and i'll be a martyr. Side: Maybe
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