Did early Christian martyrs choose to be burned alive during the Roman persecutions? Earlier today, David wrote about Leftists celebrating the bizarre suicide of Aaron Bushnell, done in nominal protest of US policy in the war between Hamas and Israel.
Now we have Time Magazine attempting to normalize it by proclaiming its equivalency to the early Christian martyrs, and … hoo boy:
.@TIME says Christian martyrs “committed” self-immolation when the Romans tortured and burned them alive for refusing to reject Jesus Christ. pic.twitter.com/inbOAJOkrs
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) February 27, 2024
The practice of self-immolation dates back centuries, according to ancient Hindu tales of Sati, the wife of a Hindu god who got married without her father’s approval. Some retellings of her life say that Sati burned herself to death on her husband’s funeral pyre, and are used…