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one to look at culture from a Christian worldview on John Stone Street with the point.

A few days after an active duty American airman lit himself on fire in protest of what he

claimed was genocide by

genocide by Israel and Gaza, time magazine offered a lesson in the history and meaning of self-immolation,

pointing to various times in history when protests by suicide

was used to highlight injustices.

And then the writers claimed, and I quote, self-immolation was also seen as a sacrificial act committed by Christian devotees who chose to be burned alive when they were being persecuted for their religion by Roman Emperor Diocletian

around 300 AD.

End quote.

To suggest that the Christians burned at the stake by the Romans was an act of protest or that

they chose their own death in the same way as this U.S. soldier?

Well that's just sheer nonsense.

They were set on fire for refusing to deny Christ.

You don't have to be all into theology or history to know the difference.

But we should expect time to choose writers who know a bit more about these subjects.

I'm John Stone Street.