If someone held a gun to your head...

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Originally posted by Xantar
Well, ok. So maybe I got it wrong. But the newspapers were sure making her look brave back when it happened.

That's what I expect from the newspapers. Anyhow, I still think the girl was noble just for dying in such a tragedy.

The point still stands: if someone did that, I would find their action admirable even though I don't actually believe in God myself. I was trying to point out a paradox in this situation. Many of us think that saying "No" would be okay, maybe even right no matter what you actually believe in. But if we were to actually hear about somebody answering "Yes," and I mean that this person did so fully knowing that it would lead to death, we would think them very noble.

Human morality can be pretty strange sometimes...

I would find it very noble if someone upheld their belief in favor of their life.

But if, say, your mother was the one with the gun to her head and you were the one being asked the question, I think it would be far nobler to say No and sacrifice your soul to hell for your mother's life than to say Yes to uphold your beliefs.