Agreed. It was not what God wanted and Satan does use death and the fear of it to silence the believers from sharing the good news. Satan thought he was defeating God's promise by silencing Jesus on the cross. To a lesser extent, he thought he was silencing Charlie Kirk and stopping his influence upon the culture, another miscalculation. He can't defeat God, but he can hurt God's creation, but because of the eternal separation from God our current bodies cannot last forever anyway. I'd prefer to not suffer the loss of family and friends or the innocent at any stage of development. I look at this life, for the believer, as time spent in heaven's womb. Our soul grows, fed by God and His word and when God says, "It's time" we slide into eternity in a body designed to live in the everlasting relationship we were always designed to have.
It has been reported that almost 7100 Christians have been martyred in Nigeria alone from January 1 2025 to August 10 2025. It has also been reported that no more than 20% of the world wide followers of Islam are considered extremists. That leaves at least, maybe 80% that are peaceful. Too many of the peaceful are afraid or unwilling to call out the non peaceful. With approximately 2 billion followers of Islam in the world today, even 10% is a lot of extremists. Also remember, they are not ..fans.. of independent women or alternative.. lifestyles. The majority of society will not thrive under the extremists rule. Many wouldn't even survive.
