2007-01-12 22:48:49 · 3 answers · asked by Tanaka 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
I didn't know either, so I took the liberty of looking it up. I couldn't find a direct name (i.e. "John Doe"), but found a lot of religious text surrounding the quote. From my research I believe it was derived from this passage in the bible:
John 5:1 says, "One type of security evades the power of government and business. It is freedom from the fear of death. Ultimately, Jesus Christ removes this fear and provides freedom and security. "Since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives." (Hebrews 2:14-15) This is ultimate spiritual freedom.
I believe some have shortened that passage to, "death is the ultimate freedom." They interpreted freedom to mean the release of the soul to heaven, and becoming an eternal spiritual being, rather than being in hell, or bound by human flesh.
2007-01-12 23:16:41 · answer #1 · answered by Karma 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This was said by an Austrian teenager who survived more than eight years of captivity in an underground cell. Ms Kampusch said:
"I wasn't scared - I love freedom and for me death is the ultimate freedom, the redemption from him. But he said all the time he would first of all kill the neighbours, then me and then himself."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5319214.
2007-01-13 01:05:24 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
George Bush before he attacked Iraq to "free" them?
2007-01-12 22:51:39 · answer #3 · answered by Dr Dee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋