Is the ink of a scholar really worth a thousand times more than the blood of a martyr?

Answer 1

I don't know. I went to an exhibit on the Bible that was titled Ink and Blood--I guess that's where they got the title from. I've never heard that phrase before.

Kinda like the pen is mightier than the sword. The martyr-killing sword. I suppose martyrs cause a lot more wars and stuff than scholars--many scholars just get thrown in jail or worse, ignored, and they don't start wars and foment rebellion (yay! I got to use "foment"! Wheeee!)

Depends on if you want to start wars or sit around and philosophize. If you want to stay out of war, don't make martyrs. I sure wish there were more scholars than Twin Tower "martyrs" and suicide bombers. People thinking rationally about problems would be worth way more than people dying for their beliefs.

Answer 2

The ink of scholars has since become seen as "fact". Something that nearly every human on the planet believes even while they continue to test it. The bloodof no martyr has ever wielded that power. The blood of martyrs has caused pain, suffering, war and hatred, but none touch every human the way the writings and studies of scholars has.
The ink of scholars had eradicated some diseases, permanently changed mortality rates, given us food for thought and argument. Is it not, in fact, ink that even now is held up to be "the word of God" not the martyr's blood, but the storyteller's art.

Answer 3

Worth more to whom? It depends on the one determining the worth, and of course, it very much depends on the scholar.

Every drop of ink in "scholar" Chairman Mao's Little Red Book caused gallons of Christian martyr's blood to run into the Chinese soil during the Cultural Revolution of 1968. But was it worth more? Certainly not, and ultimately, it wasn't more powerful either.

Witness: http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Beijing-Christianity-Transforming-Changing/dp/1596980257/sr=1-1/qid=1169777537/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-1997725-3552915?ie=UTF8&s=books

Answer 4

Indeed.... fear eventually has it's limits, but a thoughtful person armed with education and facts (not weapons or hate) can be a force to behold.

"Never doubt the power of a small group of people to make positive changes in the world, for indeed they are the only ones who ever have."

Margaret Mead

Answer 5

No. Martyrs die for what they believe in. You don't understand martyrs because they actually believe what they say they believe in. Thats why you don't see Christians going around massacring everyone that works on Sunday.

Answer 6

Hard to say. The blood of a martyr leads to Sainthood.

Answer 7

I think so

Answer 8

nope, can't save