The Bible

It is assumed here that these acts of self-sacrifice are not based on stupidity. In fact, the origins of altruistic suicide can probably be traced to early religious ideology. Consider the following verse from the King James Version of The Bible, “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”

1998 fall, Jeffrey W. Riemer, “Durkheim’s ‘Heroic Suicide’ in Military Combat”, in Armed Forces & Society, volume 25, number 1, New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Periodicals Consortium, →ISSN, →OCLC

I suggested we read The Song of Songs to one another. […] I brought her down on the floor, and in a moment of inspiration grabbed the roll of duct tape, turned her over, and taped The Bible to her back. […] At “Come my lover, let us go to the countryside,” I spilled my seed—some of it on her bare back, most of it, I confess, on The Bible. […] She leaned her nudity closer and placed her arms around me. “Dr. Spinner,” she whispered, “God is with us.” Indeed, the thin, sticky pages of The Bible splayed out behind her like an angel’s wings.

2002, Adam Prince, “To Pio”, in Jenine Gordon Bockman, editor, Literal Latté: A Journal of Prose, Poetry & Art, volume 8, number 1, New York, N.Y., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8, column 3

It is reported in The Bible that it was due to those being that became opposed to the Creator’s moral political/religious system that a rebellion occurred in the Creator’s kingdom. The rebellion ended with those involved in the rebellion being cast (evicted, exiled) from the Creator’s kingdom into a great abyss (void, space, i.e., realm) to call their own. Those beings are reported and identified in The Bible as Lucifer and Lucifer’s followers.

2015, Randall C. Hale, “A Brief History as Reported in The Bible”, in War On…, Frederick, Md.: America Star Books, →ISBN, page 56

[...] [Nick] Kroll cited The Bible (citation needed) as dictating, "Thou shalt have a Goldberg [i.e., Evan Goldberg] that one grows up with, and then writes TV and movies with." Don’t question it.

2020 December 1, Dennis Perkins, “Nick Kroll Got Some Helpful Direction from Harry Styles on Popping the Question”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 01 Dec 2020