Death Fixation

It is a certifiably strange delusion that

motivates people in the ecstatic belief

that they have been blessed when they

plot the murder of perfect strangers in a

paroxysm of religious fervour that will

grant them the status of martyrdom when

they join the pantheon of others similarly

deluded by a religion that promotes mass

murder and the glories inherent in becoming

the catalyst of chaos and destruction while

its faithful extol it as the only gateway to

paradise as a religion of peace and love. It

is of course feasible that were the aspirants

to the celebrated status of the heroic by

demonstrating that life is expendable in the

greater interests of pleasing God not have

had their cerebral functioning hampered by

indoctrination of hatred they might have

balked at committing rape, mutilation and

slaughter of children, women, the elderly

and any who bear the distinguishing mark 

of a true religion of peace. Alas the allure

of a non-consensual death pact leading to the

status of martyr is not to be denied. And why

should such a heartfelt desire not be fulfilled

far more directly from intent to prosecution

the intermediate focus of the sacred ritual

set aside since the victim chooses to withhold

surrender of existence but is willing to

accommodate the assassin-celebrant's fervid

attachment to achieve holy martyrdom.