text: The issues raised in this article aside, Jesus most definitely did not participate in assisted suicide. There is a difference between taking a moral stance that puts one's life at risk and deliberately seeking death.
  
  The Christian concept of martyrdom (as opposed to the perverse Islamist concept) is that one reluctantly accepts death if there is no conscientious way to avoid it. That's what Jesus did.
  
  "Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me ..." Those are not the words of somebody looking for a way to die.