I do have examples from History, not necessarily from the Bible though. In the time after Jesus ascended to heaven there were countless martyrs for the Christian faith. Just ask yourself this question, Why were they killed for their faith? Well... that would be because Christianity was outlawed in the Roman Empire until about the time of the Nicaea Convention whence came the Nicene Creed.
Christians were thrown alive into pits with ravenous lions, burned alive, had their skin flayed and they were then put into a bag and tossed around and gored by bulls, and numerous other heinous tortures.
These people were killed in these ways because of one thing: they would not refuse their faith. This alone refutes Crashman's arguments. I haven't gotten into the Bible for verses because I don't have to. These examples are more than enough.
