How would you answer a young man who asked this question?
2007-02-02 10:55:23 · 7 answers · asked by Winter Star 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Catholics believe suicide when committed in full knowledge and deliberate consent is a complete turning away from God (a mortal sin) and will send a person to hell.
There are 3 conditions of a mortal sin: grave matter, full knowledge, and deliberate consent.
While suicide (or any kind of murder) is always a grave matter, people who commit suicide may not always have full knowledge of what they're doing. Drugs can definitely impair one's thinking, as can other things, such as diseases, intense pain, or anguish.
Therefore, suicide is not automatically treated as a mortal sin.
We are commanded by Christ not to judge others so we leave final judgment to God who alone knows each person's heart.
With love in Christ.
2007-02-03 09:31:54 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Bible does not give any specific details on suicide. However, the 6th Commandment states "Thou shalt not kill" which includes yourself. Breaking this would be a sin. However, if we ask for forgiveness he is faithful and just to forgive us of our sins. The question then arises, How can you ask for forgiveness after you've killed yourself? You can't because you're dead. So then can you be forgiven of that? I'm not sure. My own opinion is no. However, God is merciful and longsuffering. The good news is that God is the judge (not us) and that whatever He decides will be fair.
2007-02-02 11:13:59 · answer #2 · answered by summer98 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life is a gift from God, not something to be abused or to end at one’s own hand. (James 1:17) Hence, the Scriptures encourage us to see ourselves, not as immortal souls, but as valuable creations of the God who loves us, who treasures our being alive, and who looks forward with joy to the time of the resurrection.—Job 14:14, 15.
Love strengthens our recognition that suicide—though evading one’s own burdens—only heaps more problems on loved ones left behind. As far as the one who rashly took his own life is concerned, we humans cannot judge as to whether he will get a resurrection or not. How reprehensible was he? God alone searches ‘all hearts and every inclination of the thoughts.’ (1 Chronicles 28:9) But we may be confident that ‘the Judge of all the earth is going to do what is loving, just, and right!’—Genesis 18:25.
2007-02-02 11:10:33 · answer #3 · answered by Tomoyo K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word is not in the Bible. I take solace in the fact that it tells me over and over that at the judgment:
God will wipe away tears -Isaiah 25:8, Revelations 7:17 AND 21:4.
2007-02-02 11:03:21 · answer #4 · answered by great gig in the sky 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would say God both condones it and lets you have free will to do anything you want with your life, since there is that whole 'unconditional love and redemtipn" thing everywhere in the bible.
Basically, no one can answer this question fully, because is it contradictory, both in answer and question if you think about it.
2007-02-02 10:59:39 · answer #5 · answered by Lief Tanner 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
how wld u feel if u give birth to a child and do every thing possible to make him comfortable, or better still, have so many good things in stock for that child, without the child knowin, some how some thing goes wrong with him and he decides to comit sucide, how wld u feel?????GOD feels so much UNAPRECIATED
2007-02-02 11:11:32 · answer #6 · answered by cuttie 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well in the Bible it says do not murder so if you kill yourself thats murder so you would go to hell.
2007-02-02 10:58:35 · answer #7 · answered by grace_girl 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋