and if so. wouldn't the catholic church be against smoking then? since they believe you go to hell if you commit suicide?(i'm not catholic,just wanting to see what others think of this subject)
2007-08-12 17:30:04 · 18 answers · asked by Rev. Justin G 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
yes. and the answerers here are getting ridiculous. forgetting that suicide is voluntary, and by living, you're not trying to die.
2007-08-12 17:39:22 · answer #1 · answered by Hey, Ray 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I struggle with this. I am Born Again and I smoke. It' my thorn in my side. Afterall, how can I pray for healing and smoke, right? From the Lord's point of view - unwise choices will yield an unwelcome outcome. In the end - I will get what I get because I chose that. I have the power to change it if I can step up and do what needs to be done. PS The catholic Church probabvly has a vested interest in tobacco companies. Got to keep the sexual assault insurance policy funds going somehow, huh?
2007-08-12 17:40:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think smoking is a bad habit..one that many Christians struggle with. I struggled myself for a long time. I felt like smoking hurt my witness for the Lord and condemned myself for smoking. I was more concerned about my witness for the Lord than I was my health. On Good Friday this year, I prayed and asked God to help me nail my habit to the cross. I have been smoke free since Good Friday! Thank You Lord!
2007-08-12 17:41:50 · answer #3 · answered by Jlk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if it kills you and was forseeable as an absolute or probable result of your actions. I quit smoking. I will die. Is my smoking or my quitting going to kill me or will it be from something else. If I drive and die in an auto accident, would that be a form of suicide since I could have easily foreseen the possibility and avoided my death by not travelling in or around vehicles?
2007-08-12 17:37:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes smoking is a slow suicide if you want to think of it that way, it kills your lungs and you eventually get lung cancer and all the fun stuff starts happening. But the problem is you cant control people who smoke, so the church cant do anything about it. I wish the government would though, even second hand smoke is deadly but no one cares about that.
2007-08-12 17:35:49 · answer #5 · answered by aisha081087 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I doubt if the Catholics encourage smoking. However, I wouldn't call smoking suicide because people that do it don't want it to kill them.
2007-08-12 18:00:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apparently not for everyone. The same answer applies to all 'vices', as there are people that seem to be immune to the effects of bad personal habits. Everyone's different, I suppose. Sometimes I think some people are not really 'people' at all... maybe angels or something, and nobody (not even them) can tell the difference.
2007-08-12 17:56:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Using cars is a slow form of suicide in that we contribute to pollution.
Living is a slow form of suicide when given the knowledge that we will one day die.
In such a scenario there is only fast suicide and slow suicide.
2007-08-12 17:34:48 · answer #8 · answered by Moodrets 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I'm agnostic but suicide is unintentional. The chubby person who continues to eat a tub of ice cream, isn't thinking of self-murder. He/she is thinking about the taste or immediate gratification. Accidental or unintentionally caused deaths (ie. drug overdose) are not forms of suicide.
2007-08-12 17:34:10 · answer #9 · answered by NY 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
the Catholic Church already warned people against vices.
2007-08-12 17:34:07 · answer #10 · answered by Perceptive 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Using that logic, being alive is a form of suicide as it puts a strain on your vital organs which will inevitably lead to your death.
2007-08-12 17:37:20 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋