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about suicide, im doing a project and i need information. any suggestions?

2007-11-29 06:33:36 · 3 answers · asked by b3lla 3 in Social Science Psychology

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There are many good sites you can find (or maybe you have) if you google or yahoo search 'em.

I found this one...

http://www.metanoia.org/suicide/

...from yahoo.

Good luck on your project.

2007-11-29 23:46:14 · answer #1 · answered by timbers 5 · 9 1

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.

The Code of Canon Law does not list suicide as a reason to deny a person a Catholic funeral. http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P4C.HTM

For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church:
On mortal sin, paragraphs 1857-1859: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt3sect1chpt1art8.htm#1857
On suicide, paragraphs 2282-2283: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt3sect2chpt2art5.htm#2282

On assisted suicide see: http://www.usccb.org/prolife/issues/euthanas/index.shtml

With love and prayers in Christ.

2007-11-30 01:40:37 · answer #2 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0 0

Here's another site I found too.

http://home.att.net/~faithleap/suicide.htm

Just to quote one section specifically: (WHOOPS - Sorry I copied and pasted the wrong section: This is what I meant to post!!!!) LOL

According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church1:

Suicide

2280 Everyone is responsible for his life before God who has given it to him. It is God who remains the sovereign Master of life. We are obliged to accept life gratefully and preserve it for his honor and the salvation of our souls. We are stewards, not owners, of the life God has entrusted to us. It is not ours to dispose of.

2281 Suicide contradicts the natural inclination of the human being to preserve and perpetuate his life. It is gravely contrary to the just love of self. It likewise offends love of neighbor because it unjustly breaks the ties of solidarity with family, nation, and other human societies to which we continue to have obligations. Suicide is contrary to love for the living God.

2282 If suicide is committed with the intention of setting an example, especially to the young, it also takes on the gravity of scandal. Voluntary co-operation in suicide is contrary to the moral law.

Grave psychological disturbances, anguish, or grave fear of hardship, suffering, or torture can diminish the responsibility of the one committing suicide.

2283 We should not despair of the eternal salvation of persons who have taken their own lives. By ways known to him alone, God can provide the opportunity for salutary repentance. The Church prays for persons who have taken their own lives.1

2007-11-30 09:19:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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