Is Suicide a Sin?

[Laela]

Well said...

I just read about that Cleveland serial rapist..he's on suicide watch... it's a chilling story.

Originally Posted by divya

I certainly believe it is a sin. However, we serve a just God who will consider every circumstance and every heart.

[divya]

Originally Posted by Laela

Well said...

I just read about that Cleveland serial rapist..he's on suicide watch... it's a chilling story.

That story is so terrible...so terrible. I'm on world suffering overload right now. In my human rights class yesterday, we discussed the rape of children as young as 10 months old in the Congo, child soldiers around the world (especially the females), the Uighurs' situation in China etc. Ready for Jesus to come and make this world anew...

[Laela]

WHAT!!!?!!! What's going on in Congo and Sudan is getting worse.. and five years ago was bad!

Jesus.... have mercy.

[LovinLocks]

Originally Posted by Laela

But what about people who are mentally ill and die in that diseased state of mind? Have they sinned?

I wonder if your question isn't really, "Are those that commit the act of suicide who are mentally challenged judged adversely by almighty God?"

Considering that sin is, "Missing the mark of perfection", the fact that a person is in a "diseased state of mind" is a by-product of sin. The sin we inherited from Adam and Eve. So, "Yes"; suicide is definitely sin.

[Hysi]

God bless you Coffee. I am so glad that you found peace. God is good isn't he?

[Coffee]

Originally Posted by Hysi

God bless you Coffee. I am so glad that you found peace. God is good isn't he?

Our God is such a loving and forgiving God! I have seen His work in action!

[authenticitymanifesting]

It's unfortunate that it is a sin, because a person must feel like they're living in hell on earth in order to commit suicide. I know it is a sin, but i've never understood why. Yes, I know that committing suicide is wrong because you are choosing your own destiny, instead of submitting to God's will. However, I also know that someone that has dealt with those feelings for a long period of time probably feels like a hostage to life.

[authenticitymanifesting]

Originally Posted by coco_diva4

Having been someone who has failed 10+ times of committing suicide I know now that it's a sin in my opinion because your unable to repent. I know that God will be the one who make the final decision as to where you spend eternity but I know that even though I may feel like Im already in hell doesn't mean I am.

It may not mean you are, but for the average person perception = reality.

I wish more people esp those of the black race would talk about this topic. Its one of the taboo topics like homosexual men in the church. Life can be so hard at times and people give up on you because they gave you a little encouragement and think your will be better instantaneously. Many also believe suicide means you have some mental problem.

This will probably NEVER change, because after disclosing it people will attribute everything that person says/does to them being suicidal even years later. Ex. " She 's a miserable person. She was suicidal once, you know."
There was a thread in ET about Lisa Nicole Carson and people were wondering why she didn't disclose more about her struggles with mental illness. My sentiments remain the same, " For what?!" Why would someone solicit more ridicule?

[Nonie]

I remember wondering about this, or mercy killing as one might do when one helps another take their own life to ease their pain--say someone in a vegetable state--and someone said something to me that I will never forget: God is a perfect God. There is no commandment of His that contradicts another, so when He says "Thou shalt not kill," He really means it. That was enough for me to know that I should not commit suicide or help another commit suicide.

But since killing at war or self-defense (as David did Goliath) was never taught to me as being a sin but rather it was done "with God's help", I am guessing that suicide is one of those things we as humans cannot make judgments on--since depression is a disease--and perhaps we'll just have to let the true Judge make that call on Judgment Day.

[Coffee]

Just an fyi, the word suicide is not in the bible.