12-07-2021, 09:50 PM
(12-07-2021, 10:30 AM)Bally002 Wrote: Going out on a limb here from the religious perspective. Being RC and having gone through the nuns, brothers and priests. I'm not a church goer but in answer to the original post, Jesus died on the cross to save us all, weel okay, but his death would be considered a suicide and he knew the outcome. He had a choice if you believe that part of the bible.
So my take is he knew the pain and suffering he would have to go through and his ultimate death. It is written he could have saved himself at anytime. But he chose death by Crucifixion. Is that a form of suicide?
Later consider those that chose death in his name. eg: The crusaders. Willing to die. Is that suicide?
My thoughts,
Bally
And then there was Saul, I believe, who "fell upon his own sword". Apart from smarting and leaving a mark, that action probably resulted in a voluntary self termination. Did Saul go to hell for that? Or did he have bigger issues to send him to hell that overshadowed a mere suicide? OR, did he cash in his Believer's Get Out of Jail Free Card ™ and skate past the brimstone gates?
In the end, the decision belongs to God alone.
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’