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To: OneWingedShark

Homicide is murder and is therefor a sin. Suicide is also murder and also a sin


17 posted on 08/15/2014 5:20:09 PM PDT by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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To: Kaslin
Homicide is murder and is therefor a sin.

Nope; if this were true then there would never be a justifiable homicide, yet there are — even in the Old Testament Mosaic law.
(Ex: Ex 22:2 If a thief is found breaking in, and is beaten to death, no bloodguilt is incurred;.)

Suicide is also murder and also a sin

If that is the case, then Jesus [who intentionally ended his own life (therefore committing suicide)] sinned; we know this to be false.

This raises a contradiction, therefore one or more of the predicates must be false.

  1. The definition of suicide is/includes the intentional taking of one's own life.
  2. Jesus's sacrifice was intentional. [John 10:18]
  3. Jesus knew his sacrifice entailed his own death. [John 10:18]
  4. Jesus was sinless. [1 Peter 2:22; 1 John 3:5; 1 Peter 1:18-19]
  5. Suicide is sin. [Your assertion.]
Which of these is false?
If scripture, please explain how and why the scripture cited is wrong and/or applied incorrectly.
If Dictionary.com is not a valid reference, please explain why and produce an mutually acceptable definition.
18 posted on 08/15/2014 5:44:29 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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