[Mrs. Don-o]

Murder is a mortal sin (if you did it knowingly and intentionally) but mortal sin is not unforgivable. King David and Saul of Tarsus and others were guilty of murder, but repented from the heart and appealed to God's mercy and were forgiven.

Dying with an unrepented mortal sin on your soul -- that's where you're in an eternally horrible, truly damnable situation.

[onja]

So if a man commits perjury, (which I understand is another mortal sin) or any other mortal sin, without repenting in time, he would be refused salvation? Interesting. Well, thanks for the lesson.

And yeah, while in principle I halfheartedly support (more of an ambivalence) voluntary euthanasia, I do not think it is a choice anyone should make and the consequences of legalizing it are hard to determine, very possibly very unfortunate.

Thanks for the discussion, nice to have a informative, civil conversation.