[Iscool]

In regards to the "unforgivable" sin of suicide, however, it may be that the person is too weak or forlorn to believe forgiveness could ever be offered.

Where does the idea come from than suicide if unforgivable???

[Conservative til I die]

Where does the idea come from than suicide if unforgivable???

Well, if you follow the Catholic/Orthodox view of sin and salvation, one who dies with mortal sins on their conscience will go to Hell. One committing suicide is committing a mortal sin (murder). Since by definition, suicide is their last act, they die committing a mortal sin.

It's the same rationale as to why divorced Catholics who have re-married without attaining an annulment of the first marriage cannot receive Communion. To receive Communion one must have no mortal sin on their conscience. However, the remarried person as described above is an adulterer. And, since they are married every second of the day, willfully, they are constantly in a state of mortal sin.

It's all very rational when you think about it.

Now if you're one of those other Christians, depending on which type you are, apparently no matter what you do, you go to Heaven. But I have a problem with that sort of thinking.