Posted on 02/26/2011 8:53:21 PM PST by Salvation
I grieve for your son, and for you. You think that because your son didn't know God, that he might have been more susceptible, but please understand that even people who know God have committed suicide.
If someone is suffering from clinical depression, or a mental illness, of which even those to whom they are close may not be aware, their belief in God may be battling against that disease. If the disease is stronger, at the time the opportunity arises, their faith may not sustain them. It's very sad to contemplate, but, there it is.
I pray you can find some measure of comfort, as time goes by.
Only God can determine that. None of us knows, for certain, because we have no idea what was going through the mind of that person, at the instant of his or her death.
Be that as it may, people should NOT be made to feel bad, or less of a Christian, if they seek medical attention for their depression. It is NOT a failing of faith or any other such nonsense. If they want to continue to pray, it may bring them some measure of comfort, but for out of whack brain chemicals, pharmacology should be considered and tried.
I don’t disagree at all...
“There are lots of great success stories in the world of mental illness. Its fine to have faith, but, a good Psychologist and the right medications and counseling works.”
If a person is experiencing true despair then there is nothing in the world that can treat it. The “success stories” you mention are just otherwise normal/stable people with a chemical imbalance.
The worst cases are a death sentence.
“But, its a liberating view for me, I control my life for the rest of my life, I have the power over my choices.”
How is the horror of this world liberating for you? Or did you simply stop caring? I am not trying to be nasty it’s just that your worldview seems so bizarre to me.
I am an agnostic and every new morning is a curse. The only reason I don’t commit suicide is out of a totally arbitrary and irrational sense of duty.
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