Consider their life....not their death.
I wouldn’t want to bet eternity on it.
God is ALL MERCIFUL! If you believe this, then all souls will have an OPPORTUNITY through merit in this life or the next, to enter the gates of Heaven.
The love of God is infinite. Let God sort it out.
“Are Christians who commit suicide condemned to Hell?”
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No!!!
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I always thought the answer was YES. However a person who takes his own life is not in their ‘right’ mind, so is YES still the correct answer? Just askin’.
It’s like fleas arguing over who owns the dog.
Crocodile Dundee.
Until we die, we’ll never know.
Besides, Hell is defined differently by everyone.
No.
Dangerous question. It’s not a good idea to assure people who are contemplating such a thing that they will not be condemned for it. The thought of winding up in hell may stop many suicides. OTOH, a person who has suffered a spirit-crushing life is certainly known to a merciful Father.
Deliberate murder, including self murder, is a grave sin... “but the Lord pondereth the heart.” -Proverbs 21:2
As with many things, it is best not to making assertions above our paygrade and leave the judging of souls to Him.
“No one goes to Hell on a technicality.” -Popular expression among Orthodox elders.
It's about wanting to escape the hurt, pain, doubt. Doubt in God most of all. When you hate yourself for doubting that God is there or that He hears you or that your life is a mistake He made... then death becomes all the more tempting. Maybe you'll end up in Heaven. Maybe you'll go to Hell. Either is preferable to the pain. If God sends you to Hell, at least He cared enough for that one fleeting moment in His eternal mind to think about you. It's enough of a comforting thought to lead one over the edge or pretty damn too close to it.
I want to believe that He has mercy on those who take their own lives, but otherwise would never contemplate it had their minds not been so wracked with hurt that can't be flicked off like a light switch, no matter how some Christians think it can.
Life is a gift from God. Don’t murder yourself.
Seems a lot of ‘suicides’ come back as ghosts, for that alone I think it would be a good idea not to commit suicide.
Of course I recognize people are not in their right mind when they do, but they still come back as ghosts, and not happy ones.
I believe an agreement was struck between Light and Darkness to allow humans free Will. This means they can disconnect from their soul by choice. If your ego disconnects from your soul, then no part of you is left to be recycled through the Karmic process on Earth. You become grist from the mill, a point of consciousness with chance to further evolve in this field of perception called Earth. Hell? You will have the aeons to decide.
I’ve been forced to attend Protestant churches after leaving the Catholic church two years ago. But this is an issue that certain Protestant groups get really weak in the knees over. Taking one’s own life out of mental or physical duress leaves no room for repentance after the act. Even the Theif-on-the-Cross had to repent and show true faith in Christ as a final act just before he died. Now, one doesn’t even have to do that.
I have a co-worker who’s told me he wants to die overdosing on an 8 ball of cocaine whilst having sex with a group Thai-hookers. Apparently, he could do that - parhaps not in good conscience - but he could still do that, not repent, and get to skip through the Pearly Gates in the Hereafter....lovely. /s
No, it falls into the murder category. You can murder and still get to Heaven.
In the Middle Ages no less than the Pope himself ruled that jumping from a burning tower did not condemn one to Hell.
........”Are Christians who commit suicide condemned to Hell?”......
No. ... no where in God’s Word does it indicate that suicide is an unforgivable sin. The Bible is very clear in that the ‘only sin’ which cannot be forgiven is rejection of Jesus Christ.
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39
All I will say is this, never underestimate God’s grace and mercy.
We are not in a position to judge another person’s life.
I pray that we all meet up one day in Heaven...