Posted on 10/21/2014 3:53:33 PM PDT by Faith Presses On
An old pastor I knew (who has since passed on) said once that the Bible never specifically forbids suicide, but that it would be “very selfish to go crashing into God’s house uninvited”.
Well, if some people are right, they go to someone else’s house.
Hmm. Amusing point.
This might have some help for you...
http://christianity.about.com/od/whatdoesthebiblesay/a/Bible-Suicide.htm
Who decided that Cindi speaks for YHvH ?
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
Huffington Post. The bible for the left.
they cite it like bible verses on FB and other places.
lining up of another cup of cool aid....
it is good to know the foes ways.
in certain cases where death is inevitble, such as Saul, or Samson, no.
if you are doing it to escape punishment or consequences here, ie cowardly/wicked reasons, yes.
I don’t believe there is a specific quote, “thou shalt not commit suicide,” however, the discussion about life and the taking of life is all throughout the Bible. Additionally, the 5th Commandment clearly states that shalt not kill (murder)Ex 20:13.
I recommend you read this short section on the 5th Commandment from the Catechism of the Catholic Church (includes Biblical citations) http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s2c2a5.htm
Suicide is called out in Paragraphs 2280-2283.
It is a fairly short read.
As I recall, Jesus was a Guy into healing rather than killing people. He even raised them from the dead... I think human life was a tad more important to Him than to any knuckle dragging liberal on earth.
I didn’t say it would be without consequence, and you’re right.
the differences are in the kind of action. A person who is on an artificial and extraordinary means to preserve life that would end normally, without a certain hope of recovery, it would be ok in this case to turn off the machine.
This is not the same kind of action as that of taking poison pills, or overdosing on medication because you experience discomfort.
“This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live” Deuteronomy 30:19
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