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I think taht God punishes ppl who kill themselves, cuz one, God sent His only Son to die for EVERYONE (who accepts Jesus as their savoir and does his/her best to do what is right and stay away from what is right, but we're not talking about that right now) and killing urslef would be wasting ur life that Jesus paid such a high price for(that thought is what kept me from killing myself (the fact that Jesus died for me and has a plan for me, killing myself would waste my life), number two, Jesus has a plan for you (witness to someone(even at school or work), save someone's life and/or soul, be a misionary and reach thousands of ppl, etc.) and killing urslef would "ruin" it, number three, killing urslef is NOT worthless (I know).

And if u don't have "real" friends (unlike school friends) then u can get some at your church, join the youth choir (that's what I did and now I have real, Christian friends that I can tell anything (2-5 yrs older than I, tho i'm probably as mature as they are(18-19 according to a friend), join a junior high or high school bible study at your church, talk to ppl in those "groups". In fact one of the friends I got from my youth choir saved me from suicide, I told her about my problems and she told me that I'm not that person anymore, that I shouldn't feel guilty, and that I can call her if I ever need help. If it weren't 4 her then I'd probably b dead.

P.S: I hope this made sense, PM me if u want more clarification

In general, I think suicide is a poor choice. If you have faith in God, you realize that nothing you have to deal with will be more than you can handle. He only presents us with situations you can handle. I suppose in theory God would punish you, but if you believe in Him your sins are forgiven so... I dunno. It's kinda complicated?

Truth be told, it's not something I've personally had to deal with for about four years now so I haven't given it a lot of thought.

I agree with Captain here. The majority of people who contemplate suicide are suffering from some sort of mental condition that inhibits their ability to make proper choices. I do not believe that suicide is a sin under those instances due to the extenuating circumstances. If it were for other reasons, then, yes, it would be a sin.

Well, really, it still wouldn't be a sin. Those other reasons would be the sin.

[EDIT] Just to clear up a common misconception. Suicide is rarely a 'life sucks so I die' suicide. More often, people see the problem as something within themselves, usually something that they believe is unchangeable and, in some sense known only to them, 'wrong'.

Hmm, that's interesting. I'm not saying God is going to make our lives peechy keen, but I don't think He's even going to purposely push us over the edge either. He knows our limits and he might push us, but he's never gonna give us something we can't handle. It's like, okay I'ma swim teacher, right? And I get these kids who don't want to go under the water. So what I'll do it I'll take a hula-hoop, sit them on my lap, and dunk them under. If I think they can handle their whole face under the water, I dunk them completely under. If I think they can only deal with their eyes, I'll only put them that far under.

Now, if you've living a life without God, then I believe you can get into a situation you can't handle, but I think if you stay right with God you'll at leats always have that support of a loving God.

But God knew Job could handle all that stuff because of his faith.

I think, essentially, we agree on this topic. I do believe that if we don't follow God that we can end up over our heads in a situation that's good and we may or may not be able to get out of. God created us and he wants what is best for us, and a relationship with him and living the way he wants us to will lead us into the most fulfilling lifestyle.

Or that's what I think anyway.

Killing urself is a sin of course but you dont not go to heaven b/c u sin if u kill urself and ur saved u will still go to Heaven if u died having sex with someone b/s ur wife or husband and were saved (though aprently LOST) god would say AHHH no u cant come in and all sins are equal so though he'll probably wish u didnt do it he wont turn u away for sin belief is what gets u to heaven not good works

According to Dante, those who are violent against themselves (those who commit suicide) go to the seventh level of hell. Their punishment is that they are in the forms of trees and the harpies (winged demon women) spend eternity clawing at them and they can only speak when they bleed. The idea behind this punishment is that in life the people did not value their bodies and abused them so in death God has deemed that they don't even get one, and as in life they spke through their blood in pain, they can only express their anguish that way in death.

Dante fascinates me, and if you haven't read The Divine Comedy, I highly recommend it, especially the Inferno. I'm not saying I believe what Dante says- I definetly don't. In fact, if you think about the whole thing Dante's pretty smug about the whole writing of Comedio, but he makes some interesting points. Like Vigril represents the farthest man can go without God, which is an interesting point to make.

ANYWAY the point is, why WOULD you throw away something so great that God has given you, like life. God gave us this life to live in the best ways possible. Why throw it away?