http://www.dtspace.net/orca/topic/Suicide.htm Suicide Wed, 3 Sep 2008 21:44:11 GMT http://www.dtspace.net/orca/topic/Suicide.htm I was wondering what the biblical basis is for the idea that people who commit suicide automatically go to hell, regardless of whether they are disciples or not. The explanations I have heard are related to selfishness, but how is this sin any different Wed, 3 Sep 2008 21:44:11 GMT http://www.dtspace.net/orca/topic/Suicide.htm#150 http://www.dtspace.net/orca/topic/Suicide.htm Hi Elisa,   My name is Keiah. I'm from the Tucson church. I am very sorry to hear about our sister who passed away so tragically. Suicide is a difficult subject. Honestly I believe it is not the place for any of us humans to say that an Wed, 3 Sep 2008 21:44:11 GMT http://www.dtspace.net/orca/topic/Suicide.htm#153 http://www.dtspace.net/orca/topic/Suicide.htm Maybe my reply would be not exactly the answer to your question, sorry for that. I jut wanted to say I've felt something like that. One of my friends had a fatal accident while skydiving. She was younger than me, she died on the day she was to r Wed, 3 Sep 2008 21:44:11 GMT http://www.dtspace.net/orca/topic/Suicide.htm#157 http://www.dtspace.net/orca/topic/Suicide.htm Mental illness is very difficult to deal with and I trust God that he will do what is right.   A while back I was studying Judas.  Do you think that Jesus would have forgiven him?  Do you think that he could be used in a powerful way? Wed, 3 Sep 2008 21:44:11 GMT http://www.dtspace.net/orca/topic/Suicide.htm#162 http://www.dtspace.net/orca/topic/Suicide.htm I want to reply to this because it hits home for me. I am bi-polar (see my story on the Disciples Today website) and have thought of suicide many times throughout my life. I have been on Lamictal for the last couple of years. My wife said that she can't Wed, 3 Sep 2008 21:44:11 GMT http://www.dtspace.net/orca/topic/Suicide.htm#167 http://www.dtspace.net/orca/topic/Suicide.htm Once in a while, I am blessed with a 'nugget of faith' that helps me realize things about the world around me and helps bring into focus some things that I have thought or believed.  One such nugget for me is the fact that the Bible is the beginning of Wed, 3 Sep 2008 21:44:11 GMT http://www.dtspace.net/orca/topic/Suicide.htm#439 http://www.dtspace.net/orca/topic/Suicide.htm Hi Elisa,   I am your sister in Christ in Charlotte, NC and I want you to know how I understand what you are going thru.  I am a single mom and my daugthers daddy committed sucide and he was not a disciple.  He called me and told me h Wed, 3 Sep 2008 21:44:11 GMT http://www.dtspace.net/orca/topic/Suicide.htm#446