[pburgh01]

Oy as the Jewish brothers say…the bad theology and cruelty in this thread what a bonanza for the DU’ers lurking. Suicide is a sticky subject in the Bible. If we are going to get legal about it, God is fairly silent on suicide and one could say he supports it in certain circumstances. Jesus said one of the highest honors to God is to give your life for a brother…is not giving your life over suicide? Such as a soldier going on a “Suicide Mission” or the 9-11 first responders going into tower 2 to rescue people when they knew it was a “Suicide”. God is fairly silent on a person’s motivations when giving up their own life. Yes we can extrapolate common sense and say what Robin Williams was not noble, was selfish but to muddy the issue he was clearly not thinking critically or in his right mind. Does G*d give dispensation for someone so tortured with depression?

It’s biblical illiterate and downright medieval to judge where someone will spend eternity. Jesus kind of hated that when he was here, that finger wagging. But it goes back to the original sin when we learned of Good and Evil, God knew we’d use some self righteousness to bludgeon our fellow man with.

[Hegewisch Dupa]

Bless you

[NFHale]

Thank you.

Well said.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Well done.

[Kackikat]

Let’s clear that up...the Bible says ‘There is only ONE unforgivable sin and that is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit’....so that means suicide is forgivable, and who would not ask for forgiveness before such an act.

I now am not sure Williams offed himself. Who closes a knife and puts it on the table after cutting his wrists so he can hang himself with his belt on the door jam, and is found only inches off the seat??? One would just throw down the knife and keep moving. The policeman said the knife was closed and when they opened it there was dried blood which was Williams....I now see a different scenario.