"Keep your oath and regain your honor and do your country and the world a great service by executing its domestic enemies that are wreaking havoc on the whole world, as you SWORE to do."
I dunno, the same thing they'd do with anybody else who was passing around a list of people with exhortations to EXECUTE them?
Committing suicide is not The Way and is against God's Law, for which you will find no rest, only punishment from God.
I know these are the ravings of a lunatic (who in reality isn't that far from your average conservative Christian, just saying), but I'd just like to intervene.
The Bible has no single conclusive view on suicide. Obviously, suicide is discouraged by the clergy, since offing yourself and/or not reproducing is antithetical to the propagation of a religion (a notable exception in encouraging procreation amongst Christians, are the Shakers).
Seven people killed themselves in the Bible: Abimelech, Samson, Judas, King Saul and his servant, Ahithophel and Zimri. There is no conclusive verse that condemns suicide as an unforgivable sin, or leading to damnation.
In fact, the Bible's attitudes on life... are less than stellar.
Those who are in despair are most beloved by God. Those who so abused by their own minds, or by others, that kill themselves would be the first to be shown mercy.
Willfully destroying God's creation is indeed sin, contrary to your hermeneutics, but please understand - God knows the troubled heart and has promised His infinite mercy to His people.
I also received this email, and there have been a number of similar emails in the past that seem to be from the same person/group that advocate various conspiracy theories. You can probably find copies of those emails on forums or other places on the web.
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[ 2.2 ms ] story [ 32.8 ms ] threadI dunno, the same thing they'd do with anybody else who was passing around a list of people with exhortations to EXECUTE them?
I know these are the ravings of a lunatic (who in reality isn't that far from your average conservative Christian, just saying), but I'd just like to intervene.
The Bible has no single conclusive view on suicide. Obviously, suicide is discouraged by the clergy, since offing yourself and/or not reproducing is antithetical to the propagation of a religion (a notable exception in encouraging procreation amongst Christians, are the Shakers).
Seven people killed themselves in the Bible: Abimelech, Samson, Judas, King Saul and his servant, Ahithophel and Zimri. There is no conclusive verse that condemns suicide as an unforgivable sin, or leading to damnation.
In fact, the Bible's attitudes on life... are less than stellar.
Those who are in despair are most beloved by God. Those who so abused by their own minds, or by others, that kill themselves would be the first to be shown mercy.
Willfully destroying God's creation is indeed sin, contrary to your hermeneutics, but please understand - God knows the troubled heart and has promised His infinite mercy to His people.