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According to Christianity, can suicide be considered good in some circumstances?
Say that I was the US president, the USSR invades my house and asks me to hand over the launch code for my nukes. I know that if I give them, I can wave goodbye to the US. If I dont give them, they will put me through torture and THEN I give the codes. By coincidence I have a knife right next to me.
Am I allowed to stab myself to save my country? Will God forgive me?
Also this is purely hypothetical, dont criticize me for being unrealistic.
Also I'm not christian so I have no idea
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Also, I'm atheist in real life, but in this scenario I'm christian
13 Answers
- Anne ArkeyLv 74 years agoFavorite Answer
Sacrifice is not suicide. Were that so there would be way fewer saints than there are now.
- Anonymous4 years ago
No greater love has a man than to surrender his life for someone else!
In the case of a person climbing a mountain and the pitons give way and 1 man cuts his rope and falls to his death to save the other
This form of suicide is considered noble by God.
A man who goes to battle to save his people knowing he will die is another.
- Anonymous4 years ago
Since you don't have enough faith in God to trust him to help you out in this case, suicide is preferable. You weren't going to heaven either way, but at least you won't be dragging millions down with you. You wouldn't have killed yourself if you had faith in God. Then God would have been able to guide you through the situation through the Holy Spirit. This would have been the preferable option.
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- jimLv 74 years ago
Suicide by cop is very Christ like, according to the cult of Christianity..
The angel Gabriel told me that; "All of the Churches are guilty of abominations."
I' am the reincarnation of James Zebedee, and the prophet Muhammad.
This is my 9th life.
- geessewereaboveLv 74 years ago
Just the opposite! Anyone and everyone that kills them self go straight to Hell! They do not even get to go to the Judgement area first!
See if you can find the 1977, August movie "Life Afterlife" . It includes suicides.
- Eug.Lv 54 years ago
Great scenario. Write a novel or a screenplay using this is the basis for the story. Go for it!
- Anonymous4 years ago
This would be justified. You are sacrificing yourself to save others.