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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

Update:

Wow... So many equally good answers.

I chose the one with most likes

sorry if you didn't get best answer

Also, I'm atheist in real life, but in this scenario I'm christian

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  • 4 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Sacrifice is not suicide. Were that so there would be way fewer saints than there are now.

  • Anonymous
    4 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.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    Suicide is never good. It's a sin.

  • Anonymous
    4 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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  • jim
    Lv 7
    4 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.

    http://www.docpop.org/2007/04/jim-stensl...

  • 4 years ago

    By any measure I can think of, Jesus committed suicide.

  • 4 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 5
    4 years ago

    Great scenario. Write a novel or a screenplay using this is the basis for the story. Go for it!

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    This would be justified. You are sacrificing yourself to save others.

  • Jim
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    Christianity is brainwash,. http://stenslandj.wixsite.com/mysite

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