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Christianity: Why Try to Save Earth When Afterlife Is Real?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by dmoneybangbang, Jun 5, 2023.

  1. No Worries

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    IIRC suicide is not only a sin; it is an unforgivable sin not that you will find any Jesus quotes in the NT saying this.
     
  2. JuanValdez

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    At least in the evangelical tradition, since all your sins are forgiven, if you sin by committing suicide its forgiven anyway and you still go to Heaven. Its not a practical roadblock. Evangelicals don't entertain suicide because they also believe they have a commission in this life to fulfill (and might have an unspoken, visceral, healthy fear of death).

    The Catholic church had said its a mortal sin - a deliberate sin that must be confessed and absolved, which is hard to do when you're dead. But, I think back in the 80s, the catholic church walked that back a bit and doesn't assume suicides are damned. Most protestants don't insist on confession and absolution for forgiveness.
     
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