Bible Question: Is it a sin to committ suicide? |
Bible Answer: Although I have no scripture backing on this (and I would love to know some scriptures if any one can supply them) I do not believe that it is a sin to commit suicide. I look at it this way; The majority of people who commit suicide do it because they are depressed. Depression whether, chronic or acute, is a disease. This disease has complications just as diabetes, lung cancer or any other disease does. One of the complications is suicide. I do not believe that anyone who succombs to depression and commits suicide would be condemned anymore than someone who lost a leg with diabetes or someone who lost a lung bcause of cancer. |