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religion/ suicide
As a baptist faith. What do they think of suicide?
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I used to attend 3 different types of churches over my life and I know they believe the same as Baptists, all the Christian churches, no matter the denomination believe the same...that people who commit suicide are not allowed into heaven.
That is a scare tactic used in attempt to get believer to behave a certain way, the same as saying we have one life to get it right or we go to Hell. Hellfire and brimstone is another scare tactic. You may not agree with me, but it never made sense to me that the God I felt I knew was so cruel and unloving. A parent may not like it when their child disobeys or does wrong, no matter how great their wrong or sin. But a parent will love their child, just not love their sin. And loving parents always give their children as many chances as they need to finally wake up and get it right.
So, no..I don't believe we have one life only. I believe we reincarnate. As with that belief, if someone was killed by an accident, or intentionally by another or oneself, the only bad thing is that they didn't have the rest of this life to work on whatever they were here to learn. But they get another chance to. So if a person wanting to escape a life they can't bear figure suicide gets them out...haha the jokes on them, cus they will have to come back to complete the lesson they never got a chance to complete cus of a life cut short. All that happens is a prolonging of the learning and experience process.
Think of life as school from Kindergarten through college. Dropping out of high school could be compared to committing suicide. Sorry cant think of a better analogy. Once we pass one grade level as a soul, we go on to the next. We are not passed on to the next level if we did not satisfactorily pass the current one. Nope, we repeat grades. So as to suicide, it's best that no one choose that option, cus the painful life we try to escape doesn't stop until the experience we're meant to go through is fully experienced, or the trait we want to learn is completely learned. Suicide is only a temporary stop in the experience cus we are born into another body and go through the same thing again.
I know you only wanted to know what Baptists think. But they will tell you to not think for yourself and study what other beleifs say. Many other beliefs are more like what I just shared.
You have to decide for yourself, what your inner self is saying is right. And then, stick with that.
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Are you asking what the Baptist faith thinks of suicide?
Just that it's not good and you shouldn't kill yourself lol? Anything any normal person would think. But in all seriousness, it's not a "they're going to hell because taking your life is a sin" type of thing. Baptists believe that once you accept Jesus as your savior, you're going to heaven. So no matter what sin you commit, you can still go to heaven.
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Most all religions including the Muslim religion condemn suicide. The suicide bombers of the Muslim Jihad are not practicing the Muslim religion as it is meant to be practiced. I seriously doubt there are 72 virgins waiting for them in paradise if they ever get to paradise.
Most religions will not bury someone who has committed suicide in sanctified ground.
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To put it in a word, "undecided." The Bible has different viewpoints ranging from "self-murder is a violation of one of the Ten Commandments and is therefore a damnable sin" to "no one can be removed from the love of Jesus Christ" to "only God can decide if a person who ended their life in a moment of extreme weakness is worthy of the Kingdom." In other words, they shrug their shoulders and say "whatever you believe, I guess."
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