It doesn't really seem to me that suicide is an automatic 'go directly to hell' card. If we can repent in this life, why can't we repent after the resurrection? If God is merciful enough to forgive me, surely he's merciful enough to forgive someone who committed suicide.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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