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Originally Posted by asaris
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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See, now I equate this with me being a parent...
If my daughter said "Blow this I'm outta here", I'd be pretty annoyed and I'd feel like a failure as a parent etc etc...
But I'm pretty sure that if she came back at a later stage and said "Ok, well I really stuffed up there..." I know I'd have it in me to forgive her and take her back.
I'd really like to think of God having this sort of arrangement rather than the "nope... you go to hell" bit.
Quite honestly I can't remember exactly where the specifics of the 'suiciders' fate is in the Bible, and I can't remember anything that really offers forgiveness after the fact. Is there anything that may point to this?
Aside: I thought this might also be enlightening to clarify the "suicide=hell" bit. *shrugs*