Originally posted by wolfgang59I suspect some have chosen not to commit suicide because they believe it to be a sin. Certainly those that preach that it is a sin do so primarily to discourage people from committing suicide.
But I'm sure anyone about to commit suicide doesn't consider if it's against any law or not.
-Removed-I would say that it depends on the situation. As always Christ will judge. There is no Biblical support for the claim that some make that all suicide is a sin.
An interesting case is the Siege of Masada where about 1000 Jews committed suicide as the situation was hopeless and to have fallen into the hands of the Romans would have been worse.
-Removed-The death of King Saul as well, for all practical purposes can be considered a suicide as he asked one of his captains to kill him, as his situation was hopeless. Although he was not a perfect king in his ability to follow God, I'm pretty sure that his place in the Kingdom of God is certain as he was a chosen king by God himself.