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According to the most recent issue of Time magazine, some Catholics in India plan to protest the Da Vinci Code movie if their government does not ban the movie. Their protest will take the form of fasting, starving to death if necessary, until the movie is banned.
In the eyes of the Catholic God, if somebody wilfully starves himself to death, does he die in a state of mortal sin and spend an eternity burning in hell?
If not, what distinguishes this sort of suicide from other sorts with respect to its sinfulness?
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20 May 06
Originally posted by DoctorScribblesI don't believe the Catholic church has such a stance on suicide anyway. Suicide is usually understood as an unwilled act; the culmination of a serious derangement. And the Catholic church generally doesn't have the opinion that people burn in hell for the rest of eternity. The consensus is that people can be saved through metanoia given through Jesus' salvation. If it did have such an opnion, it would be in grave concern for half its priests. 😲
According to the most recent issue of Time magazine, some Catholics in India plan to protest the Da Vinci Code movie if their government does not ban the movie. Their protest will take the form of fasting, starving to death if necessary, until the movie is banned.
In the eyes of the Catholic God, if somebody wilfully starves himself to death, doe ...[text shortened]... If not, what distinguishes this sort of suicide from other sorts with respect to its sinfulness?
20 May 06
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Originally posted by DoctorScribblesI think they are given the choice of either hell or answering questions like this on RHP. All I can say is that I have yet to talk to one on RHP.
According to the most recent issue of Time magazine, some Catholics in India plan to protest the Da Vinci Code movie if their government does not ban the movie. Their protest will take the form of fasting, starving to death if necessary, until the movie is banned.
In the eyes of the Catholic God, if somebody wilfully starves himself to death, doe ...[text shortened]... If not, what distinguishes this sort of suicide from other sorts with respect to its sinfulness?
21 May 06
Originally posted by DoctorScribblesTalk about new lines of hyperbole for mothers to use against their children:
According to the most recent issue of Time magazine, some Catholics in India plan to protest the Da Vinci Code movie if their government does not ban the movie. Their protest will take the form of fasting, starving to death if necessary, until the movie is banned.
In the eyes of the Catholic God, if somebody wilfully starves himself to death, doe ...[text shortened]... If not, what distinguishes this sort of suicide from other sorts with respect to its sinfulness?
"Don't you know there are millions of poor people in India, starving to death just to stop a second-rate book-based movie? Eat your damn peas, Sally!"
21 May 06
Originally posted by DoctorScribblesThread 43458
According to the most recent issue of Time magazine, some Catholics in India plan to protest the Da Vinci Code movie if their government does not ban the movie. Their protest will take the form of fasting, starving to death if necessary, until the movie is banned.
In the eyes of the Catholic God, if somebody wilfully starves himself to death, doe ...[text shortened]... If not, what distinguishes this sort of suicide from other sorts with respect to its sinfulness?
22 May 06
Originally posted by DoctorScribblesDouble effect.
According to the most recent issue of Time magazine, some Catholics in India plan to protest the Da Vinci Code movie if their government does not ban the movie. Their protest will take the form of fasting, starving to death if necessary, until the movie is banned.
In the eyes of the Catholic God, if somebody wilfully starves himself to death, doe ...[text shortened]... If not, what distinguishes this sort of suicide from other sorts with respect to its sinfulness?
22 May 06
Originally posted by DoctorScribblesThis reminds me of a discussion where no1marauderogatory defended that jumping out of the twin towers was a suicide.
According to the most recent issue of Time magazine, some Catholics in India plan to protest the Da Vinci Code movie if their government does not ban the movie. Their protest will take the form of fasting, starving to death if necessary, until the movie is banned.
In the eyes of the Catholic God, if somebody wilfully starves himself to death, doe ...[text shortened]... If not, what distinguishes this sort of suicide from other sorts with respect to its sinfulness?
Here the line is finer still, but the purpose of their deaths by starvation is not to end their lives, but to achieve a cause. If the cause is obtained, they will not proceed with starvation. I'm not sure this would be a suicide, more of a martyrdom type of action.
(note, I'm not condoning martyrdom)
22 May 06
Originally posted by Palynka'Swatisaid.
This reminds me of a discussion where no1marauderogatory defended that jumping out of the twin towers was a suicide.
Here the line is finer still, but the purpose of their deaths by starvation is not to end their lives, but to achieve a cause. If the cause is obtained, they will not proceed with starvation. I'm not sure this would be a suicide, more of a martyrdom type of action.
22 May 06
Originally posted by PalynkaYes.
This reminds me of a discussion where no1marauderogatory defended that jumping out of the twin towers was a suicide.
Here the line is finer still, but the purpose of their deaths by starvation is not to end their lives, but to achieve a cause. If the cause is obtained, they will not proceed with starvation. I'm not sure this would be a suicide, more of a martyrdom type of action.
(note, I'm not condoning martyrdom)
In that conversation NO ONE was able to provide a coherent
definition of suicide.
Do you care to provide one, or do you just wish to chastise #1 for
exploring uncomfortable territory?
Nemesio
22 May 06
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Originally posted by NemesioI've already made my points in this thread. You're free to comment on them.
Yes.
In that conversation NO ONE was able to provide a coherent
definition of suicide.
Do you care to provide one, or do you just wish to chastise #1 for
exploring uncomfortable territory?
Nemesio
And I didn't know there were style points given for 'exploring uncomfortable territory'.