Views on Suicide

The Catholic Church used to practice that persons committing suicide could not have a Catholic funeral mass and burial. However, the Church has since changed this practice.

Conservative Protestants have often argued that because suicide involves self-murder, then anyone who commits it is sinning and is the same as if the person murdered another human being. An additional view concerns the act of asking for salvation and accepting Jesus Christ as personal savior, which must be done prior to death. This is an important aspect of many Protestant denominations, and the problem with suicide is that once dead the individual is unable to accept salvation. The unpardonable sin then becomes not the suicide itself, but rather the refusal of the gift of salvation.

I think suicide outter selfish acts cost you to go to hell but not when your in pain and dont think straight. God wouldnt be that pathetic to do this to the man he loves.

My view is that it's a personal matter, unless you're leaving behind children who love and need you.

Someone else brought up the point that even hell is "all in your mind" (by the movie's philosophy), so she actually went where she chose to go. And it makes sense, as most everyone who commits suicide is likely to feel a lot of guilt. (not saying they always should)


Note: I believe it's always tragic when a youth commits suicide.

Not hard to believe at all.

If you throw away God's greatest gift (life), you've insulted God, you go to Hell.

The whole film is based around a fundamentalist Christian conception of a three-tiered afterlife, which in itself was a copy of pagan originals e.g. the Viking Hel, Midgard and Asgard.

Given we're in a medieval set-up, it is no surprise to find the medieval concept of suicide as a sin. The Catholic Church used not to bury victims in the same churchyard.

I don't think the author is judging suicides, rather recreating an old myth and using its tenets as plot devices.

It's all made-up anyway, so don't worry!

The person who commits suicide is a victim of a crime against herself. There is no Hell, but the suicidal must face the consequences of their choices in the after life, untill they are ready to move on, probably trough a new reincarnation, and when born again must face the consequences in a new life for what they have done in the previous. Its a cycle. The suffering we must endure in life is necessary in our way towards improvement, and its always a result of what we have done to ourselves and the other people around us. We always have another chance for atonement. People who are suffering in life need medical and psychological help and its always very sad when they get to the point of taking its own life. Of course, if you or anyone dont believe in life after death, do what you want, believe what you want, but I guess everyone sooner or later will find the truth.

Robin Williams was a total jerk for killing himself. Completely selfish.