The last time I heard from R. Mueller was October 2007. The suicide of Matt Warren reminds me of her son. Both suffered from severe depressive mental illness. Life is a living hell for such people. Idiots continue to insist that suicide is a sin but since when do idiots know what they are talking about? I only hope they give up their idiocy in good time. Such people don't know what they are talking about. They have not had a close encounter with the afflicted or God forbid have it visited on themselves.
Idiots when in doubt ought to compare their attitude and behavior with those JC scolded when he walked this earth. It will become quite clear. The irony of this life is that it could be safer outside than inside a church. JC himself was an outsider.
In time the outsider becomes the insider and then they need to become outsiders again. This is the dynamic of the renewing new wine and wine skins. It seems the church lasted this long because that is how it had regenerated herself repeatedly This is the biggest trick the PAP can use to regenerate itself or else eventually have to make way for another party to take over. God is generous beyond imagination. You can deny his very existence but if you borrow his philosophy and methods, you still get the desired results. He did that big time for Gandhi in India.
Update: April 14
Of course I can't forget this person who went by the moniker John who left the first comment for this entry. I am familiar with folks like him. They do change their minds but usually after an awfully long time. I have waited for as long as it takes for an update like this. Glad it came sooner than hoped.
See Christianity Today article: Christians Can't Ignore the Uncomfortable Reality of Mental Illness.
Where in the Bible does it say so?
ReplyDeletePlease give your reference.
Even the Devil can quote the scriptures:
Matthew 4:5-7:
let me share with you what the Catechism of the Catholic Church has to aay about suicide. Life is sacred and each person should hold dearly to this gift of life - that is why, it is sad that people may abuse their own bodies through various means, including smoking. The bottom line is each person is responsible to God for his or her action and we can only pray that at the moment of crossing from life to death, he or she will be able to account to God for the action so taken.
ReplyDeleteThe authoritative Catechism of the Catholic Church (paragraphs 2280-2283) makes the following points about suicide:
•"Everyone is responsible for his life before God who has given it to him. It is God who remains the sovereign Master of life. We are obliged to accept life gratefully and preserve it for his honor and the salvation of our souls. We are stewards, not owners, of the life God has entrusted to us. It is not ours to dispose of."
•"Suicide contradicts the natural inclination of the human being to preserve and perpetuate his life. It is gravely contrary to the just love of self. It likewise offends love of neighbor because it unjustly breaks the ties of solidarity with family, nation, and other human societies to which we continue to have obligations. Suicide is contrary to love for the living God."
•"If suicide is committed with the intention of setting an example, especially to the young, it also takes on the gravity of scandal."
•"Voluntary co-operation in suicide is contrary to the moral law."
•"Grave psychological disturbances, anguish, or grave fear of hardship, suffering, or torture can diminish the responsibility of the one committing suicide."
•"We should not despair of the eternal salvation of persons who have taken their own lives. By ways known to him alone, God can provide the opportunity for salutary repentance. The Church prays for persons who have taken their own lives."