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kwigibo · 10-13-2002, 08:22 PM

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Originally posted by Sheep in the big city:


Well, since you could hardly launch a surprise attack on yourself you don't really have an excuse why you didn't just knock yourself unconscious and call the police instead of killing you.
On the other hand, if someone can be convinced of the existance of god you could probably also convince him that you had the right to shoot yourself because you were trespassing on your property.

and what about in texas? they'd have to execute you for killing yourself

10-13-2002, 08:36 PM

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Originally posted by Sheep in the big city:


Well, since you could hardly launch a surprise attack on yourself you don't really have an excuse why you didn't just knock yourself unconscious and call the police instead of killing you.

It is believed that many suidice attempts are done to get attention and that is why much attention is given to them. Otherwise, to finish the job would be the correct response.

Sheep in the big city · 10-13-2002, 08:36 PM

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Originally posted by kwigibo:


and what about in texas? they'd have to execute you for killing yourself

Which poses the question: Is it a sin to execute people who committed suicide for killing themselves?

kwigibo · 10-13-2002, 08:54 PM

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Originally posted by Sheep in the big city:


Which poses the question: Is it a sin to execute people who committed suicide for killing themselves?

are they mentally disabled in any way?

kwigibo · 10-13-2002, 08:58 PM

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Originally posted by Amos:


It is believed that many suidice attempts are done to get attention and that is why much attention is given to them. Otherwise, to finish the job would be the correct response.

but in this case, you have only gotten your own attention, which you already had anyways

Pomp · 10-13-2002, 09:01 PM

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Originally posted by kwigibo:


but in this case, you have only gotten your own attention, which you already had anyways

What if you have more than one personality and they're trying to get each other's attention, though?

kwigibo · 10-13-2002, 09:03 PM

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Originally posted by Pomp:


What if you have more than one personality and they're trying to get each other's attention, though?

shoot yourself in the cheek

lpetrich · 10-14-2002, 06:50 AM

I think that the prohibition of suicide is intended to deter those who try to send themselves to Heaven in a very direct way; the idea is that committing suicide is gate-crashing or something like that.

trientalis · 10-14-2002, 10:31 AM

Dead men don't tithe.

Philosoft · 10-14-2002, 01:23 PM

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Originally posted by Gemma Therese:


The Old Testament prohibits murder, and suicide is the murder on one's self.

Well, no.

<a href="http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=murder" target="_blank">To murder</a> is To kill (another human) unlawfully.

That's why we have the word suicide. Because it's not murder (homicide).

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10-14-2002, 06:50 AM	#18
lpetrich Contributor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Lebanon, OR, USA Posts: 16,829	I think that the prohibition of suicide is intended to deter those who try to send themselves to Heaven in a very direct way; the idea is that committing suicide is gate-crashing or something like that.

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