Let me ask my father on this one.Hi
Sorry I haven't read all the posts in this thread.
My first thoughts to this are that I don't believe that a Christian would go to hell for taking their own life. I believe God is comapssionate and sees all our hearts, and would surely know if someone had taken their life while in the grip of depression from which they could see no release. That surely wouldn't negate the fact that the person HAD believed that Jeus died for their sin on the cross, declared him as their Lord and Saviour, received his Spirit and been born again; and maybe deep down did still believe it, but life in the here-and-now had just become intolerable.
But if people believe that taking a life that God made, even their own, is a sin, and that not being able to trust God/hang on in there in faith is also a sin - then their argument would be that the suicidee (if that's a word), committed a sin but died before they could be repent of it and be forgiven. Therefore, in their eyes, the person died with an unforgiven sin; which I guess would mean that they believe they would go to hell.
Would this one "sin" cancel out the previous acts of grace and repentance?
What if the person didn't die immediately, had enough time to whisper "sorry Lord", but then died? What then?
So I guess my answer is that I don't really know, but I trust in the mercy and compassion of God, and would therefore say not.
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