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<blockquote data-quote="mugsy" data-source="post: 3837083" data-attributes="member: 18914"><p>Catholic (and frankly all Christian teaching prior to the 20th century basically) teaching is that, objectively, taking one’s own life is a sinful act. In effect, the murder of self is no less than the murder of another. However, one’s culpability – and therefore liability for punishment – depends on things that cannot be seen easily from the outside. God may in fact know that a person was so mentally disturbed that he was not in full control of his actions. Personally, I tend to think that the person who acted in despair under the crushing weight of grief, for example, may not be culpable for their actions. OTOH, I tend to think that those who procure or assist in the suicide of another are in fact guilty of very grave crimes in that they were effectively feeding off the despair of others. Also, there are those who commit suicide for very vain, silly, or cowardly reasons and they may in fact be fully responsible for their actions. Bottom line as with any sin it’s a mix of the objective act itself, the mental state of the person committing the act, their free will or lack thereof, and their understanding of the nature of the sin.</p><p></p><p><em>Note - edited to correct egregious grammar errors - curse you SIRI voice to text!</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mugsy, post: 3837083, member: 18914"] Catholic (and frankly all Christian teaching prior to the 20th century basically) teaching is that, objectively, taking one’s own life is a sinful act. In effect, the murder of self is no less than the murder of another. However, one’s culpability – and therefore liability for punishment – depends on things that cannot be seen easily from the outside. God may in fact know that a person was so mentally disturbed that he was not in full control of his actions. Personally, I tend to think that the person who acted in despair under the crushing weight of grief, for example, may not be culpable for their actions. OTOH, I tend to think that those who procure or assist in the suicide of another are in fact guilty of very grave crimes in that they were effectively feeding off the despair of others. Also, there are those who commit suicide for very vain, silly, or cowardly reasons and they may in fact be fully responsible for their actions. Bottom line as with any sin it’s a mix of the objective act itself, the mental state of the person committing the act, their free will or lack thereof, and their understanding of the nature of the sin. [I]Note - edited to correct egregious grammar errors - curse you SIRI voice to text![/I] [/QUOTE]
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