re: The Oregonian girl who was going to commit suicide because of her illness...

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As a Christian I have plenty of fault with it. Committing suicide is not something you can repent beforehand. Once the deed is done you die in a state of mortal sin. There's no going back from that.

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As a Christian, my fear for her is not where she will spend eternity as a result of this choice, but rather, where she will spend eternity as a result of her relationship (or lack of) with Christ. Whether you believe that her taking her life is a 'mortal sin' or not, that would not matter if she did not have Christ in her heart to begin with. And while I am absolutely not judging this poor girl, simply by reading what she has said throughout this, and especially in her 'goodbye message', it does not appear that she was a believer. That is what pains me for her and the possibility of her not being 'in a better place'. For me, it's not connected to the ending of her life, but what might have been missing during the living of it.....