If you tell someone to shoot you, is that suicide? murder? wrong?

Question:

If you tell someone to shoot you, is that suicide? murder? wrong?



Answer:

All three.  God is the One who gave us life.  We must not purposely and selfishly take away (by suicide) what God has given to us.  We may feel depressed or despondent, be weighed down by cares and worries, or be in great pain, but let us remember that “God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted [or tried or tested] above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it” (1 Corinthians 10:13).  Review the answers to similar questions about struggling with “bad things” above.

  Author: Paul L. Canner  -  June 1, 2003