question is will smoking be considered suicide and thus sending you to hell.
the question statement assumes hell exists. you may not try to answer if you dont think so. if you think it doesnt exist, then simply state that the question cannot be asked.
You damage your body with everything you do. Even eating food. Everything has a small downside to it. hmm, I wonder if smoking can help anyone live their life more fully.
the question statement assumes hell exists. you may not try to answer if you dont think so. if you think it doesnt exist, then simply state that the question cannot be asked.
You damage your body with everything you do. Even eating food. Everything has a small downside to it. hmm, I wonder if smoking can help anyone live their life more fully.
Good point... Yet I see a problem.
God sent a number of prophets, right, leaving us with judaism v.1.0. Jesus comes skipping along with christianity, which is essentially judaism v.2.0.
Then along comes Muhammad... God's final faithware update. Guess we're stuck with islam when it comes to final rulings regarding sin. Does allah grant forgiveness like Jesus does?
God sent a number of prophets, right, leaving us with judaism v.1.0. Jesus comes skipping along with christianity, which is essentially judaism v.2.0.
Then along comes Muhammad... God's final faithware update. Guess we're stuck with islam when it comes to final rulings regarding sin. Does allah grant forgiveness like Jesus does?
I'm back, I think... :)
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Originally Posted by Skazz
Good point... Yet I see a problem.
God sent a number of prophets, right, leaving us with judaism v.1.0. Jesus comes skipping along with christianity, which is essentially judaism v.2.0.
Then along comes Muhammad... God's final faithware update. Guess we're stuck with islam when it comes to final rulings regarding sin. Does allah grant forgiveness like Jesus does?
Well, as a Christian, you would have to disregard Muhammad as a heretic.
Presuming that Bilbical hell exists (which i don't believe, if anyone cares to know), i think smokers will go there.
It doesn't help if the death is not instantaneous or that you are addicted to it (I could be addicted to burning people's houses, doesn't make it right necessarily). It's curious that in some branches of Christianity self-mortification is encouraged, but only if it's in the name of God. Smoking, on the other hand, while could be considered self-mortification (not as direct as fasting, but more direct than whipping yourself for sure) also brings pleasure, which kind of defeats the purpose. But then again, if you repent before death, your chances of going to heaven will be much higher. Of course, if you get killed instantly, like by a bullet in the head, you may just be out of luck. Meh....
It doesn't help if the death is not instantaneous or that you are addicted to it (I could be addicted to burning people's houses, doesn't make it right necessarily). It's curious that in some branches of Christianity self-mortification is encouraged, but only if it's in the name of God. Smoking, on the other hand, while could be considered self-mortification (not as direct as fasting, but more direct than whipping yourself for sure) also brings pleasure, which kind of defeats the purpose. But then again, if you repent before death, your chances of going to heaven will be much higher. Of course, if you get killed instantly, like by a bullet in the head, you may just be out of luck. Meh....
