“Is suicide a mortal sin?”
Some people — Christians included — are going through incredibly tough times; emotionally, physically or both. For a
person in unrelenting pain, the temptation to take a pass on more of the same
when there seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel is very real indeed.
So since “mortal sin” is technically a Roman Catholic term, let’s ask them, at least for starters. I’ve always vaguely
wondered what the official RC position was, but suicide is one of those issues
I haven’t personally contemplated for almost forty years, and even
when I did, I can’t say I was terribly serious about it.
A good long look at the tarmac from the top of a highway overpass will tend to dissuade all but the most committed. Turned out I was a dilettante.