I don’t usually ask questions like this…

and I left the fold a long time ago. But since 9/11 just passed, a friend who’s devout was wondering if the "jumpers" (those who leapt from the Towers to avoid being burnt alive) were pardoned by the Pope because of the circumstances, or were they viewed as actual suicides ? I have no idea, but I agreed to ask.

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JSul3 · 70-79

This is my problem with religions...in this case, Catholicism.

When faced with being burned alive or taking a dive from a skyscraper, what would YOU decide?

Any 'god' that would damn a person's decision under these (or any) circumstances, is a god I do not choose to have anything to do with, nor any of his priests/clergy members who would not do everything in their power to comfort the survivor's family members in their hour of grief and not spout some crap about their soul being sent to hell over suicide.