Differences between suicide and sacrifice

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Jesus did not take a dagger and stab himself in the heart. That would be suicide.

Jesus, rather, was betrayed by one of his closest friends, and was sentenced to death by the Roman state. God the Father ordered the angels to stand down and not rescue Jesus. Jesus accepted and unjust punishment in exchange for our sins.

Jesus agonized in the garden, because his sinless human soul could not desire death. Desiring death is inherently disordered, sinful. Jesus neither wanted death, nor directly caused it. He supernaturally assented to it for our benefit.

He accepted suffering caused by the sins of others so that we may be spared. That is the difference between suicide and sacrifice.
 
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Well you are not allowed to donate an organ that will CAUSE your death.
You can however donate a vital organ AFTER your death.

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Montrose said:
Selfish and selfless!
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I understand the sentiment you are saying but to say someone with mental illness or someone who has lived through extremely traumatic experiences and decided to take their own life is being selfish is rather uncharitable.
 
Dolphin said:
I understand the sentiment you are saying but to say someone with mental illness or someone who has lived through extremely traumatic experiences and decided to take their own life is being selfish is rather uncharitable.
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I disagree. The OP asked what the difference is and I gave a response which is true as far as I am concerned.
Whether there are mitigating circumstances in some cases to reduce culpability from a mortal sin is a separate issue.
The plain fact is suicide is a selfish action.
 
Suicide is caused and permitted by the self, while sacrifice is caused by others, yet permitted by the self.
 
In suicide the end goal is one’s own death. For self-sacrifice the end goal is to protect other people with one’s own death being either a byproduct or a price of that end. A person who sacrifices himself to save another doesn’t want to die, but would prefer that over the alternative outcome of the other person dying.
 
I am not an expert, but I don’t it is moral at all as it involves objectively killing yourself, as opposed to being killed. Suicide is against the fifth Commandment. Intention is only part of the analysis of moral act (culpability can mitigate sinful acts, however).

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