Is Suicide acceptable to avoid Rape?

[seekerz]

Protecting national secrets and national is different than using suicide as an escape from the troubles of life. When someone gives their life for their country they are doing it for a greater good.

There’s a big difference between giving up one’s life and walking around with a deadly poison meant for taking one’s own life in adverse circumstances…

 

[bobzills]

I would imagine that it is still not acceptable, but the sin would not be mortal because of the duress.

God Bless

this seems to be reasonable.

 

[Marc_Aupiais]

In most circumstance, it seems (The sentiment in the previous post) such would be the case, but not always.Not in the American’s Hollywood’s style.

I SPEAK OF WHAT THE PREVIOUS POSTER STATES< I HAVE ALREADY PROVEN THE QUESTION IS MAJORITY FALSE< AND LIKELY SO… WITH IMPRIMATURED< FAMOUS DOCUMENTS TO PROVE THE STANCE IN OPPOSITION>

God is Life, all life must be respected.

So far as it’s purpose should be achieved.

 

[sidious]

Suddenly the truth equals “inappropriate comments”

hmm

Its not sudden, its just that you made a ridiculous comment and people rightly called you out for it.

After having read some of your other comments, you are an agitator on these boards.

 

[gmags2003]

An agitator? Giving an opinion is agitating? I pity you. A little tongue in cheek isn’t too bad is it?

 

[GraceDK]

Greetings! I recall reading (years ago) an opinion given back in the middle ages, during the Muslim invasions of Europe. There were numerous examples of the Muslim soldiers gang-raping the women when conquering a city, frequently raping the women to death. The ones who were left alive could be taken back as booty, to be sold into a harem, never to see a Christian face again. The question arose that, in the face of such defilement (there’s a reason rape used to be called “a fate worse than death”), what were the acceptable options for Christian women. It was decided that in cases where (for example) the woman has been chased to the top of a tower and her only visible options are to suffer defilement or to throw herself off the tower to protect her virtue, that this act of suicide was morally acceptable (not preferable, but acceptable) and would not be considered a sin of despair as an ordinary act of suicide would be. It would fall into the same class as several of the early Church saints with the title, “Virgin and Martyr” – women who fought against their attackers to the point of death.

My question is if this view is acceptable: to choose to kill yourself rather than suffer defilement?

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Church teaching is that a woman does not loose her virtue at all by being raped. Rather the rapist looses his. The woman can still be regarded as innocent and virgin because she did not give her consent.

A woman does not have to kill her self to protect her virtue… but she might choose death over such a horrendous crime. I think I would.

 

[sidious]

An agitator? Giving an opinion is agitating? I pity you. A little tongue in cheek isn’t too bad is it?

You must think I give a da** what you think of me. Your post about “I wouldn’t mind being raped if its…” is so disgusting that it shows clearly how out of touch with reality you are with rape victims.

You need serious psychological help.

 

[Marc_Aupiais]

Still not acceptable to do without direct realization of divine will, or under duress, which prevents the standards of sin from being applicable.

 

[gmags2003]

You must think I give a da** what you think of me. Your post about “I wouldn’t mind being raped if its…” is so disgusting that it shows clearly how out of touch with reality you are with rape victims.

You need serious psychological help.

Hey, easy there, junior. To clear some loose ends up: a tongue in cheek statement is not meant to be taken seriously, but its lack of seriousness is subtle. I’m sorry if rape victims take what I said seriously. I sincerely apologize.

 

[sidious]

Hey, easy there, junior. To clear some loose ends up: a tongue in cheek statement is not meant to be taken seriously, but its lack of seriousness is subtle. I’m sorry if rape victims take what I said seriously. I sincerely apologize.

Apology accepted. I didn’t know that your comment was “tongue in cheek”. I apologise for getting intensely passionate.

 

[fms]

Surely if one trusts in God then God will take care of him/her.

God will even send his angel to guard the chastity of his holy ones/ to guard his holy ones.

Killing oneself…sounds like you do not trust God/one has despaired.

Stand firm even to the point of death (e.g. martyrs already mentioned, Maria Goretti, etc).