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Originally Posted by InTheMuss
If suicide did damn someone forever, will an attempted suicide do the same? Is that not something you could repent of? Comparing two people (one that succeeded vs one that didn't) the only difference I see is that one was smarter or had better resources to follow through on it. Although on the other hand, perhaps the person who didn't succeed was just trying to get the attention that they felt they needed.
I don't have any real thoughts on the matter, just more questions.
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You bring up an interesting point and one that i've actually been pondering myself recently. Much like someone's post about homosexual tendencies, I think that many people over the course of their life, think about or at least entertain the idea of suicide...kind of the old..."what would it be like?" or "would anyone really care" that sort of thing.
In speaking with a co-worker about this (who, is a recovring alcoholic that believes in a higher power but hates what modern Christianity has turned into) he noted (speaking specifically of Tony Dungy's son) that he couldn't believe that a just and fair God, even a God who gave us the gift of life, would just abandon those who killed themselves. In fact, quite the contrary, he felt that God would be highly compassionate towards these people because things got so bad for them that they chose to take their own life...an interesting theory to chew on.
So, to your question, which is worse? I'd say that if we ever had to defend our choices to God, or justify an action, overcoming those suicidal tendencies and living a full life and dying when you were supposed to die (naturally) rather than taking your life early, would be considered a great accomplishment. Especially if your belief is (like many church members) that the Savior suffered for not only all our sins, but everything that we go through as well including sadness, depression, and suicidal tendencies.
The only reason I could see where sympathy would not be granted by God or by the Savior would be because of the incident in Gethsemanie where Christ asked to be released from the pain...and he wasn't...and he had the power to end it whenever he wanted...and he didn't.