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  2. Christian views on suicide - Wikipedia

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    In the sixth century AD, suicide became a secular crime and began to be viewed as sinful. In the 13th century, Thomas Aquinas denounced suicide as an act against God and as a sin for which one could not repent. In 1533, those who died by suicide while accused of a crime were denied a Christian burial. In 1562, all suicides were punished in this ...

  3. Religious views on suicide - Wikipedia

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    Most pentecostals believe that a Born-Again person can still go to Heaven because the blood of Jesus covers the sin of suicide. Suicide is regarded generally within the Eastern Orthodoxy tradition as a rejection of God's gift of physical life, a failure of stewardship, an act of despair, and a transgression of the sixth commandment, "You shall ...

  4. Religious views on euthanasia - Wikipedia

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    The Catholic Church opposes active euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide on the grounds that life is a gift from God and should not be prematurely shortened. However, the church allows dying people to refuse extraordinary treatments that would minimally prolong life without hope of recovery, [5] a form of passive euthanasia.

  5. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    There’s no single explanation for why addiction treatment is mired in a kind of scientific dark age, why addicts are denied the help that modern medicine can offer. Family doctors tend to see addicts as a nuisance or a liability and don’t want them crowding their waiting rooms. In American culture, self-help runs deep.

  6. Religion and drugs - Wikipedia

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    Some Christian denominations permit smoking tobacco, while others disapprove of it. Many orthodox or protestant denominations do not have any official stance on drug use, while other Christian denominations (e.g. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Jehovah's Witnesses) discourage or prohibit the use of any of these substances.

  7. David Wilkerson - Wikipedia

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    David Ray Wilkerson (May 19, 1931 – April 27, 2011 [1]) was an American Christian evangelist, best known for his book The Cross and the Switchblade.He was the founder of the addiction recovery program Teen Challenge, and founding pastor of the interdenominational Times Square Church in New York City.

  8. Morgan Freeman talks about his journey to becoming 'a ... - AOL

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    McCreary: I would hope that viewers learn something more about their own religious beliefs, and more importantly, about other people's religious beliefs. Also, finding some commonality with ...

  9. The inmate was arrested on a charge of driving while intoxicated and a parole violation from an earlier case, according to Newburyport News. The cause of death was hanging, using a "anti-suicide" bedsheet. The inmate was on suicide watch, according to Newburyport News. Jail or Agency: Rockingham County Department of Corrections; State: New ...