Assuming the Christian god of the bible exists does that god punish suicides?

In th Catholic Church, we were taught that suicide is a mortal sin, and it would prevent you from entering heaven.

I don't know what a mortal sin is. I was under the impression that God could not forgive unbelief.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_sin

Considering then that you would have no time to repent for the mortal sin of suicide, I suppose it's a way to ensure hell.

You could jump off a tall building and repent on the way down. Any statistics on suicide methods chosen by Catholics?

You'd have to dig into the bible to see what God actually says on suicide Mr. McFold. He may say it mainly through instructive example(s) like Elijah's.

Here's one interpretation:
http://whatsaiththescripture.com/Fel...s.Suicide.html

Dickens who had an estimated IQ of 180 and was called "that great Christian writer" by Tolstoy and Doestoevsky used to use examples in his works also.

Dicken's wrote:

"With a deep sense of my great responsibility always upon me when I exercise my art, one of my most constant and most earnest endeavours has been to exhibit in all my good people some faint reflections of our great Master, and unostentatiously to lead the reader up to those teachings as the great source of all moral goodness. All my strongest illustrations are drawn from the New Testament; all my social abuses are shown as departures from its spirit; all my good people are humble, charitable, faithful, and forgiving. Over and over again, I claim them in express words as disciples of the Founder of our religion; but I must admit that to a man (or a woman) they all arise and wash their faces, and do not appear unto men to fast."

http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/.../dickens4.html

Yeah just being super reckless is another way, but I'd be worried about the nearly-died-but-not-quite scenario. And then in my horribly disabled state I wouldn't have the same opportunities to be reckless. So it has to be something where an "accident" leads to certain death.

Not really. God would be able to judge intent, so an activity that might fool other people into thinking it was an accident would not fool God, under the assumption that there was a God, etc. So this entire line of reasoning does not work.

So we're back to "jump off tall building, repent on the way down." Should work as long as the repentance is sincere.

Yeah, that would work in theory. Kind of tricky in practice though. I would not recommend it.

Well is repentance a chant, or actions proving that you've changed?

I'm in the pro reincarnation camp (lonely camp ), so it's kind of like tossing away an opportunity but you'll most likely get another chance, unless the alotted time for souls to repent (actions) has ended - the 6000 years is up.

But will that person be born with a defect as punnishment? Imo, no. It's not strictly prohibited in the law, so it can't be that bad.

All the greats had what some would call suicidal tendencies, and I think you need this to be great. But the emo kind of slice your wrist, jump of a building; is obviously a little different.

LOL at the thought of god judging an action based on how it is viewed by human laws

Well I was referring to God's laws. fwiw

It probably is prohibited in U.S. law, which I would agree is irrelevant.