Saturday, December 6, 2008

Why do Jehovah's Witnesses contemplate suicide?

People may not think of all of the demands of being a Jehovah’s Witness. They are put under so much pressure to continuously do the right thing. Jehovah’s Witnesses only have room to do good things and if they do bad things they pay for it emotionally. This causes many Jehovah’s Witnesses to consider the thought of suicide. Since their faithfulness to their religion is what gets them the opportunity to come back to life after the resurrection of Christ, they are forced to be good followers.
Since our society puts so many demands on a person, this plays a huge part in a Jehovah’s Witness life on top of the pressures they already receive from their religion. Jehovah’s Witnesses do not have a chance to take a break away from their beliefs. This causes them to take second guesses on how faithful they have actually been to Jehovah. There are no guarantees as to whether or not you will get into heaven so many people opt to suicide so they have a chance to get into heaven before Armageddon occurs.
http://www.jwinfoline.com/Documents/death/suicide.htm

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