The Holy Bible.

     Pictured at the top left is a copy of a version of the Holy Bible, known as the King James Version ( KJV ).  Pictured below that is a copy of the Koran.  SURA IV ( WOMEN ), verse thirty-three, reads as follows:

"33 O believers!  devour not each other's substance in mutual frivolities; unless there be a trafficking among you by your own consent: and commit not suicide:-of a truth God is merciful to you."

     Based on the above-given teaching from the Koran, the question arises as to why there are those who participate in suicide bombings, supposedly for the cause of Islam.  Such individuals are either ignorant of this passage, or they simply choose to ignore it.  Suicide is clearly condemned in the Koran.

     In the Holy Bible ( which is God's word - see Psalm 119:65-73, 142, 151, Mark 16:20, John 17:1, 3, 17, 2 Timothy 2:15; 3:16, 17, and Titus 1:1, 2, for example ), suicide is condemned in both the Old and New Testaments ( see Exodus 20:13 and Romans 13:9, for example ), with exception only under the Old Testament during war ( see 1 Samuel 31:1-5 ( especially verses 4 and 5, for example ), for example ): Judaism became obsolete when Jesus died on the cross of Calvary ( see Matthew 10:32; 11:15, Mark 16:16, Luke 13:3; 23:26-49 ( especially verse 33, for example ), Acts 2:38; 8:26-40 ( especially verses 36-39, for example ), Romans 6:1-4 ( especially verses 3 and 4, for example ); 10:1-4 ( especially verse 4, for example ), Galatians 3:26, 27, Colossians 2:11-17 ( especially verse 14, for example ), Hebrews, chapter 8 ( especially verse 13, for example ), Hebrews, chapter 9 ( especially verses 12-18, for example ), Hebrews, chapter 10 ( especially verses 1-12, and 22, for example ), 1 Peter 1:1, 2, and Revelation 1:5; 2:10, for example ), though we can still learn from the Old Testament ( see Romans 15:1-4 ( especially verse 4, for example ), for example ).  In the New Testament, we see that Judas Iscariot ( see Matthew 26:14-16, for example ) hanged himself ( cf. Matthew 27:3-10 ( especially verse 5, for example ) and Acts 1:15-20, for example ): this account occurs in a negative context as a response to him having betrayed Jesus ( see Matthew 27:1 ) and, thus, we can rightly conclude that suicide is condemned under the New Testament without exception.  Under the New Testament, it is always a sin to commit suicide ( see 1 John 3:4, for example ).

     Although suicide is condemned in the Koran, it is a religious counterfeit: the Holy Bible is God's word ( the original ).  We have the Holy Bible, we do not need the Koran ( please read the January 22nd and 24th, 2015 entries, for example, to this weblog to find additional facts regarding why the Koran is not God's word, and why Islam is false religion ).

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