Did Sampson commit suicide?

[Larry 2]

Sampson set up the situation that would most certainly lead to his death and the death of many Philistines. Can his death be interpreted as a suicide or a willingness to die for the cause of Jehovah?

What Samson did was for vengeance, though God evidently did strengthen him, and we see him in the worthies of faith in Hebrews.

Judges 16:28 And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.

Judges 16:30 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.

Hebrews 11:32

[AnotherTraveler]

Sampson set up the situation that would most certainly lead to his death and the death of many Philistines. Can his death be interpreted as a suicide or a willingness to die for the cause of Jehovah?

There is no question in my mind that Sampson's intention was not to die, but to bring about a huge victory for Israel. If he could have done that without having to die, I believe he would have. You could ask the same question of those at the Alamo. Did they commit suicide, because they knew they would be defeated? How about Custer? Did he commit suicide? I think the obvious answer in both of those cases is no, and I would say the same thing about Samson.

Yea, I think Custer committed suicide using his own ego, and there are a lot of Sioux indians that think so too.

[Guest Butero]

Sampson set up the situation that would most certainly lead to his death and the death of many Philistines. Can his death be interpreted as a suicide or a willingness to die for the cause of Jehovah?

There is no question in my mind that Sampson's intention was not to die, but to bring about a huge victory for Israel. If he could have done that without having to die, I believe he would have. You could ask the same question of those at the Alamo. Did they commit suicide, because they knew they would be defeated? How about Custer? Did he commit suicide? I think the obvious answer in both of those cases is no, and I would say the same thing about Samson.

Yea, I think Custer committed suicide using his own ego, and there are a lot of Sioux indians that think so too.

Why would Custer want to die in battle? I can understand his decision to fight, at the risk of losing his life in battle, but I doubt he wanted to die. I would imagine that he would have prefered to have come out victorious had it been possible. I would say the same thing about those at the Alamo, and the same thing about Samson. In order for this to have been suicide, they would have had to want to die, and there is no evidence that was the case.

[Ovedya]

Sampson set up the situation that would most certainly lead to his death and the death of many Philistines. Can his death be interpreted as a suicide or a willingness to die for the cause of Jehovah?

There is no question in my mind that Sampson's intention was not to die, but to bring about a huge victory for Israel. If he could have done that without having to die, I believe he would have. You could ask the same question of those at the Alamo. Did they commit suicide, because they knew they would be defeated? How about Custer? Did he commit suicide? I think the obvious answer in both of those cases is no, and I would say the same thing about Samson.

Yea, I think Custer committed suicide using his own ego, and there are a lot of Sioux indians that think so too.

Why would Custer want to die in battle? I can understand his decision to fight, at the risk of losing his life in battle, but I doubt he wanted to die. I would imagine that he would have prefered to have come out victorious had it been possible. I would say the same thing about those at the Alamo, and the same thing about Samson. In order for this to have been suicide, they would have had to want to die, and there is no evidence that was the case.

This is aside from the point, but Custer was known to be an arrogant man. I'm sure that he gleefully died in battle.

You know what Custer's last words were, don't you?

"Where the heck did all them injuns come from?"

[Larry 2]

Sampson set up the situation that would most certainly lead to his death and the death of many Philistines. Can his death be interpreted as a suicide or a willingness to die for the cause of Jehovah?

There is no question in my mind that Sampson's intention was not to die, but to bring about a huge victory for Israel. If he could have done that without having to die, I believe he would have. You could ask the same question of those at the Alamo. Did they commit suicide, because they knew they would be defeated? How about Custer? Did he commit suicide? I think the obvious answer in both of those cases is no, and I would say the same thing about Samson.

Yea, I think Custer committed suicide using his own ego, and there are a lot of Sioux indians that think so too.

Why would Custer want to die in battle? I can understand his decision to fight, at the risk of losing his life in battle, but I doubt he wanted to die. I would imagine that he would have prefered to have come out victorious had it been possible. I would say the same thing about those at the Alamo, and the same thing about Samson. In order for this to have been suicide, they would have had to want to die, and there is no evidence that was the case.

This is aside from the point, but Custer was known to be an arrogant man. I'm sure that he gleefully died in battle.

You know what Custer's last words were, don't you?

"Where the heck did all them injuns come from?"

Quote - "Where the heck did all them injuns come from?"

Response - We injuns are coming back again - You immigrants took over our land and have turned our buffalo trails into highways, you've built so many houses it's hard to set up a teepee, you've taken the good land and left us deserts that grow poor crops, and then you don't want us to have gambling to make a living. Just think about this, us Cherokee are now called a nation again; watch out for stampeding buffalo soon. Better yet, most of you like to claim some other heritage, so why don't all you immigrants go back where you came from and leave us to war among ourselves. "Ugg" and "How" brother.

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