Christians & Suicide - The BIG Question.

http://www.christianpost.com/news/inside-the-mind-of-a-christian-who-struggles-with-suicidal-thoughts-93535/
http://global.christianpost.com/news/do-those-who-commit-suicide-go-to-heaven-93527/
(Sorry - but I wouldn't dare to claim that I have any answers to this one!)
AND where does this all leave us where voluntary euthanasia is concerned?
The Early Church, so it is said, outlawed suicide as a number of Christians had committed suicide in order to get to see Jesus more quickly - although what truth there is in this claim, I could not say.