A question for you:
reformation martyrs.
They had the choice to renounce their beliefs and live or not to renounce and to die.
Many chose to die in the flames.
Did they commit suicide?
Interesting question. A difficult one, for sure, especially when relatives ask.
I don't think we can say definitively yes or no, like when people ask if pets & children go to Heaven. Perhaps some do and some don't depending on God's mercy.
Certainly Judas isn't in Heaven.
Elijah asked God to...
Firstly, a welcome to the CC forum!
I've heard other Christians talk about this, and experienced it myself. God seems absent & prayers seem to bounce off the ceiling. I find it helpful and a great comfort to read Scriptures such as "I will never leave you or forsake you."
Also, look within...
After much searching just to prove to myself I hadn't had a senior moment:
https://christianchat.com/christian-singles-forum/password-%F0%9F%94%91-game.211403/page-88#post-5168067
The truth about Muhammed is that he's dead.
Jesus lives and is risen.
Christianity is the only faith with a living God.
The Cross will always be a stumbling block to many.
I'm thankful for blessings - every breath, the view from my window, being able to work with my hands, family, so many things today.
There's a hymn, Count Your Blessings
I just read the post above and I had a sense of such dread.
If you don't realise the gravity of your question, may the Living God have mercy on you.
I'm sorry, I'm done with this.
"Billions of people being pulled away" sounds like the great falling away in 2 Thessalonians 2
https://www.easyenglish.bible/bible/easy/2-thessalonians/2/
"additional proof people are demanding"?
Matthew 16:4 A wicked and adulterous generation looks for a sign, but none will be given it...
Well, I've learned something linguistically new today!
Here in God's own country (maybe) we would say "yer-kn-seh-tharra-gen!"
I used to listen to Wolfman Jack's Top 40 on the radio at that time. Happy days.