Experience

1. There is no clear answer to these types of questions. Anyone can tell you their opinion, but no one has any information. When a person committed suicide, it does not mean that he could not have stood it. It is possible that he could have and failed (he was too weak, but could have strengthened himself and overcome himself). This is the case with any intentional offense, whether in halakhah or in general law. A person fails, but the assumption is that he could not have failed. The Gemara in Ketubot 33b says that if Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah had been flogged instead of threatened with death, they would not have stood the test (because this is continuous torment until surrender). So there are situations in which it is impossible to stand. Although there they really were not put to this test, and it can be argued that this is because one does not put a person to a test that he cannot stand. In short, I do not think you will find an answer to this question. 2. Who said that Gentiles do not have the permanence of the soul? Do you really think that this is a difference between a Jew and a Gentile? The difference is that a Jew is obligated to obey the commandments of the Ve and La (except for their seven). As far as I understand, the difference is not in physiology, nor in the soul, nor in anything else. All the claims about such differences are like the claims from the previous section. We have a different mission than they do, but that does not mean that we ourselves are different from them in any way. As for these reports themselves, I’m usually very skeptical about them. But I haven’t seen them or checked them.