Until recently suicide was illegal in many places (haha). Most believe it to be wrong; However I don't see what the problem is. Of course your family and friends won't be thrilled about it, but if someone grows tired of existence they have the right to end their own.
Imagine an individual with no family or friends, nobody is even aware of his existence. Would it be wrong for him to kill himself? And for those who believe in eternal punishment, is self termination worthy of it?
So, suicide good or suicide bad?
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Cewakiyelo
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Don't kid yourself that the laws are there to protect those with mental issues. They are there so that insurance companies don't have to pay out on claims that involve suicide, as they were violating the law.Lux wrote:
The reason why there are laws against suicide is because individuals who attempt it, more often than not, suffer from a mental disease or disorder, and therefore are in no condition to make such a decision. What they need is help, and not acceptance of their desperate act.
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If your life causes you to sin
Post #22Jesus teaches that if our eye causes us to sin it is better to pluck it our than to continue to sin because of it. If our tongue cause us to sin it is better to cut it out...
If our life causes us to sin???
If our life causes us to sin???
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Suicide? Exceptionally YES and most often NOT. Here is an excerpt from "The Other Kind":
Before any attempt one should consider several facts: 1) His life is unique and there is no one else like him in the entire Universe. Thence he should have a specific piece of something what is really good and others do not have it , let's say a piece of some love that no one can feel but him. 2) Maybe the circumstances in his life are not that unsolvable and so much bad for him to force him to leave this world. The best medicine is to be the most badly-off for some moment and then to return to the previous condition in which the person originally wanted to kill himself, and it can make him cease to long for killing himself. 3) He will cause others who loved him feel the pain of his loss. 4) If his attempt will not be successful, he can stay mutilated and so suffer more than if he did not try to kill himself.
Before any attempt one should consider several facts: 1) His life is unique and there is no one else like him in the entire Universe. Thence he should have a specific piece of something what is really good and others do not have it , let's say a piece of some love that no one can feel but him. 2) Maybe the circumstances in his life are not that unsolvable and so much bad for him to force him to leave this world. The best medicine is to be the most badly-off for some moment and then to return to the previous condition in which the person originally wanted to kill himself, and it can make him cease to long for killing himself. 3) He will cause others who loved him feel the pain of his loss. 4) If his attempt will not be successful, he can stay mutilated and so suffer more than if he did not try to kill himself.
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Post #24
I myself will be committing suicide at a time of my own choosing. My reasons are based in reality and are the result of a rational evaluation of who I am, what I want, what I wish to avoid, what is best for my loved ones, my concepts of dignity, honor, sacrifice, etc.
Will it be an act of bravery, cowardice, or something in between? Individuals will have to decide that for themselves. Is it bravery or cowardice to remain in the known and avoid the unknown? Is it bravery or cowardice to walk through an existential door without knowing what is on the other side?
Again, each of us must decide - or make no decision.
I choose to exercise the power to terminate my life under my own terms, not as a result of accident, disease, act of violence or otherwise. It's quite empowering, imo.
Will it be an act of bravery, cowardice, or something in between? Individuals will have to decide that for themselves. Is it bravery or cowardice to remain in the known and avoid the unknown? Is it bravery or cowardice to walk through an existential door without knowing what is on the other side?
Again, each of us must decide - or make no decision.
I choose to exercise the power to terminate my life under my own terms, not as a result of accident, disease, act of violence or otherwise. It's quite empowering, imo.
"Do Good for Good is Good to do. Spurn Bribe of Heaven and Threat of Hell"
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I don't consider suicide bombers really to be suicides. I don't consider kamikaze pilots to be suicides either. They fall more under the category of sacrificing ones life for a cause.
To me, suicide is when life seems so horrible and hopeless that you would rather not live. Even if that pain truly is temporary and could possibly be fixed later on, I couldn't fault someone for choosing to end their life. I actually only find fault with suicide if a person has children who still need to be taken care of. It's not right to harm children with your death when you're the one who chose to bring them into the world in the first place.
To me, suicide is when life seems so horrible and hopeless that you would rather not live. Even if that pain truly is temporary and could possibly be fixed later on, I couldn't fault someone for choosing to end their life. I actually only find fault with suicide if a person has children who still need to be taken care of. It's not right to harm children with your death when you're the one who chose to bring them into the world in the first place.
