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You where given a life to live it to its full potential, there's no point in killing yourself when
you don't know how your life is going to change. Also if the person make a poor suicide attempt they
will be taken to hospital costing health services money to help them heal when they want to waste
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I believe suicide is wrong, personally. Nothing is impossible is you try hard enough at it, there is
always a solution you just have to find it, and if someone does not have the will to do so
themselves, then the people around them should help them in finding it. Life is a gift, for all we
know we may only get one life, live everyday to the full, have no regrets, take chances when they
arise and don't let them pass you by. You never know, you may never get another chance, think of all
there is to live for, than all there isn't to live for. |
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I believe suicide is wrong. It is a gift of life. And the most wretched lives people have lived have
brought beautiful things into our world. And it is a true tragedy when people feel cut out from
people and feel this is there only way to resolve their issues. I sympathize with anybody who faces
issues and I myself have contemplated suicide. Hey, death's easy and life's hard. I believe God
bestowed life, but don't be so hard on people that are tearing themselves apart. Something clearly
has them in a dump. AND for all the people that think suicide isn't wrong... Yes. It is a choice.
You can do whatever you want with it. But it's unethical. You can run across the street and make a
fool of yourself, but its unethical.
Even abortion. I believe in my heart its wrong and unethical. [agree to disagree]. But you possess
free will. And again you can do it. |
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Suicide is very wrong! |
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Yes. Because you've been given a life but you decide to end it because of a few problems.
I know people kill themselves for different reasons.
But what about those who are in 3rd world countries and have nothing but scraps to eat. They still
eat where as to you your very privileged.
Some people don't have what others have so you can't just go killing yourself because of a few
problems.
Children who get bullied and commit suicide should not do that. Because life still goes on. The
bullies are just cowards who pick on people that are physically and mentally lower than them.
Everyone has reasons but suicide should not be the answer... |
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No one should commit suicide. No matter what the circumstances because life belongs to God. People
don't have the right to take their lives. Suicide is a bad thing. |
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People who commit suicide or contimplate suicide are stupid. Be offended if you want.
You are ignorant if you think that you have the worst life in the world. There is ALWAYS somebody
worse off than you. And for those of you who say that there is no other way out, then I say you're
wrong, because there is a way but you're too lazy or weak. You're never in a situation that you
can't somehow control, even if it's very little control. The only people I could symphathize with
this debate are people who've been in situations like the Holocaust, but I still say that you'd be
weak. (Don't yell at me on this one, because I would at least highly consider running into an
electric fence if I was in the Holocaust. Yes, I would be weak in that kind of situation).
My friend contimplated suicide and cut herself a bit and she was DUMB. She says her life sucks but
she's too dumb to see that she is lucky. She has a family (who's together), a house, clothes, food,
an education, a free life, and a chance to do whatever she wants. But like I said, she's too dumb
to see it. My other friend contemplated suicide (and still goes to therapy for it), just because
some people were saying stupid things to her. She's a baby as well. Who cares if a couple of
people you don't care about say some things? Granted they were mean things, but still...get over
yourself. Be hurt, but don't go overboard. You will go to hell if you kill yourself. |
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Many people think, before they kill themselves, that nothing worse could happen. That's true most of
the time. But things can get BETTER. If people would just realize this, suicide would go down. |
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Froggy thinks this debate pops up WAY too much.
Hasn't anyone else seen it?! |
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Suicide is selfish because then it hurts everyone that loves them...and its not like its a way out
of anything..nothing in anybodys life is bad enough to end it...believe me there are people in worse
places and they have a lot harder of a time.....and that goes for cutters too...i personally am not
against anyone..i have many friends that went though that stage...i had to help them.... Its very
hard to see your friends in that way....there isn't a reason to end your life or even hurt your
self... And if you do have thoughts about it i recommend a good friend ♥ |
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It's a great idea to kill yourself just because your emo goth- yeah it's fun! OMG! JK! KILLING
YOURSELF OR ANYONE IS WRONG! |
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Suicide is wrong, it is difficult to stop someone if that is what they intend to do. For those left
behind it is important to understand that no matter what you do or say, if they are determined you
can only put it off, till another time. If they can be stopped at all it will only be accomplished
by a true professional. |
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Is suicide wrong when there is no chance of the person recovering from an illness or if they refuse
treatment? |
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When will the world see that we need Jesus? When we realize that there is a God that cares about us
.That cries for us. HE wants to help you, he really does. Ask him to take away your depression. You
are worth more to him than diamonds |
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Suicide is a selfish way to die because it leaves everyone thinking they could do more |
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Correct. Suicide violates natural law and shows you are a coward who can't face the world. |
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Suicide is just taking a life, i it could be labeled as murder, i think that suicide should be
illegal, e.g if they person trying to committed suicide is stopped then they should be punished
afterward, they only reason i think they are not punished is because people watch TV and do what
they see and what they see is that they have to feel sorry for a person that tried to committed
suicide when in reality that person that tried to committed suicide was either trying to take a
life, or trying to get attention |
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Of course yes,as long as you live,there is hope so why suicide? |
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Committing suicide is just a weak thing to do, why not at least try to rebuild your life before you
throw it all away. |
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Most of the time, I believe suicide is wrong. Not really because of the so called invaluable life..
More that it's among the really worst things you can do to the ones you've got left. |
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Although there may be extreme exceptions, suicide is wrong because it murders a human life which is
of supreme value, dignity and worth. To destroy the most valuable physical thing is immoral.
The exceptions may be along the same line of thinking as capital punishment where the crime is so
horrendous i.e. The murder of other innocent human lives, that the perpetrator may be justified in
taking his own life as a form of justice. |
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People are twited they probably had not found God and they did not have Him to make their life
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Suicide is verrrry wrong in many ways |
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I agree |
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I am extremely compassionate to the life and I take pleasure in living my life very much. Life is a
very dear thing and no body has the right to terminate this life in any way. If we do not explore
our life fully how could we get the experience of what the life is? Suicide is completely wrong
approach to life. Whatever bad and unbearable situations come to the way of life, no one should get
defeated to the exam of patience. Every body should take the challenge rather than escaping from the
precious gift given by their parents. An individual who feels that the conclusion of his or her life
would discard all the problems should think logically because who can say that life would not gift
him or her a much unexpected moment one day? That day he might feel like live a lively life again. |
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I agree! Suicide is wrong in the terms that it is unjust to put your family, friends and loved ones
through the tragedy of living through your death. This is in fact what makes the act of suicide so
selfish.
We can call a person who commits suicide a coward because he could not emotionally bear the
hardships that he faced. If we take a deeper perspective something that would be too much to bear
for your body or mind would kill you anyways through a natural cause like heart failure or nervous
breakdown maybe and what does not kill you naturally is bearable and all you have to do is keep
yourself emotionally stable. |
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It is indeed an act of pure cowardice and selfishness. The individual does not have the bravery to
fight through life. Bravery is not the absence of fear, but the recognition of fear and doing it
anyway. Selfishness because they are more concerned for their own feelings and emptiness than they
are for the loved ones around them who will suffer for years and sometimes the rest of their lives.
Jesus Christ can fill any void in the heart of man. He is strong enough to help any person through
any event if they only trust in Him.
It is a sin that shall be judged. Our bodies are given to us as a gift from God and they are temples
for Him. How more blatantly can you defy God that to destroy His temple?
Events from the past do not justify acts of evil. Nobody would accept an excuse to pardon Hitler
because he was abused as a child. Murder is an act of evil and sin and it is no less if it is
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Yes, suicide is totally wrong as:
1) No religion accepts suicide.
2) Suicide is a symbol of cowardice.
3) Suicide has a negative impact on society
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I do agree that committing suicide is wrong. This is an act of cowardice and foolishness. Suicide is
also not allowed in any religion. Life is a gift of God and He only has the right to take it. When
someone uses his right by committing suicide then there is no place for that person in heaven. He
goes to hell. He is humiliated in this world and hereafter. Instead facing the hardships with
courage and determination, he adopts the easy way. But keep in mind there is no easiness in the life
after death. |
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I can't see why people commit suicide. If he even isn't afraid of death, is there anything else
worth dying? Loss of love? Depression? Stress of work? Definitely not! The biggest enemy is himself,
no matter what happens, he shouldn't lose courage to face the life!!! |
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Yes, I agree that committing suicide is totally wrong. Only cowardly people do that. In fact, this
world is a place of examination and whatever problem we face in our lives, they come to tell us our
own potential. Everyone has his/her place in this world and he/she must play that important role as
Shakespeare said.
Suicide is wrong because it is running from reality rather than facing the obstacles with courage
and determination. One must understand that a lifespan full of mistakes and errors is better than a
lifespan with nothing in it.
When someone commits suicide, they create many problems. In these problems of taking one’s own
life is greatest of them which is when the person who commits suicide also affects his friends,
relatives and society. Ultimately it causes a very unhealthy society. That is another reason why
suicide can be classed as wrong.
Life is a blessing which is bestowed to us by Almighty God, and rather than enjoying the blessing
and being thankful for it, people just finish it which shows ungratefulness to our Creator.
As a student of psychology, I can also tell you that usually people commit suicide because they
think that they are stuck in a condition and there is no solution at all. It is a symbol of
frustration.
So, suicide is wrong because of many reasons which are mentioned above. |
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Sometimes a life of a person is so sad and all that living it would be very hard. So, they escpe it
be death. Its easy and fast.(dosent mean i want to) and anyways, it dosent affect you. Its their
life they can choose how to deal with their own life. |
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Who cares if some EMO kid decides that it's just not worth it.
I would rather thin out the herd than keep disturbed individuals around that would rather not be
here.
Does anyone like working with people that HATE their job and are constantly negative and depressing
to be around? I thought not. So why do you want to keep those people miserable when they so
CLEARLY don't want to be here? |
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Living is wrong if you enjoy raping and killing women. I could go on.
Needless to say it it a stupid statement to say suicide is wrong. People who say it have done little
research and thought very little about the matter. |
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I am voting against this because like many people on this side said who the hell are we to tell
someone to not take there on lives and i know most christens would say its wrong and very evil and
the people that do it will go to hell but a good example of mass suicide of people was when the
African slaves would kill themselves then to work for rest of there lives and see there strong
people beaten simply because of there culture and color of skin |
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What about in cases like Deborah Purdy where she wants her husband to help her go to Switzerland to
commit euthanasia because she has MS and cannot be cured?
And if people want to kill themselves, it's their choice, who are we to tell them they're wrong? We
don't know exactly what they've been through, and more importantly, how they perceived what they've
been through. |
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If people want to kill themselves then let them do it! Its there decision and its not our place to
judge them for it! |
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Someone has the right to kill themselves if they are not satisfied with life...life may or may not
be that hard, but it's still their choice. |
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So if I'm stuck in a hole with no food, a little water, and a knife do i let myself go through a
very painful death caused by dehydration or do i finish it fast? This is a ideal situation though if
there's a chance for survival ignoring your instincts is basically giving up life anyway. |
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This subject gets me so annoyed. If a person kills themselves they must be so low, so depressed so
absolutely at the bottom that they see no other way out, they are not thinking clearly they don't
care about the people they leave as they don't care about themselves. It must be so horrendous to
feel so bad that death is the better option so how anyone can say its wrong or selfish or a cowards
way out is beyond me. I'd say it takes a hell of a lot of guts to kill yourself and feel so sad that
these people have no-one to turn to. We need to have sympathy for these people not condemn them. |
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Suicide is a very selfish act.......it hurts all they leave behind. Depression sucks, people need
to realize they need help and people around them need to shower them with love and affection...... |
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We all lead very different lives. Life can be hard and many people who commit suicide are lost in
this world. I don't think every case is the same and many people do not have friends or families to
help them in hard times. I think if you don't want to be here anymore than it isn't for me to say
that you are wrong. |
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There are so many reasons people would commit suicide, unfortunately, most of the people who agree
that it is wrong seem to hold the view that people only do it because they are cowards or their
religious scriptures deem it wrong which is a moral view (which may not necessarily be a bad
thing).
Lets have a look at Altruistic suicide, Altruism means acting unselfishly, directed by a concern for
others even if this is harmful to oneself. Altruistic suicide occurs when individuals are so
integrated into society that they take their lives out of a sense of duty. They are so powerfully
committed to the norms and values of society that they make the ultimate sacrifice.
In some nomadic hunting and gathering bands that follow seasonal movements of game, the elderly and
frail were left behind to die for the benefit of the group who could move on and survive.
Suicide bombers perceive that what they do is for a good cause and are driven to do what they
believe is right. Would you willingly die to save your family or someone very close to you? That's
suicide and acts of sacrifice are commonplace (Jesus willingly giving his life for the benefit of
mankind when he could have easily prevented his death?) |
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Don't waste the body that god has given you |
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In some extreme cases, you are faced with two options : Schizophrenia or suicide. In such a case, I
wonder what would you choose ? |
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Its their live, so why does anyone care what they do with it?? |
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Umm... Ok... Hitler... Hitler killed himself... Would it have been better to have not done that and
been punished by whomever, or better for someone else to have gotten to kill him or... Or... Or...
Blech...
Still... There's so much to debate with suicide and all the other side seems to have to say is
judgments? Someone is thinking about killing themselves reading these posts and your calling them a
coward? For trying to think in ways that escape the box your creating for them?
I don't think the other side are cowards... I don't know what to think of them quite frankly maybe
just nice guys? Nice guys with nice ideas of how to keep the world a nice place. Suicide of course
not in their plans. Suicide of course something only cowardly people do.
Pretty silly, you nice people you.
No one wants to tell someone suicide is for them. A lot like abortion people tend to have this idea
that it's ok if you want to but "i would never do it."
tough to argue with that logic. I look at suicide as something you earn. At the same time, i don't
know who that is exactly i suppose its just something you feel? One of those things you can't fight
and you feel like continuing to live is distinctly the opposite of what you want to be doing...
Still... The idea that any of us know whether or not suicide is the right thing or the wrong thing
is pretty ridiculous.
I think death in general is just seen with such an agonizing sense of postponement that the idea of
rushing towards it has a morbid quality to it.
There are more people in the world than you realize. More type of people than you'll ever read
about. And more ways of seeing any given opinion from any given person than there are atoms in the
universe. I think its beautiful. I think people are beautiful. You just have to know how to work
them. Lord knows they hate being worked. "hour after our work is never over..." -Daft Punk
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I have always felt that humans are lucky to have the necessary free will to decide their own fates,
especially when it comes to suicide.
Yes, it is a tragedy when a young person, heedless of the effect of his or her family or
acquaintances, takes his or her own life, but let’s look at the age group with the highest rate of
suicide in the U.S.: Senior citizens.
I admire any senior who, faced with chronic pain or a wasting illness kills him/herself to spare the
family added grief and or expense.
People suffering from crippling depression should have the right to just clock out of what they see
as a useless existence.
As for the argument that suicides are cowards, this is outright offensive.
The reasons that people kill themselves are extremely complex, with the act’s effect on the
survivors just a small part of the equation. |
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If people want to do something with their life, who are you to stop them doing so? |
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I believe it's the wrong way to deal with problems. Its a permanent solution to a temporary problem
completely. The think that most of you don't understand is that people who go forth with it, usually
end up doing it as a last resort after years of fighting depression and all the things that make
them feel that way. Folks who commit suicide shouldn't be spoken as cowards or losers because all
you "happy, well-adjusted people" don't know what it's like to live with depression. You have no
clue! Depression is not something you can snap out off any quicker than you can snap out of the flu
or mano. Depression is a real disease that affects a lot of people. All of you don't know what goes
through the mind of a depressed person. You don't know how hard it is to think positive when it
attacks you.
Whenever some one has a mental disease, they are usually the last person to admit it or even notice
it. I've known other people who are suffering deeply from other mental diseases and they insist that
they are fine and don't need any help until they are being thrown in jail or other institutions for
doing things that none in their right mind should do. So if you know some one who is depressed,
don't tell them that they are cowards if they kill them selves, who knows, you might be one of the
people they plan to take with them if they decide to go that way. |
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I agree that suicide from that wrong but you can't stop people from committing suicide. |
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If somebody is truly unhappy and doest want to live anymore you should respect that decision without
criticism of their choice. |
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It is a person's life, and what they want to do with it is of their choosing. |
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Not Agreed, umm I don't think so. Some people have no idea how hard life can get and it is very
likely that some point in EVERY SINGLE PERSON'S life they will have thoughts about suicide. I think
that if someone is so unhappy that they can take going through the process of committing suicide
then they REALLY DON'T want to live and I can understand. I myself have tried and i realize that it
is extremely hard to trick yourself into dying. Most people who commit suicide have already died in
a way- inside they are dead- its just their body that they feel must suffer. Anyone who can willing
give up their life shouldn't be here anyways. |
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It's their life, they should be able to make that decision for themselves. I mean if they go through
with it, what are you going to do... Lock up their dead bodies? If you have never suffered from a
painful illness, mental illness, or a deadly disease then maybe your opinion shouldn't matter. |
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I think everyone should have some rights when it comes to deciding this.
One thing suicide isn't is cowardice.
It must take an unimaginable amount of courage or total despair to commit suicide.
How can we, who have never felt that low criticise those who for whatever reason are driven to such
an act? Instead of moralising and criticising shouldn't we be full of compassion?
There are thousands of different reasons why anyone is driven to the ultimate despair and it that
that we should be looking at.
Any student of psychology should know this.
Life is more complicated than what we are taught in a classroom, and reality different to text book
theory.
If anyone is showing signs of depression or anxiety which indicates they need help, it's the duty of
those around them to support and help them, many a seemingly unsolvable problem has been solved and
life made livable again.
In the cases of painful terminal illness I don't think it's moral or ethical to allow people to
suffer and dictate the terms of their life.
Obviously there have to be boundaries and controls. This would have to include what happens to
people who assist in suicides.
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Does the human being not have the right to end their own life. Is it not one of the only choices
that they wield over this brief and painful existence?
I think listening to a student of psychology's sophomoric pondering about suicide based on a
religious perspective on psychology is terminally flawed an begins where it ends in the conflict of
interest between religion and psychology which is a pseudo-psychology at best.
Life is not a gift from God, it is an accident of nature. Two people got together and had
unprotected sexual intercourse and the result was that an egg got fertilised.
That's not a gift, that's not the miracle of birth, it's the nature of human biology.
Surely the human being has the right to end it all if they feel that their life is over in many
other ways. People who are deeply depressed and life is just too painful to drag themselves
through should surely have the right to put themselves out of their quite excruciating misery.
Surely someone with a painful and terminal illness should also have the right to terminate their own
suffering. I suppose that's getting closer to euthanasia rather than straight suicide, but I suppose
it amounts to to the same thing, taking your own life - or having someone assist you - assisted
suicide.
Surely the individual has the right to live and die how they choose. If someone no longer wishes to
live, why should others keep them alive for their own self righteous beliefs to be affirmed. You
would rather someone suffer through each day in terrible mental or physical pain than allow them the
dignity to end it?
Simple suggests that it is against all major religions, well yes, but if one is not religious, what
care I that they object? Simple also suggests that suicide is a symbol of cowardice. Says who?
Simple? I think it can be a very brave thing to do for someone.
I'm not quite sure what to make about the negative effect that it is supposed to have on society,
society isn't a tangible construct, so I don't see how a single person's single action can
negatively affect the collective?
Simple draws shallow conclusions from a highly biased and doctrinaire perspective. It is not
totally wrong under any circumstances, because you do not get to make that call.
Cancer11's moralistic 'cowardice and foolishness' seems high minded and heavy handed. The suicide
victim is not going to hell because there is no hell. If there is, prove it to me and I'll believe
you or is this another one of those things that you have to believe before it can be proven, like
the rest of religion's shaky logic? How could suicide ever be the easy way out, I just find it
thoughtless that someone should think that it would be 'easy', someone in so much pain that they
need to take their own life is making a terrible decision but why should we not respect that
decision. We are the masters of our fate. There is no giant compass in the sky. |
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I imagine that there are some circumstances that we, in our comfortable homes, are unable to wrap
our heads around that might induce someone to commit suicide. Suicide is certainly not committed
always from 'cowardice and foolishness'. There are all sorts of strange reasons why a person may
desire to end their life. Consider child abuse, loneliness - there are some cases where people
commit suicide after having been in prison for most of their life, disease, etc etc. Suicide
shouldn't immediately be dismissed as cowardly and selfish, and ESPECIALLY not as sinful, to those
who are adamant that we will all be Judged. |
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