Let me just preface this by saying that I think AA is a great thing and the people involved should be thanked for agreeing to participate in it...Ok, with that out of the way, I recently went to a AA meeting because, frankly, I wanted to see what it is about...I heard some absolutely horrendous stories of things some people did in the throws of their addiction and when I left the meeting I could not help but ask myself,
"How could any honest person live with themselves knowing they were guilty of such horrid behavior?"....
So, question; if someone feels that no real fitting punishment has come their way for something they did do you think it is acceptable for them to take their own life?
2007-05-25 11:16:40 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Absolutely not. Taking one's own life is the ultimate act of cowardice and selfishness (and usually, by the way, is only done by someone suffering from a mental illness).
Redemption is something that happens inside a person after his or her own consideration of the past on a spiritual level. Making up for past misdeeds isn't a matter of punishment; it's a matter of coming to fully understand why one did something, making amends, and resolving to not do it in the future.
In addition, past misdeeds, once they are atoned for, can be the best qualification a person can have to help someone else who might be in the throes of addiction or other types of problems right now. If everyone who's been down that road kills themselves, who is going to be here help the ones who are going through it now?
In my opinion a person's harshest judge is usually him- or herself. It's hard to learn to forgive one's self, but when you can do it and face your past without shame, then you have finally moved beyond it. Short-circuiting that work by killing yourself just traps you in your past for all eternity.
2007-05-25 11:30:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anne M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No way. No way, ever.
Forgiveness. Forgiveness of self and for others. You did not give an example so this is hard for me to really know what you are talking about.
Suicide is never the answer.
If this concerns you or someone you know, please seek help from a trusted friend or call a hospital and get that person admitted. Or contact a medical doctor. Suicidal feelings stem from depression and can be treated.
Best wishes.
2007-05-25 18:24:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anna Lynn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I feel that your initial question and your follow up explanation do not make a match.
If you are Japanese, following the Shinto religion, there are circumstances when taking your own life is an honourable thing.
If you are a soldier, killing yourself (covering a hand grenade or exposing yourself to enemy fire) to save fellow soldiers may be considered heroic and honourable.
Otherwise it may be just an act of cowardice or a stupid way to get away from a way of life not of your liking. Escaping from a way of life by leaving life itself is not very bright.
And finally. One is the worst judge of his/her own actions and the least qualified to impose a death sentence on oneself.
2007-05-25 18:39:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
honorable no, Justified mabey. Suicide is the easy way out w/o having to face up to what they've done
2007-05-25 18:21:21 · answer #4 · answered by ஐKatஐ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in my opinion no, only self sacrifice to save another is ok
2007-05-25 18:21:59 · answer #5 · answered by sarah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think only cowards kill themselves.
2007-05-25 18:21:07 · answer #6 · answered by janicajayne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋