I feel that the word "suicide" has been given such a negative connotation. However, sometimes I think that it should not be seen as such a big deal. If someone has been going through a very hard time, and has thought about it rationally for a long time, should it be okay for them to decide "this life is not for me"? Maybe they should even discuss it with their family and come to the decision?
Especially for all the religious people out there, you believe in moving on to a better world, so why not?
I am not considering suicide, don't worry. I was just wondering why it is given such a negative connotation. It would be interesting to see what you guys think of this.
2007-10-26 01:51:04 · 28 answers · asked by mrr86 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I halfway agree. The half that agrees is the part that wants to think there's always an "out" if things get too bad -- if you're being tortured, for example.
The other half is the part that knows that normal people want to live. If you aren't in actual -physical- pain, the fact that you want to die is in itself evidence that there's something wrong with your thinking, and that you can't trust your brain to make decisions.
As for the religious angle, I'm a Christian and believe in life after death. Nonetheless, I don't think throwing away this life is showing a proper gratitude for being given it. You're supposed to use it, not dispose of it. Life is not a kleenex.
I think the main trouble is point #2 above -- there are a lot of problems with your mind that can lead to suicide or to considering suicide. How can you tell you're making a rational decision?
One of my favorite authors made that "rational" decision: her husband was terminally ill, and she killed him and then herself. Very rational. BUT, she had a history of depression and suicide attempts, so maybe it wasn't so rational, after all. How can we tell? How could -she- tell?
And her suicide kind of spoiled the message of so many of her stories for me: that you could see the world this way, and yet continue to live.
If you aren't in pain, if you are living a life with enough food and water, and you can still see the sky or hear the birds, I think suicide is nuts and wrong. But it's a very strong impulse, and I can understand and pity people who yield to it.
2007-10-26 02:09:22 · answer #1 · answered by bonitakale 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Death happens all the time. Life changes constantly. The idea of self-imposed death seems uncreative.
Why not a life change instead? Get a credit card, move to a new city, and start out fresh. If that seems too drastic, how much more so is ending your ability to make that decision?
Or become a firefighter... or a law enforcement officer... or enlist in the military... their lives are often cut short, but they get to do something benevolent in the process.
Nobody knows your circumstances except you, but when you visit hospitals and see how many people are fighting for quality of life (and have been fighting a long time), it seems silly to consider ending something with the potential for so much value.
2007-10-26 08:55:59 · answer #2 · answered by Jenny 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
One of my friends commited suicide and i don't consider him a selfish person at all. He had a lot of issues in his life and I think the only person who has the right to take your life is yourself. If you choose to kill yourself thats your choice and for someone to do that obviously they had to have been through a lot of struggles intenally not always externally. Some people have medical mental issues like my friend, but nobody would be able to tell by hanging out with him because he was a normal happy guy but a lot of the time people don't think or cant take the pressure of life anymore and this is the only option for them or so they think.
2007-10-26 08:56:49 · answer #3 · answered by x_loudernow 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Taboos on suicide come from two angles, one legit, one not:
-Control by clergy over one's life/mind/beliefs.
-Recognition that some mentally ill people are incapable of acting on their own behalf.
Both have gotten out of control; if a rational person makes a rational decision to end life, it should be their choice. It is easiest to defend this point in the case of terminal illness, but it can/should apply in other cases as well.
2007-10-26 09:02:21 · answer #4 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hi there, glad to know your not considering it ur self...well life is a gift that we have to be thankful for every day and for some one decide and end there's is total disregard for it..No matter what your going through its not brighter on the other side..being laid to rest six feet under sharing your space with reptiles...staying alive is a much better option. If ur having a hard time..talk to pple..dont shut them out..u owe it to your self to survive beat the odds....
Because when you die close relations are hurt..they mourn for a time but after they still move on, their life goes on...dont you wana continue yours....its a black hole whne one is depressed..but you can always come out..it's all up up to an individual. Personaly even when am going through a tough time..i look at those less fortunate..and remember i still have the gift of life...and thank the almighty for it....life is beatifull!!!
2007-10-26 09:38:36 · answer #5 · answered by Jana 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because we don't have the right to take away our lives no matter how heavy the load we carry on our shoulders is, no matter how unfair life is to us. God gave us our lives, to live by His Word, to praise Him but not to end it in our selfish way. There are professionals we can always go to for help, who can help us deal with our problems, who can help us understand ourselves and who can teach us how to deal with whatever is worrying us. We have our families to give us moral support.
The word suicide will always have a negative impact on our minds because it tells us that a suicidal is weak, selfish and a coward.
2007-10-26 09:06:32 · answer #6 · answered by annabelle p 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think someone has the right to end their life (unless be 'ending it you mean an ill person deciding not to continue medications, etc... since that is the disease killing them.) One of my good friends killed himself years ago, and his family has suffered terribly from it. His sister who was 10 at the time will have to deal with that grief for a very, very long time, and I don't think he had the right to inflict that pain on her instead of carrying his own pain.
2007-10-26 09:13:59 · answer #7 · answered by Lamborama 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're absolutely right, man should live for himself and die for himself, not for any other people's sake, life belongs to himself after all, and to those people who never been put in the suicide's shoes, have no rights to judge them.
life is should like cherry blossom, luxurious and short time, without delaying long enough.
2007-10-26 09:03:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its a waste of a life when there are people in this world who need organ transplants and would give anything to be able to live. BUt if they came up with a way to donate the organs of someone who commited suicide to someone who needs them, that would be great.
2007-10-26 08:58:34 · answer #9 · answered by epipig 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's kind of a strange issue when you think about it. At any time, any person who is physically capable can end there own life and it is only up to them if it is "right" or not...it is of no concern to anyone else really. But if the person is physically unable to perform the action, then they require the assistance of someone else, and that is uncomfortable for me to respect someone else's desire to die and actually be the one to cause their death.
2007-10-26 09:08:36 · answer #10 · answered by Mikey 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋