I'm curious. To those that feel suicide is selfish, why do you think so?
I don't think it is. I've been suicidal, and I've attempted suicide many times. At that point, you'd give the world to make those around you happy - but that's the problem. You can't make others happy, if you can't even make yourself happy. When someone kills themselves, they're not thinking about taking something away from you. And who are you to say that you "own" a part of their life, and they're taking it away, anyway? Maybe some people have just never had someone in their life feel suicidal, or maybe you never have. I know someone that's had more than 20 people in his life either die, or leave him: His parents and other members of his family, his friends, and his friends' parents. He suffers from various mental illnesses, including schizophrenia. He can't live without doses of drugs and countless therapy sessions, and even then, he's barely alive. I guess I just don't understand how that's selfish. Why?
2007-12-09 10:15:27 · 5 answers · asked by [[Princess For The Day]] 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yeah, ehm.. blob/kitty. And I didn't get an invite into this world. I didn't have a say in it. Shouldn't I be able to leave when I please? I think some people simply don't have the experience to know what suicide really IS.
You know, I'd like to trade places with them for a couple of days. They can deal with my pain for a while, and see how they turn out.
Every person I've ever told the WHOLE truth about myself to, regardless of religion, says they would've committed suicide already. Even preists / pastors / ministers have said that.
Suicide's not selfish: That's what suicide and life support have in common. With both, you're just dying in a way that your not hurting anymore.
2007-12-09 10:26:40 · update #1
i don't feel that suicide is at all selfish... it's tragic for someone to get to that point, (and i might add says a lot more about society as a whole and how effed up it is then it does about that person), but it isn't selfish at all.
2007-12-09 10:44:20 · answer #1 · answered by vegan_geek 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ezekiel 18:4
"Behold all souls are Mine; as the souls of the father, so also the soul of the son is Mine, the soul that sinneth, it shall die."
All souls belong to God, who created all souls.
He placed your spirit into your soul. Why don't you try to find out what God wants you to do with your life. Obviously, if you are still here, there is a reason!
Depression and death belong to Satan.
Satan is death.
Depression begats more depression like a downward spiral. Drugs pull a person down and can give an unrealistic view of life.
God does not want you to live that way or your friend to live that way, but all you can do is take care of yourself, not him.
Try praying sincerely! and ask God to help you understand. Be sincere. He will help you.
www.shepherdschapel.com
2007-12-09 18:51:48 · answer #2 · answered by good day 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I liked one of the answers to your last question about suicide a lot
If someone claims suicide is selfish, they are claiming some right to the suicidal person's life. Our lives are our own, not someone else's.
Suicide is tragic.
2007-12-09 18:22:38 · answer #3 · answered by It's a lamp! 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
OK, I've been waiting!
Come on all of you that said it was "selfish." It's your chance to explain it to all of us "worldly" Atheists. Let your light so shine before man and explain why its selfish.
2007-12-09 18:23:24 · answer #4 · answered by Laptop Jesus 3.9 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It isn't
2007-12-09 18:23:15 · answer #5 · answered by Lord Lothian 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋