Re: Why...

why IS suicide "wrong"?

Don't give me the "it's an abomination" crap. God also gave us free will.

If free will is a gift to me in this world, then why can't suicide be the "gift" I leave the world?

I've pondered on the question of "wrong" - well, what does it really mean?

We, human beings, give birth to ideas of wrong. It's right to want to live, to survive. It is wrong to want to take life, to die. If religious, then often a God comes into play with warning of going to Hell if suicide is carried out. Free will is no gift, it allows others to utilize it to kill during war. You're free to kill the imagined enemy, which, by the way, is a set of people versus another. These are all ideas created by people, for people, by the people. Are they right or wrong? Depends who wins in a war. Suicide goes deeper, to the core of existing. Human beings are preprogrammed for survival in DNA and suicide often kills off those with DNA that does not protect against it. Sometimes, environmental factors play a large role or some tramatic event that sets off suicidal thoughts. Like, ohh woes me, my girlfriend left me and my life is over. No, no it's not over, you've just have a void, pain, and don't know how to deal with it except "escape" from it. Suicide, in my opinion, is early escape from life. What's chasing you? Understand it to it's fullest, clearest, and most concise core.

If not religious, then a good reason against suicide is - well, everyone dies one day anyway. This is a finite life, every-body is in constant flux, and perception could change in the near future. The perception of a goal can manifest from the strangest of places that provides meaning to life. The found meaning could be a reason to live, yet at worst, the knowledge of eventual death should suffice for anybody that's suicidal. It's difficult for a person to understand that the guiding emotions that lead to suicide are temporary, often. Society sees it as wrong however. If a person is terminally ill and in constant pain, and there is no hope of cure, then a person will contemplate suicide. It's not a matter of wrong at any point, but how society shapes the idea at any given circumstance. What is the general concensus? However, on the individualistic view, often suicidal thoughts are extremely emotional based and irrational in such a state.

Thus, suicide is wrong for the wrong reasons.