| Although it's usually a sad way to go, I do believe that all people have the right to commit suicide under the majority of circumstances. If you can't own and control your own life in this world, what the hell can you control?
GWB, I like the point you made in your first sentence, but it doesn't quite do it for me 100%. If you have a family, a wife, or other loved ones, you do owe it to them to stay alive. They depend on you, you are the reason that they are in a situation where they depend on you, so you are obligated to remain to support them, nevermind to spare them the grief of your suicide.
In the end, even though you may be a heartless bastard and not give a damn about the aftermath that you leave behind (You won't be there to have to deal with it, so why would you care?), you still have a basic right to determine what happens with your life.
I am aware that Christianity disagress with what I have said, believing that your life is not yours, it is really God's. Well, frankly, that's a crock of shit. What, is God an Indian-giver now? Here, have this life, but I control if you have sex, how much money you make and spend, when you go to church, and ultimately, where you go after you die...So...Basicly, he never gave us a life since he directs every aspect of it? I swear, I find out a new Chrisianty crock-of-shit teaching every day. :( |