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0 pointsrayiner12y ago0 comments

I'd posit that one of the reasons that suicide is considered sinful and judged so harshly in traditional western culture is precisely the fact that its so socially disruptive to the survivors, and leads to all this finger-pointing and blame-laying.

I'd also posit that its hypocritical of people who support the legalization of suicide as a "victimless crime" to engage in such exercises.

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clicks12y ago· 1 in thread

In most cases people who commit suicide are in ill mind (clinical depression, psychosis, and so on), so I don't think calling it 'sinful' is such a prudent choice.

rayinerOP12y ago

I'm not wholeheartedly endorsing the traditional view, which obviously predates modern psychology, just pointing out that there is a rationality to it that continues to be valid today. People make mistakes, and people are judged for those mistakes, and sometimes people make amends. The social fabric heals. Suicide takes all that off the table, makes people guilty of murder in the eyes of others, and leaves the survivors with precious little way to heal the social fabric.

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