Friday
Moderator
Keep in mind, the differences between suicide, assisted suicide, and doctor assisted suicide. It’s not a black and white issue, much as news outlets like to soundbyte it into one.to those against, depending on your bent it could be a sin; a waste; an affront against every living flower, so they say; or selfish, self-centered, or misled, or even one is not fully capable (really, though they are in their own skin).
Even in cultures (like the one I was raised in) where suicide is considered honorable -if executed in such a way as to not harm others- doctor assisted suicide is problematic, as are teen suicides, post partum depression suicides, bereavement suicides, etc. and are actively worked against by most people (including governments and religious institutions that not only do not condemn suicide, but will reverently preside over them). None of the judeochristian right/wrong good/bad applies. It’s simply a complicated issue, taking your own life, before further complicating it by taking the lives of others.