dave_a_mbs
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God doesn't hold anybody responsible, other than the usual fact that when you do something it causes a certain amount of feedback from the world as karma.
The value of suicide varies with the reason. If you do yourself in so that others will be saved (Jesus is an example, although he chose a really horrible way to go) then what you do is useful and attains merit. If you suicide in order to escape being made useless and a burden to others due to a disease, that is also meritorious. If the pain of cancer etc is unbearable, then suicide is simply an effective analgesic. Or if you suicide in order to demostrate faith in your beliefs, that too is meritorious.
The only problem with suicide for the usual reasons of "stop the world I want to get off" is that nothing is solved. God has no punishment at all for suiciding yourself. You might regret making your friends sad, but that's about it. Then, in your next life, you wind up where you left off. No punishment is involved, but there's no reward either.
Those who really want a nitty gritty survey of suicides might enjoy Emile Durkheim's book "Le Suicide" or its translation into English, "Suicide". He covers the various reasons in some depth. There's more to the topic than casually meets the eye.
dave
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