Why not to kill yourself

The better question is "why kill yourself?" if you ask me.Think about it, killing yourself means putting an end to the finite life you have. Unless the Buddhists are right, and reincarnation is the way of the universe, this is the only time you will ever get to spend on Earth. If the Christians are right, you get to spend all eternity in an afterlife, but that's not the same as being here on Earth. You might even end up in the bad place, because suicide is a mortal sin according to Christian dogma.

While you are here there are always possibilities, things you can do and things you can experience. To kill yourself is to put an end to all those possibilities. Don't do it. You've got all the time in the world to be dead. You've only got a few decades (barring accidents) to be alive. Even if what you choose to do with your life is to take every kind of drug, that's something that only the living can do.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Furby

Also, if you are Buddhist, they look frown upon suicide from my understanding.

Of course. The point I was trying to illustrate is that you probably don't get a second shot at life. This is not a rehearsal. If reincarnation really does exist, I would expect someone who killed themselves to not get a great deal in their next life.

There's nowhere I can't reach.