My personal view..assuming that we are not talking about you is..it is neither wrong or right and it depends on each case. I say this as an atheist unencumbered by what some man might say was "God's will"

For someone who is terminally ill and wishes to end their life with dignity I would say that it may be appropriate.

For someone whose suicidal desire is based on something transitory, as in a bout of depression, a break up or so on and therefore would given a chance, live a life they would judge worth living..I would say it is not.

this is a very good question, I agree with curiosfish on the terminally ill thing,

I think suicide for other reasons is wrong in that it hurts those around so much, esp if someone has children. My psychiatrist has told me that children whose parents commit suicide have the same amount of mental problems as children whose parents sexually abuse them.

My sister and my father both shot themselves due to depression and if they had not done it and could have saw into the future, I think they would not have done it. My sisters children suffered a great deal and are still suffering after 6 years. I am still very hurt over it as well as my other sister and my mom. My mom cried every single day for 5 years straight. My sister has a beautiful sweet grandchild that was born after she died. Had she stuck around, I am sure he would have brought happiness in her life. A lot of people who attempt suicide and end up not dying say they are glad that they did not die. We all get depressed and down and may feel like ending our lives at times but if you stick it out through the storm in your life, you will see a rainbow at the end of the storm. Sometimes problems seem unsolvable and hopeless but you should not give up because you never know what your future holds.

I am probably a bad person to give advise about attempting to hurt yourself. I have tried it a few times and have thought about it alot. I do believe that it should be your will to accomplish it and not a disorder pushing you into it. How do you tell the difference? I have no idea. I do at times feel confident that I want to do it. I just don't know if its me or the disorders. All I can do is suggest that you keep a strong upper lip and know what and why you are doing something before taking action.

I agree with what David said: a big question is, "is this ME who wants to kill myself, or my disorder?" While it's hard to know the difference, there have been studies that show that NOBODY who does not have a mental illness "wants" kill themselves (except the termianlly ill). So, I take that to mean that if you want to kill yourself, it IS your illness talking, and not you. To that end, I consider suicidal thoughts to always be a result of my illness talking- so while I don't use value judgements such as "right" and "wrong"- I do know that if I wasn't mentally ill, I wouldn't have these thoughts. Therefore, I believe it is right EVERY TIME to seek help I have these feelings- because they are not the feelings of a healthy person.

By the way, you haven't shared YOUR opinion on this question. What do YOU think, and, out of curiosity, what are you asking?

this topic is such a sensitive one. It's hard to speak up or give your opinion for something as complex as this. when we see a person experiencing pain, ( as in physiological pain, like in terminal cases) it's like if we are the one close to that person, sometimes it tears up our opinion. We just hate to see that person suffering, and it's like the more u prolong that person's life, the more you will likely see that person undergo that agony. But when the cause of suicide or that wanting to end one's life is psychological, we are just soo against it. This is where i'm torn. Are we belittling that person's problem? Or are we saying that physiological suffering is more hurtful than psychological suffering? Or is it just the same? Are we in the position to tell that person that "You dont have the right to feel that way?" Is suffering , suffering whatever the cause? I'm not like saying that it's right to take ones life, to me, suicide seem to have an ambiguous and illogical implication at the same time.

When we look at the subject as a whole, where different religions and cultures meet, it's just hard to conclude.

Suicide could be an option for some people. i can say this because a lot of people do it. But to me , as much as possible i just wanted to live you know?

If i would see someone who would jump down from a building, I would probably stop him. But if he doesn't want to listen to me, I can do nothing.

However, I could go on living.

when something coincides with your values, or beliefs you call it "RIGHT" when it doesn't you call it "WRONG".

Well there is suicide and there is assisted suicide. Asissted suicide is if you have a terminal illness and choose to have euthenasia, at your own discretion and your mind knows what it is doing and you agree to it.
Everday suicide is complicated as there are so many reasons people take there own lives. Mainly people with mental illnesses commit suicide, which is why if someone is at risk and gets help in enough time, they get put in psych wards to protect them. Even in there they will still try to commit suicide and get put on watch (like in prison), so I believe that even if you get help for someone they will still attempt it no matter what, because that's the frame of mind they are in. There are a minority who will attempt it and don't really want to do it, but mainly people who attempt it are serious and it's still a personal choice. Maybe they have to live with something mentally terminal and not physically terminal, so they should still have a choice and I don't see it as selfish etc. I've had friends who have killed themselves, but they were in pain mentally so it was better for them to do it than live in mental torture is how I view it. I'm not saying that suicide is right and everyone who wants to do it should do it. I'm just saying it's a personal choice and people should respect that choice. Of course everyone would try to save someone from killing themselves, especially if they know them, but it's not always possible and you just have to accept that even if it's hard at times.