Comments on: How Do You Explain Suicide? http://www.laitman.com/2008/07/how-do-you-explain-suicide/ Kabbalah and the Meaning of Life - Michael Laitman's Personal Blog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:12:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Chiedu. http://www.laitman.com/2008/07/how-do-you-explain-suicide/comment-page-1/#comment-17818 Chiedu. Fri, 01 Jul 2011 02:46:58 +0000 http://www.laitman.com/?p=791#comment-17818 "Everything that has already happened was the Creator’s will. But as long as it hasn’t happened yet, it is up to a person. There is freedom of choice, otherwise we would be robots and there would be nothing to discuss – we would just have to exist!" Are we to understand from the above statement that although man 'choose' NOT to exist (i.e, takes his own life), he fulfilled what Creator predetermined for him? What are the ramifications (if any) of suicide in general and particularly if one commits it out of complete and total disagreement with his being created to live in this world? And also what is/are the ramifications and implications if one kills himself due to despair and great suffering (physically and spiritually/emotionally) that he comes to after realizing that he is the cause of all the ills and sufferings in his world? “Everything that has already happened was the Creator’s will. But as long as it hasn’t happened yet, it is up to a person. There is freedom of choice, otherwise we would be robots and there would be nothing to discuss – we would just have to exist!”

Are we to understand from the above statement that although man ‘choose’ NOT to exist (i.e, takes his own life), he fulfilled what Creator predetermined for him?
What are the ramifications (if any) of suicide in general and particularly if one commits it out of complete and total disagreement with his being created to live in this world? And also what is/are the ramifications and implications if one kills himself due to despair and great suffering (physically and spiritually/emotionally) that he comes to after realizing that he is the cause of all the ills and sufferings in his world?

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