IS SUICIDE TRULY THE BEST WAY OUT? A BIBLICAL GUIDE FOR YOUNG INDIVIDUALS AGAINST SUICIDE.
Recently, the internet has been flooded with cases of suicide among young people. According to an article published by the BMJ careers and mental health practitioners, after carrying out a research on a total of 350 suicide reports gathered from 10 english newspapers in Nigeria between January 2010 and December 2019, the mean age of reported cases was 36 years old, majorly male (80%), married (51%) and students (34%). Hanging and poisoning were the most commonly reported methods of suicide. Financial constraints and marital conflicts were most commonly assumed precipitating factors. Suicide entails all activities carried out in order to take one’s life or killing one’s self. Several factors could be responsible for this act, regardless, is taking one’s life the easiest way out? This article seeks to answer this question from a biblical standpoint. The bible documented few cases of suicide, out of which will be cited in this article. Certain similar trends were observed in all ...