Yeah, but what if it's all true that the Creator of this wonderful universe indeed designed our souls to transcend time, and He views the throwing away of His gift of life - under any circumstance - to be a horrible slap in the face?
That's Someone who it pays in the long term (the very long term) to be on the good side of. Think about it!
I think I'll tough things out with the life I got until the bitter end - and will recommend the same to the rest of y'all....
Digntis? Dr. Evil was right. There is an Evil Medical School.
You are absolutely correct. However, as a sci-fi writer, I’ll bet dollars to donuts he’s agnostic at best, flat-out atheist at worst. I’ll further wager that he has utter contempt for the God who loves him and created him.
The vast majority of sci-fi authors, brilliant as some may be, do NOT believe in God. Suicide to someone who thinks that way is simply an ending of life on their own terms. Any thoughts of what that might mean to a God in whom they don’t believe just don’t enter the picture.
I've never fully understood this train of thought. If one believes that a better, infinite life is waiting for them after death, what exactly makes the mortal coil such a great gift?