There is nothing in the bible that specifically says not to commit suicide. Many parts can be used to support that opinion, for example how one of the commandments tells us not to kill, or other scripture that speak about the importance of Life.
So since there is nothing specific in the scriptures, I will tell you my opinion on the matter. First, in regards to your specific reason for contemplating suicide. You will not prove that God is right by committing suicide, you will only prove that you are wrong and foolish. If you disapprove of babylon, then do things to turn people towards Jah and away from babylon, or do things to fight against babylon system, then you will actually do something that has a purpose. It will be much better if you die as a result of these efforts, rather than kill yourself and die for nothing. Killing yourself will not do anything against babylon and will not do anything for God.
And another thing, if you kill yourself, it is a disrespect and dishonour to all your ancestors and also to the Almighty God Jah RasTafarI. Jah created your Life in the beginning and allowed your Life to continue to this present day. And all of your ancestors fought to survive and have children so that their Life would continue. This has been going of for many, many centuries. Are you trying to prove God wrong for creating your Life and allowing you to Live for so many centuries?
Also, trying to prove that God is right is absolutely unnecessary because God has always been Right and will always be Right, so there is nothing for you or anybody else to prove, it is already proven. But if you still want to try to prove God right, continue to Live your Life and Live it in Righteousness. Keep the Life that God saw Right to give you and saw Right to let you keep for so many centuries.
I have some more reasoning in regards to suicide in general, for the more common excuses people use to do it. I don't have very much patience in regards to weakheart people wanting to disrespect God and their foreparents by killing theirself, and wasting the struggle that their foreparents went through to continue this far. And I not only have impatience, but I also despise those who have children that rob their children of a mother or father and make their children suffer because of the loss, spiritually, mentally, emotionally, morally, financially and the countless other negative effects it has on children.
I would of course speak to a person who told I that they were contemplating it, to convince them of the value of Life. But I will not try to force anything on them. What they do with the Life given them is their choice. If they want to disrespect their ancestors then that is their wickedness. The only people that I would have Iverstanding for it are people who are extremely sick or disabled and want to free themselves from that.
It irritates I when I hear on the news about family members complaining about an institution that failed to prevent a person from killing theirself. The institutions in my opinion, spend way too much energy trying to stop a person from doing it, like I said, if they want so much to die, then they deserve what they desire. If anybody should be making sure the person doesn't kill themself, it should be the family members.
It seems that sucking up and trying to baby people who want to kill themselves just rewards and adds fuel to their obsession with feeling sorry for themselves. Part of I think they should be taken by their family members and beaten and scolded because of their disrespect to their ancestors and children and for their childish lamenting over their sorry self. People all around the world suffer so much day to day and still fight to survive, while people that have everything they need and don't suffer, cry and moan about nothing and talk about killing theirself over foolish, pointless reasons.
My opinion on this matter may seem a bit harsh. But as Christ says "He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the Living". And so I efforts and strength are not for the dead, but for the Living.
Ark I
RasTafarI
Haile Selassie I
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