Proverbs 31 & Suicide

(Originally written April 11, 2006 in 3 Subject)

Let them drink

Contemporary Issues of Philosophy: Suicide

-Suicide
-Assisted Suicide
-Passive euthanasia (termination of life support)
-Active euthanasia

For the Christian, suicide seems to be a simple No-No, but assisted suicide and various forms of euthanasia are complicated by a section of Proverbs.

Proverbs 31:6-7

"Let beer be for those who are perishing, wine for those who are in anguish! Let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more."