Jennifer Michael Hecht, author of Doubt: A History, has a secular argument against suicide that was recently published in the Boston Globe. It was written in response to the suicide of two of her close friends. Here’s an excerpt:
So I want to say this, and forgive me the strangeness of it. Don’t kill yourself. Life [...]
Life — enjoy it while you have it:
This is an excellent short film on our need for validation. I rarely recommend videos over a couple minutes on youtube, but this one is worth it. I love it.
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That’s what my wife said to me the other day. “I felt so guilty as a Christian,” she said. “You miss reading your Bible for a few days and feel you’re not obeying God. The Bible says to be constant in prayer, but that’s just impossible — you can’t live up to it. And if [...]
I’ve often heard the argument that Christians are happier than non-Christians. I’m not sure how that is quantified — I was happy as a Christian, but I’m just as happy now. Perhaps I was a little happier at the beginning of my Christian journey, but that’s normal when you get into something new that you enjoy. [...]
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