It makes no sense to die for a god
The problem with god-related suicides or murders or wars is that you don’t really get God to officially confirm this was his intention.
Erna Mahyuni, The Malay Mail Online
Ah, suicide bombers. While not all suicide bombers are Muslim, there have been enough Muslim suicide bombers that people now unfairly associate Islam with suicide bombings and terrorism.
There is a clear distinction between suicides by those in mental anguish and those who willingly kill themselves in service of a cause or higher being.
In the context of suicide bombers, it is problematic. Islam, like Judaism and Christianity, is an Abrahamic faith. It is very clear from scripture that suicide is a sin. For a long time, churches would refuse to bury suicides, leaving their corpses to be buried in unconsecrated ground.
Yet some would argue that BIblical figures such as Samson and early Jewish zealots as well as Christian martyrs died for their faiths.
The thing is, when Samson brought down the temple to kill the Pharisees, he quite literally had few other options. He was a prisoner, among his enemies, and the one way for him to bring them down would, unfortunately mean his own death. So Samson cannot really be considered a model for current modern-age suicide bombers.
Why is a suicide bombing different than say, an ordinary act of war? If a soldier with a gun is a living weapon, why can he not make himself a true weapon by blowing himself up?
Is a suicide bomber any different from the Japanese kamikaze warriors, going into battle with the expectation of dying? The thing about dying for a cause is deciding if the cause is worth it.
With the Abrahamic faiths, it feels unusual to commit a great sin in the hope of a great reward. For instance, the suicide bombings of schools. How can taking one own’s life as well as the life of innocents, and claim a higher power guided you?
