For example, I had a pacemaker installed inside my body which might give me another 20 to 30 years of life like it has for people I know who lived to at least 90 but one to 98 years of age so far. However, the Will to Live is another thing entirely and science won't necessarily give you the will to go on living (even if you are in love with your car or plane or boat or cabin or skis or motorcycle).
So, though science might physically keep you alive it isn't necessarily going to give you the will to live like a spiritual or religious philosophy might.
When I was the most headed towards suicide from 21 to 25 years of age I was on the edge of survival simply because my rules for being alive were in transition. So, I found what kept me alive during this transition time was many girlfriends along with male friends that I climbed mountains with and rode motorcycles with and skied and snorkeled in the ocean with.
So, finding a way and a reason to stay alive is always important too even if you have the science there to actually keep you alive physically.
Do more people kill themselves that believe in God than those who don't?
I'm not sure the answer to this question because many many people go to church that do NOT in their heart of hearts believe in God for cultural reasons. In other words many churches are about sort of like a Country Club that you go to for social experiences of people who might appear to be similar to you.
But, if I were to guess I would think that people who don't believe in God or religion at all would kill themselves the most simply because there is NOTHING to stop them from doing this.
There would be no moral imperative to not kill yourself without religion or spirituality there to begin with.
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