What A Surprise: Atheists Have Highest SUICIDE Rate.

[DrunkerThanAMotherfucker]

Judges give punishments, i make comments. People who kill themselves are sad. Its the truth. Please stop smoking drugs also. Its a sign of depression.

Pretty sure he was using the word judge as a verb, which means "to hold as an opinion". You can play a war of words with him, and twist his syntax to elicit a response out of him, but it doesn't make you right.

Smoking drugs is not a cause of depression, so there isn't a need to worry about depression if the person is enjoying life -- low self-esteem, fatigue, feelings of hopelessness, shame, weight gain or weight loss, insomnia, and a negative outlook on life are more commonly noticeable symptoms.

There are so many drug users in the world, and they come from all different walks of life. So while there is a little bit of truth to your statement -- depressed individuals do tend to be at higher risk for substance addiction -- it doesn't do us any good in constructing meaningful dialogue on depression.

 

[Dyce25]

As an atheist, this just seems like common sense. Majority of people, whether they admit it or not, have thought about suicide at some point in their lives. Religious people will usually hold off longer on the actual act than will an atheist, but only because the religious person will fear Hell, as suicide is considered a sin in most religions. So, religion curbs suicide rates through fear of burning in Hell, essentially. I mean, it's not that extraordinary. I don't get how this in controversial or considered a win by the religious.

 

[the mechanic]

Dying for something you believe in>>dying for nothing

its more like

living for reality>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>dying for delusion

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

highest suicide rate.....but the lowest rate of suicide bombers.

That's actually false. 2/3 of all suicide bombings in the world are due to secular/non-religious organizations.

This thread didn't need to be made.​

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

That's actually false. 2/3 of all suicide bombings in the world are due to secular/non-religious organizations.​

You're talking about the suicide bomber's motivation for carrying out the act, not whether that particular bomber is religious. How many Atheists or Agnostics are out there blowing themselves up?

Semantics, as usual, with you.

Cat was making a joke anyway..

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

You're talking about the suicide bomber's motivation for carrying out the act, not whether that particular bomber is religious. How many Atheists or Agnostics are out there blowing themselves up?

A lot more than their religious counterparts, actually. From the Narodnaya Volya to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Over 100 years of suicide bombers and the majority of them have been non-religious committing the acts for non-religious reasons.​

 

[KingDanz]

isn't this common sense? A religious person is more likely to fear hell. An atheist just thinks non existence.

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

A lot more than their religious counterparts, actually. From the Narodnaya Volya to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Over 100 years of suicide bombers and the majority of them have been non-religious committing the acts for non-religious reasons.​

How can a "majority" of suicide bombers in human history be non-religious if 80% of the world's population is religious TODAY, obviously that number would be much higher in the past. You have a point with the acts usually being not motivated primarily by religion. But I don't buy the "majority" of suicide bombers themselves being nonreligious

 

[Berniewood Hogan]

A lot more than their religious counterparts, actually. From the Narodnaya Volya to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Over 100 years of suicide bombers and the majority of them have been non-religious committing the acts for non-religious reasons.​

I HAVEN'T HEARD OF THE RUSSIAN ANTI-TSARISTS USING SUICIDE BOMBING TACTICS AND THEY WERE CHRISTIAN UNTIL THE ASCENT OF COMMUNISM, BROTHER! AND THEN THEIR MOTIVATIONS WERE ECONOMIC AS OPPOSED TO BEING ANTI-RELIGION, DUDE! AND THE TAMIL TIGERS ARE COMPRISED OF HINDUS, AS FAR AS I KNOW, MEAN GENE!

BUT LEMME TELL YA SUMTHIN, BROTHER! I HAVE SEEN INTERNET ATHEISTS THROWING THIS IDEA AROUND THAT SOMEHOW THE MAJORITY OF THE WORLD'S CONFLICTS ARE CAUSED DIRECTLY BY RELIGION, BROTHER! AND THIS IS JUST IGNORANCE FUELED BY ZEAL, DUDE! RELIGION IS A MAJOR FACTOR IN CULTURE AND GOVERNMENT THROUGHOUT HISTORY, BUT IT'S RARELY BEEN THE PRIMARY MOTIVATION FOR WAR, JACK!

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

How can a "majority" of suicide bombers in human history be non-religious if 80% of the world's population is religious TODAY, obviously that number would be much higher in the past. You have a point with the acts usually being not motivated primarily by religion. But I don't buy the "majority" of suicide bombers themselves being nonreligious

If 80% of the world's population is religious, that leaves 20% without a religious affiliation. 20% of 7 billion is 1.4 million worldwide. Religious people aren't blowing themselves up because, as most will agree, they feel that is some kind of a 'sin'. Non-believers have no such restriction.
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[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

If 80% of the world's population is religious, that leaves 20% without a religious affiliation. 20% of 7 billion is 1.4 million worldwide. Religious people aren't blowing themselves up because, as most will agree, they feel that is some kind of a 'sin'. Non-believers have no such restriction.
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...since when did things being a sin stop religious folks from doing anything?

can't you ever for atheists for once? Jesus christ you're fukking annoying.

 

[Dada]

Atheists less afraid to die than people promised heaven and paradise in the afterlife.

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

I HAVEN'T HEARD OF THE RUSSIAN ANTI-TSARISTS USING SUICIDE BOMBING TACTICS AND THEY WERE CHRISTIAN UNTIL THE ASCENT OF COMMUNISM, BROTHER! AND THEN THEIR MOTIVATIONS WERE ECONOMIC AS OPPOSED TO BEING ANTI-RELIGION, DUDE! AND THE TAMIL TIGERS ARE COMPRISED OF HINDUS, AS FAR AS I KNOW, MEAN GENE!

Aleksandr Ulyanov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ulyanov and his comrades began preparing an assassination attempt on the life of Alexander III of Russia. On March 1, 1887, the day of the sixth anniversary of Alexander II's murder, three of them, suspected by the police, were arrested in the Nevsky Prospekt, where they were going to throw their bombs into the Emperor's carriage (he always visited churches that day to pay tribute to his assassinated father).

The Tamil Tigers are/were a completely secular organization responsible for inventing the 'bomb belt'. There are/were some religious affiliated people who are/were members (I believe one of the leaders that died was Catholic), but the majority are/were atheist/agnostic.

BUT LEMME TELL YA SUMTHIN, BROTHER! I HAVE SEEN INTERNET ATHEISTS THROWING THIS IDEA AROUND THAT SOMEHOW THE MAJORITY OF THE WORLD'S CONFLICTS ARE CAUSED DIRECTLY BY RELIGION, BROTHER! AND THIS IS JUST IGNORANCE FUELED BY ZEAL, DUDE! RELIGION IS A MAJOR FACTOR IN CULTURE AND GOVERNMENT THROUGHOUT HISTORY, BUT IT'S RARELY BEEN THE PRIMARY MOTIVATION FOR WAR, JACK!

Agreed.​

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

...since when did things being a sin stop religious folks from doing anything?

If that were the case, then why aren't the rest of the 6 billion+ 'religious affiliated' people doing whatever? Your point just does not follow reality.

can't you ever for atheists for once? Jesus christ you're fukking annoying.

Atheism is an illogical, incoherent 'belief' system that is self-contradictory. You need to examine it in more detail.​

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

If that were the case, then why aren't the rest of the 6 billion+ 'religious affiliated' people doing whatever? Your point just does not follow reality.



Atheism is an illogical, incoherent 'belief' system that is self-contradictory. You need to examine it in more detail.​

I don't care about Atheism or labels. I don't believe in any of these stupid religions. That's what I believe in. I've said many times on here that I don't have a problem with a belief in God, but a belief in any of these man made religions befuddles me.