(June 10, 2012 at 3:37 pm)Aiza Wrote: Both studies are some 100+ years out of date.
I am aware that Durkheim's study was old it was just the flagship study and I thought most people would be more familiar with it, allow me to elaborate:
studies on religious differences
Becker et al. 2012
Swiss national cohort 2000
Dublin 1963
Halbwachs 1930
Ultee, Arts & Flap 1996 (supports durkheimian hypothesis of social support and integration)
etc etc etc.
Furthermore, it is not wrong because it is old. It may be less right but this does not mean to say that there is no truth in it at all.
Quote:Religiously unaffiliated subjects are more prone to depressive disorders in general
yup, it's easier to be depressed when you don't see the world through rose-tinted glasses.
Religion is an attempt to answer the philosophical questions of the unphilosophical man.
