(March 14, 2013 at 10:39 pm)Lion IRC Wrote: I wonder if the link between self-harm (drug use) and atheism is indirect rather than direct.
atheism ---> nihilism ---> hedonism ---> drug use.
When I used to visit IRC atheist forums I would often casually collect data about how many atheists were smokers.
Anecdotally, I found that most - or at least an abnormally high percentage of - self-professing undernet atheists were smokers.
(Smoking deprives the brain of oxygen.)
Good point