RE: Atheism and suicide
May 5, 2013 at 3:21 am
(This post was last modified: May 5, 2013 at 3:28 am by mralstoner.)
I have no proof, but I can see reasons why atheists would be more inclined to suicide:
1. Atheists are typically white Westerners, who's place in the world is on the decline. White kids are increasingly growing up to realise that there is no sane leadership representing their interests. Their countries are being overrun by immigration, their economies are stagnant and debt laden, etc. Throw in the global warming scare, the "Asian century" mantra, and lots of white kids are growing up with an apocalyptic end-times outlook. And physically a lot of white kids are born weak with health problems, due to unnatural lifestyles of their parents. Fragmented culture, the rise of uncivilised behaviour, etc. In summary, you might say that white Western civilisation is going the way of the Roman empire. Add to that the liberal one-world open-borders ideology just doesn't turn people on: we are evolved for smaller, stable and homogeneous environments. White kids probably grow up and think their leaders have gone mad.
The Chinese are atheist but I'm not aware of a suicide problem there (unless you're a factory worker under pressure). Compared to white people, I guess their culture/country is more stable, and their economic outlook is much better.
2. The atheist community is having a hard time (a) articulating a clear philosophy/lifestyle for its followers and (b) organising itself on a scale big enough to become a credible group.
The bottom line: atheism/humanism has a crisis of leadership, as do whites/Westerners. These problems are huge, but solvable. But it's going to take a new breed/generation of atheist leaders, who are more concerned with a positive outlook rather than simply bashing religion.
1. Atheists are typically white Westerners, who's place in the world is on the decline. White kids are increasingly growing up to realise that there is no sane leadership representing their interests. Their countries are being overrun by immigration, their economies are stagnant and debt laden, etc. Throw in the global warming scare, the "Asian century" mantra, and lots of white kids are growing up with an apocalyptic end-times outlook. And physically a lot of white kids are born weak with health problems, due to unnatural lifestyles of their parents. Fragmented culture, the rise of uncivilised behaviour, etc. In summary, you might say that white Western civilisation is going the way of the Roman empire. Add to that the liberal one-world open-borders ideology just doesn't turn people on: we are evolved for smaller, stable and homogeneous environments. White kids probably grow up and think their leaders have gone mad.
The Chinese are atheist but I'm not aware of a suicide problem there (unless you're a factory worker under pressure). Compared to white people, I guess their culture/country is more stable, and their economic outlook is much better.
2. The atheist community is having a hard time (a) articulating a clear philosophy/lifestyle for its followers and (b) organising itself on a scale big enough to become a credible group.
The bottom line: atheism/humanism has a crisis of leadership, as do whites/Westerners. These problems are huge, but solvable. But it's going to take a new breed/generation of atheist leaders, who are more concerned with a positive outlook rather than simply bashing religion.
