I thought the suicide rates could be blamed on the less intense sunlight to the area. Humans, like many animals are affected by decreased sunlight.
Liz -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of CrossBow Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 2:44 PM To: Memphis Freethought Alliance Subject: Imagine a land where presidents don't sprinkle holy water on wars, citizens have good healthcare and governments care about the environment. this may have been discussed before here on this platform, but humor me - How did Scandinavia get to such a secular society? How do you fill the vacuum religion leaves behind when it is plucked out like the outdated evolutionary tool that it is? what can we replace religous structure with? Groups like this work well. But, why the high suicide rate in such a secular region? what can prevent it? where are the suicide rates coming from? a statistically reliable source? OR, did someone conveniently skew them? http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/10/22/zuckerman/?source=newsletter ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ````````````````````````````````````````` "The notion that religious belief is childish, that earnest prayer is something that only children engage in, and that faith in God is just something that one dabbles with in childhood, but eventually grows out of as one becomes a mature adult, would strike most Americans as offensive," writes Zuckerman (from the book "Society Without God") "But for millions of Scandinavians, that's just the way it is." BUT IT ALSO MENTIONS: Zuckerman isn't quite so eager to bring up the dark undercurrents of Scandinavian life: dismal weather, a heavy tax burden, low fertility, high alcoholism, a suicide rate twice that of America. ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ```````````````````````````````````````` --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
