vitamin D deficiency then? they need to mutate so they can survive or chug vitamins. That would be a consideration, but the problem has settle in a particular age range according to the research, younger 25-40 year olds are the highest (my numbers may be off just a little). Maybe there will be better research soon since it has drawn attention.
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 3:25 PM, Liz Purkrabek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > 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 outdated evolutionary tool that it is?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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
