I live in the 2nd most likely to rain city in the continental US, Portland OR.
During the winter, it may be two weeks or more until one can see any patch of blue in the sky at all. Here and in Seattle, the depression rate is quite high as can be associated suicides. There exist specific scientific terms for the malady. On Oct 22, 12:44 pm, CrossBow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 outdated evolutionary tool that it is?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=newsle... > ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` > "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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
