Another reason to be cheerful

Looks like, in Scotland at least, the majority are rejecting medieval notions of super-beings in the clouds:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7562915.stm

The statistics also revealed the total number of suicides and probable suicides last year was 838, a rise of 73 on 2006.

Originally posted by Seitse
The statistics also revealed the total number of suicides and probable suicides last year was 838, a rise of 73 on 2006.

Originally posted by RSMA1234
Why are more people killing themseleves

Originally posted by Redmike
Maybe cos they're bereft at not having god in their life?

Probably not.

Originally posted by duecer
you may want to back up there a spec. People who commit suicide due so when they feel there is no hope left in there lives. Religion is supposed to bring hope (if practiced correctly). Perhaps there is a correlation between the lack of faith and the lack of hope. This is of course anectdotal evidence at best, but it might be worth thinking about.

Originally posted by Redmike
I was being sarcastic, I thought.

You'd need to see the trend in suicide rates and faith rates over more than 2 years to draw any sort of conclusions.

Even then, doesn't necessarily mean there's a direct correlation.