PS Wrapup 2024

[Leynos]

firebush03 said:

Leynos said:

Yet so many kill themselves who are Christian or religious.

ain't gonna derail this discussion...buuuut: Yet so many are saved by their faith. :) [1: Finds that Christian women in the US (most prevelantly among protestants) who regularly attend service are 5x less likely to commit suicide than those who do not attend.] [2: Studies demonstrate significantly lower liklihood of suicide attempt among religiously affliliated than non-religiously affiliated.] [3: Another study backing the claim that, yes, there does exist a statistically significant difference among those who are religiously affiliated than not (among individuals across "many parts of the world, including the United States and Russia").] [4: Study from Switzerland demonstrates a very large difference between relgiiouslly affiliated and non-religiously affiliated.]

...though anybody can pull a bunch of cherry picked statistics out of their ass. I won't deny that there exist ambiguous results between those of faith (not just Christianity, but Islam, Buddhism (tho this is more of a philosophical guide, less faith, from what i understand), etc.) and non-affiliated when it comes to the topic of suicide, though there does appear to be at least some consensus in research regarding those who attend service regularly, i.e. those who aren't simply just culturally associated with Christianity. (Though attending service doesn't necessarily always imply being truly devoted to God, it is a fine enough "minimum requirement"...it'd be better if we knew the statistics among those who actively volenteer in their Church, who read their Bible at least once per week outside of Church, etc.)

Religion is a poison and teaches people to be bigoted. So those who are gay or trans are often less accepted by Christian parents and leads to suicide and suicide is higher in males than women.