Catholic ping!
Maybe it’s because it’s colder and darker there.
Being a servant is an important part of man’s composition. When serving others, the Bible tells us that things will come back to us measured out, packed down and overflowing.
I believe it all hinges on serving others and taking our eyes off ourselves.
OK, give it a break.
We have an election coming up in November and the Godless Commies are within the Gates. It is time to stop throwing rocks at your Christian neighbors and help us save the nation.
This serves no other purpose than to divide us.....
It’s worth pointing out that the Middle East also has low suicide rates.
Catholics teach that Suicide is a mortal sin and is unforgiveable, that probably has a lot to do with it.
The title is a bit misleading. The map also shows many Eastern Orthodox countries and they are not Protestant.
Another factor which I did not see that would be a difference between Catholic and Protesant rates, but not account for higher rates in Eastern Orth countries - would the the classification of suicide as a Mortal sin.
Protestants do not classify types of sin, and suicide - while not encouraged and certainly could be considered a sin - is not an automatic ticket to Hell (since it is a Mortal sin last time I checked) and also would not prevent a religious funeral or burial in a religious cemetery. To me, as a social historian, that would be a much greater deterrent.
The very first sociology study was on this very topic, and came to the same conclusion, although it was thought to be because a social support system was more prevalent in the Catholic churches because of their communal (in communion with each other and the saints, not communal as in communist)outlook than the Protestant. Interesting that the conclusion remains the same over the years.
I wonder what the socialist athestic societies?
How about comparing suicide rates of Protestants vs. Catholics, rather than a composite in individual countries. That would give a better feel for which is the better religion, suicidally speaking, of course.
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Not really relevant. There are high rates in the northern countries in general due to longer winters — hence Russia and the Ukraine have a higher rate of suicides than Bulgaria.