Mine is based in scientific fact.
http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/Mobile/article.aspx?articleID=177228
Oh Brother, only the religious Nutters would conduct such a study to be used as propaganda for religion. What does this study prove, how repressed, hypocritical and full of lies religious people are. Not only that, this was not a sample of the population at large. The starting group is a small sub set of very depressed people. Additionally, this is not a blind study (forget double blind).
I also could not find in the study how they decided who did or did not have a “religious affiliation”. The study itself admits as much, "This study has some limitations. For example, it did not assess religious upbringing, religious practice, or the level of personal devotion. You think it would be worthwhile when trying to determine if someone is an atheist or not whether they follow any religious practise or personal worship of a deity don't you think. The study did also acknowledge that religious people were likely to under-report suicidal ideations due to the religous taboo on the matter, in other words religious people will lie when it suits them. And after all the studies semantic bullshit and vague innuendo, what did they discover, that hopelessness and depression scores were similar in the religious and nonreligious group. What a surprise, a bunch of clinically depressed individuals all score similarly when quizzed on their levels hopelessness and depression <--- Their all clinically depressed you morons
And of course if you ask a religious person about suicidal ideation they will lie knowing suicide is a sin or they may not even be consciously aware of such ideations, as their religious indoctrination has drummed it into them how much of a sin it is and any such thoughts get stored out of conscious awareness. The study was also based on self reporting, and we all know what chronic liars religious people are when admitting to being sinners.
I literally vomited reading that study, it literally is a blatant attempt to promote religion, it has zero to do with any facts based on reality. This is so typical of what religious people do, they make stuff up and then they find devious ways to add credibility to their nonsense. The whole study was like, it is commonly accepted that religious people are less aggressive, and yes, that's what we determined also, it is commonly believed that atheists are the devil in disguise, and that's what our study concluded also.
The study is just littered with logical fallacies just as religion is. This is the problem such studies are being done by deluded and incredibly biased individuals with a vested interest in the outcome. The people who produced this study could just as easily present a study claiming that God did actually create the Universe in a week. Anybody who can't see through this study is likely to be religious.
And none of this study actually researches the religious affiliation of those who have successfully committed suicide, only the supposed religious affiliation of clinically depressed people who may or may not have had suicidal thoughts or attempts.
