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Line 490: + − + − {{cquote|Announcing, and believing, that God is dead has consequences. And it is we who suffer the most for it. We cannot bear the whole universe on our shoulders. We were not meant to. We must let God be God. Only then can men be men. Only then can we find the way forward to be possible, and the burdens not insurmountable.<ref>http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2008/05/26/the-unbearable-heaviness-of-being-in-a-world-without-god/</ref>}} − For more information please see: [[Hopelessness of atheism]]+ − − ==== Atheism, uncharitableness and suicide ==== − − ''See also:'' [[Atheism and depression]] and [[Atheism, uncharitableness and depression]] and [[Atheism and suicide]] − − A number of studies have confirmed that there is an inverse relationship to doing volunteer work and depression.<ref>http://www.pursuit-of-happiness.org/science-of-happiness/caring/caring-and-happiness-reviews/</ref> The [[Atheist Population|atheist population]] has a higher suicide rate than the general population. (see: [[Atheism and suicide]]). − − ==== Ex-Christians, self-esteem and suicide ==== − − ''See also:'' [[Ex-Christians, self-esteem and suicide]] and [[Atheism and depression]] and [[Atheism and self-esteem]] and [[Richard Dawkins and Jesse Kilgore]] and [[Ex-atheists]] − − There are preliminary studies indicating that individuals who reject [[Christianity]] in Western cultures have lower self-esteem than the Christian population.<ref>http://atheistwatch.blogspot.com/2010/10/rejection-of-christianity-and-self.html</ref><ref>http://atheistwatch.blogspot.com/2010/10/atheists-and-self-esteem-part-2.html</ref> There are studies indicating that lower self-esteem is associated with suicidality.<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21190929</ref><ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20602903</ref> − − ==== Atheism, gender, marriage and suicide ==== − − ''See also:'' [[Atheism and depression]] − − Please see: [[Atheism, gender and suicide]] and [[Atheism, marriage and suicide]]
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[[Image:World Health Organization logo.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The emblem of the [[World Health Organization]]. ]]
[[Image:World Health Organization logo.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The emblem of the [[World Health Organization]]. ]]
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[[Australia]]n online opinion writer and lecturer in ethics and philosophy at several [[Melbourne]] [[theology|theological]] colleges, Bill Muehlenberg, in his essay ''The Unbearable Heaviness of Being (In a World Without God)'' states the following:
*[[Atheism and suicide]]
*[[Hopelessness of atheism]]
[[File:Stephen-Fry.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|[[Stephen Fry]] is an [[atheist]] and a [[homosexual]].]]
[[File:Stephen-Fry.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|[[Stephen Fry]] is an [[atheist]] and a [[homosexual]].]]