Changes

{{cquote|Trying to explain what caused his insanity can only be a matter of speculation.  Some people believe it was the result of a physical illness.  Others interpret his suffering as that of a true prophet, almost as if he were accepting the punishment on behalf of those who could not see mankind's tendency towards self-destruction so clearly. Still others regard his final fate as a natural outcome of his philosophical outlook.<ref>http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ppp/top/top19</ref>}}

{{cquote|Trying to explain what caused his insanity can only be a matter of speculation.  Some people believe it was the result of a physical illness.  Others interpret his suffering as that of a true prophet, almost as if he were accepting the punishment on behalf of those who could not see mankind's tendency towards self-destruction so clearly. Still others regard his final fate as a natural outcome of his philosophical outlook.<ref>http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ppp/top/top19</ref>}}

===Atheism and Suicide===

===Atheism and Suicide===

Although there are recent studies relating to atheism being a causal factor for suicide, an early proponent of atheism being a causal factor for suicide was the Reverend Dr. Robert S. MacArthur.  The NY Times stated the following:

Although there are recent studies relating to atheism being a causal factor for suicide, an early proponent of atheism being a causal factor for suicide was the Reverend Dr. Robert S. MacArthur.<ref>http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/161/12/2303</ref> The NY Times stated the following:

{{cquote|Dr. Martin urged that a great cause of suicide was atheism. It was, he said, a remarkable fact that where atheism prevailed most, there suicides were most numerous.  In [[Paris]], a recent census showed one suicide to every 2,700 of the population.  After the publication of Paine's "Age of Reason" suicides increased.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9507E2DC1131E033A25754C1A96F9C94659ED7CF NY Times, September 17, 1894, ATHEISM A CAUSE OF SUICIDE.; Dr. MacArthur Preaches on the Sin and Cowardice of Self-Destruction]  

{{cquote|Dr. Martin urged that a great cause of suicide was atheism. It was, he said, a remarkable fact that where atheism prevailed most, there suicides were most numerous.  In [[Paris]], a recent census showed one suicide to every 2,700 of the population.  After the publication of Paine's "Age of Reason" suicides increased.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9507E2DC1131E033A25754C1A96F9C94659ED7CF NY Times, September 17, 1894, ATHEISM A CAUSE OF SUICIDE.; Dr. MacArthur Preaches on the Sin and Cowardice of Self-Destruction]</ref>

In 2004 the ''American Journal of Psychiatry'' reported the following:  

In 2004 the ''American Journal of Psychiatry'' reported the following: