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Phil Zuckerman said about the [[New Atheism|new atheist]] [[Richard Dawkins]]: "He is smug, condescending and emits an unpleasant disdainfulness."<ref>[http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/lifestyle/58271839-80/dawkins-atheism-atheist-rape.html.csp Richard Dawkins: Atheism’s asset or liability?] By KIMBERLY WINSTON, ''Religion News Service''</ref>
Phil Zuckerman said about the [[New Atheism|new atheist]] [[Richard Dawkins]]: "He is smug, condescending and emits an unpleasant disdainfulness."<ref>[http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/lifestyle/58271839-80/dawkins-atheism-atheist-rape.html.csp Richard Dawkins: Atheism’s asset or liability?] By KIMBERLY WINSTON, ''Religion News Service''</ref>
== Phil Zuckerman on atheism and suicide ==
''See also:'' [[Atheism and suicide]]
The website Adherents.com reported concerning '''atheism and suicide''':
{{cquote|Pitzer College sociologist Phil Zuckerman compiled country-by-country survey, polling and census numbers relating to [[atheism]], [[agnosticism]], disbelief in God and people who state they are non-religious or have no religious preference. These data were published in the chapter titled "Atheism: Contemporary Rates and Patterns" in The [[Cambridge University Press|Cambridge]] Companion to Atheism, ed. by [[Michael Martin]], [[Cambridge University]] Press: Cambridge, UK (2005). In examining various indicators of societal health, Zuckerman concludes about [[suicide]]:
"Concerning suicide rates, this is the one indicator of societal health in which religious nations fare much better than [[Global atheism|secular nations]]. According to the 2003 [[World Health Organization]]'s report on international male suicides rates (which compared 100 countries), of the top ten nations with the highest male suicide rates, all but one (Sri Lanka) are strongly irreligious nations with high levels of atheism. It is interesting to note, however, that of the top remaining nine nations leading the world in male suicide rates, all are former [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]/[[Communism|Communist]] nations, such as Belarus, Ukraine, and Latvia. Of the bottom ten nations with the lowest male suicide rates, all are highly religious nations with statistically insignificant levels of organic atheism."<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/misc/religion_suicide.html Religious Affiliation, Atheism and Suicide]</ref>}}
Concerning [[atheism and depression]], a University of Michigan study involving 19,775 individuals found that religious people are less likely than atheists to suffer [[depression]] when they are lonely.<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6136603/Lonely-religious-people-depressed-God-friend.html Lonely religious people are less depressed than atheists because they see God as a friend replacement, study finds], ''Daily Mail'', 2018</ref>
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