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==Publication of the Age of Reason and an Increase in Suicides==
==Publication of the Age of Reason and an Increase in Suicides==
In 1894, the [[NY Times]] stated the following in relation to [[Atheism and suicide|atheism and suicide]]:
In 1894, the [[NY Times]] stated the following in relation to [[Atheism and suicide|atheism and suicide]]:
{{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.[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9507E2DC1131E033A25754C1A96F9C94659ED7CF]
{{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.[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9507E2DC1131E033A25754C1A96F9C94659ED7CF]]]
Researchers today [[Atheism and suicide|have found atheism to be a causal factor for suicide]].
Researchers today [[Atheism and suicide|have found atheism to be a causal factor for suicide]].