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The Rev. Dr. Robert Stuart MacArthur was an early proponent of atheism being a causal factor for suicide.
The Rev. Dr. Robert Stuart MacArthur served for forty-one years pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, New York City.[1] Dr. MacArthur was one of the best known clergymen of American history.[2]
The Reverend Dr. MacArthur was an early proponent of atheism being a causal factor for suicide.[3][4][5]
The Rev. Dr. MacDonald wrote concerning suicide:
| “ | It is mean and not manly; it is dastardly and not daring. A man who involves his innocent wife and children in financial disaster and disgrace and takes his life and leaves them to bear the burden he was unwilling to bear, is a coward.[6] | ” |
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Notes
- ↑ http://www.electricscotland.com/history/descendants/chap79.htm
- ↑ http://www.electricscotland.com/history/descendants/chap79.htm
- ↑ http://www.adherents.com/misc/religion_suicide.html
- ↑ http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/161/12/2303
- ↑ NY Times, September 17, 1894, ATHEISM A CAUSE OF SUICIDE.; Dr. MacArthur Preaches on the Sin and Cowardice of Self-Destruction
- ↑ NY Times, September 17, 1894, ATHEISM A CAUSE OF SUICIDE.; Dr. MacArthur Preaches on the Sin and Cowardice of Self-Destruction