Atheistic France and loneliness

Since 2010, the last time the survey was carried out, one million more French people are leading solitary lives, with an estimated five million or 12 percent of the nation’s population aged over 18 now living without any social relations through family, friends, work or their community.

Compared to deeply religious cultures where an extended family and a sense of community often exists, secular countries are often lonelier societies.

France has the 8th highest rate of atheism in the world with 43 - 54% of the population being atheists/agnostics/non-believers in God. In addition, France has the 4rth highest belief in evolution in the Western World.

Atheistic France and loneliness

In 2013, The Locale FR reported:

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Loneliness is on the march in France and it is no longer an affliction that only blights elderly people, a worrying new survey by the organization Fondation de France revealed on Wednesday. Since 2010, the last time the survey was carried out, one million more French people are leading solitary lives, with an estimated five million or 12 percent of the nation’s population aged over 18 now living without any social relations through family, friends, work or their community.

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In 2014, the International Business Times reported:

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A 57-year-old French woman reportedly shut herself in her own freezer to commit suicide after suffering from "devastating loneliness", police sources told AFP News on Tuesday. The woman's body was discovered on Monday in the freezer at her home in a village located in Paris suburbs, reported The Local. Police cited suicide as the most probable cause of death after the victim said in one of the five letters left behind for her family members that she was, "suffering from several diseases and from severe loneliness." A pathologist on the site also confirmed the death was due to suicide.

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See also

• Atheistic France and alcoholism

• France, irreligion and obesity

• Atheism and loneliness

• Secular Europe and loneliness

• Atheism and marriage

• Atheist marriages

• Atheism and social intelligence

• Atheism and emotional intelligence

• England and loneliness

• Atheism and bitterness

• Resources for leaving atheism and becoming a Christian

External links

• Japan's 'anti-loneliness' cafe goes viral

• Japanese company unveils 'anti-loneliness' hugging chair that 'makes you feel safe'