Why do countries with strong economy and low religiousness have higher suicide rate than any other countries?
I'm not making this up! Even the suicide rate in my country, Indonesia, is increasing, it still hasn't attract international attention and barely discussed on media because suicide is not our biggest issue. Indonesia's big cities have much higher suicide rate and recently there's a trend of committing suicide in shopping malls. It's ironic because big cities have stronger economies and most people claim money can make you happy (once again, I'm not making this up)! Can someone explain it to me? Check Wikipedia for suicide rate by countries if you're not convinced that I'm not making this up!
Religion & Spirituality - 9 Answers
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You insist twice that you're "not making this up", yet you still didn't provide any sources. That's rather suspect. Regardless, even if this was a true correlation, it wouldn't necessarily follow that people would be happier if they were religious and/or more poor.
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Stats or you're making it up. I'll give you one: Sweden. Reason, lack of sleep in the summer has a negative impact on mood.
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It could be that people who have money are more capable of buying what they need to commit suicide more easily so that even if they have less motive to commit suicide they have more means to commit suicide.
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Indonesia is extremely religious. You will need to point me to some statistics with give me rate of suicide per capita. I think you're going to have to convince me of it....I'm doubtful.
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Indonesia has low "religiousness"? If you make that assertion, all your other assertions are suspect.
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I think without religion many people feel empty, or like something is missing from their lives. My Dad was an atheist from a big city who committed suicide so I believe you have a point
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More interesting is the fact that there is no real correlation between the degree of religious belief or the level of wealth and the suicide rates. Epidemiology of suicide http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidemiology_of_suicide
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"and most people claim money can make you happy"....no of course not. my grandfather commited suicide....and he was one of the wealthiest people in the city. Certainly he was an unhappy person in general...but the actual reason for his suicide was some very unpleasant health conditions. He was christian, but he obviously didnt take christian ideas all that seriously...since they claim that suicide means hell. But im sure that if he was not christian, he wouldve commited suicide sooner...since in his note he did make an apology to God...
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The grass is always greener on the other side. I would imaging being i a big city where you can see everyone else fake self pretending to be happy because the have all this money could lead one to feel that their live is less by comparison. The mind need a goal an objective. if their is nothing to overcome no obstacles to tackle then life start to loose some of its flavor. i cannot say why some one would kill them selves but people in your country sure seem to be trendy about.
