Does religion correlate with social dysfunction? - The Situation with Tucker Carlson - MSNBC.com: "Well, here's an interesting measure, suicide rates. Now if you commit suicide that is, of course, the ultimate statement of hopelessness. Now we got the figures for, the most recent figures we could get on suicide rates internationally. It will not surprise you. Maybe it will.
But the United States comes in 21st and the first 20 are all even more secular than we are. Hungary is number one, then Japan, Finland, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, France, Czech Republic, New Zealand, Poland, Luxembourg, Denmark. You get the point. These are societies in which God does not have a prominent place and the people are offing themselves just like flies basically.
BROOKS: They're bored. Maybe social dysfunction is more interesting.
CARLSON: You know I hadn't thought of that, Rosa, but you've not for the first time stopped me completely in my tracks. Rosa Brooks of the University of Virginia thanks a lot for coming on.
BROOKS: A pleasure, Tucker."
This woman is way cool !
Thursday, October 06, 2005
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