Class, discuss.
“Suicide’s illegal in these parts.” It’s a Wonderful Life.
Common sense about such things is being drummed out of children by the communjst schools.
“Protestant women who worshiped weekly at church were far less likely to take their own lives than were women who seldom or never attended services. But these same Protestant women were still seven times more likely to die by their own hand than were their devout Catholic sisters.”
How many of those Protestant women went to mainline denominations that elevate social justice and reject the Gospel? There are still many Protestant denominations where a woman could attend church for years and never hear:
“Jesus went to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God: “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!” - Mark 1
“Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children, and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call.” - Acts 2
“Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.” - Acts 16
“If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. One believes with the heart, resulting in righteousness, and one confesses with the mouth, resulting in salvation.” - Romans 10
“For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are sanctified. The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. For after he says:
‘This is the covenant I will make with them after those days’, the Lord says, ‘I will put my laws on their hearts
and write them on their minds, and I will never again remember their sins and their lawless acts.’
Now where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer an offering for sin.” - Hebrews 10
If you are going more than once a week you probably also believe you have a weekly obligation to attend Mass, even if you are not fit to receive the Host. And if so you probably would probably also believe you have an obligation to go to confession as soon as possible. So maybe it is less likely for Catholic women to stop going long enough for black suicidal depression to take hold?
Freegards
I suspect the reason why this applies to Roman Catholic women more than other denominations is simple.
Catholics are taught that suicide is a mortal sin that can lead to damnation, if not repented of before death.
Devout catholic women are likely to believe this and therefore less likely to act on suicide out of fear of damnation.
Other denominations understand that there isn’t a difference between sins of any type. Any sin can separate you from God.
And more importantly, that Christ paid the penalty for all sins for those who entrust themselves to him.
My 2 cents tonight.
Devout Catholic women — those in the pews more than once a week — are a vanishing phenomenon.
Church attendance [2002-2005]: Evangelicals at approx. 60 percent showed the highest percentage of those who reported they attended services weekly or almost weekly, with 30% going more than once a week. Catholics were at 45 percent (9% more than once a week), and Jews 15 percent. Gallup poll. between 2002 and 2005. http://www.christianpost.com/article/20060418/weekly-attendance-highest-among-Evangelical-churches.htm
2102: The percentage of all Catholics who say they attend Mass at least once a week has dropped from 47% in 1974 to 24% in 2012. - http://www.pewforum.org/2013/03/13/strong-catholic-identity-at-a-four-decade-low-in-us/
A 2007 Pew survey reported that 9% of Catholics said they attended Mass more than once a week, and 33% once a week, while evangelicals were at 30% for more than once a week, and 28% for once a week, respectively. - http://www.pewforum.org/files/2015/01/comparison-Frequency-of-Attendance-at-Religious-Services.pdf
A Catholic study reported that the percentage of U.S. adult Catholics who say they attended Mass once a week or more (i.e., those attending every week) was 24% in 2012. http://cara.georgetown.edu/caraservices/requestedchurchstats.html
Church attendance [2001]: 69% of those associated with Assembly of God churches, and 66% of other Pentecostal churches and 61% of those in non-denominational Protestant churches were the most likely to have attended in the past week (which does to mean they always do) .
However, numbers from head counts show the actual rate of attendance nationwide is less than half (around 18%) of what the pollsters report, though some studies show attendance at services as increasing. http://www.churchleaders.com/pastors/pastor-articles/139575-7-startling-facts-an-up-close-look-at-church-attendance-in-america.html;
From 2000 to 2004 the Catholic Church
More related to church attendance:
Comparing Catholics and other Americans, 44% of Catholics claimed to be "absolutely committed" to their faith versus 54% of the entire adult population, and donated about 17% less money to churches; was 38% less likely than the average American to read the Bible; 67% less likely to attend a Sunday school class; 20% less likely to share their faith in Christ with someone who had different beliefs; 24% less likely to say their religious faith has greatly transformed their life; and were 36% less likely to have an "active faith," (defined as reading the Bible, praying and attending a church service during the prior week.) Yet Catholics were 16% more likely than the norm to attend a church service and 8% more likely to have prayed to God during the prior week. Catholics Have Become Mainstream America, Barna research, July 9, 2007 https://www.barna.org/barna-update/faith-spirituality/100-catholics-have-become-mainstream-america#.VDZOGDRxnGg
40% Roman Catholics vs. 41% Non-R.C. see abortion as "morally acceptable"; Sex between unmarried couples: 67% vs. 57%; Baby out of wedlock: 61% vs. 52%; Homosexual relations: 54% vs. 45%; Gambling: 72% vs. 59% http://www.gallup.com/poll/117154/Catholics-Similar-Mainstream-Abortion-Stem-Cells.aspx
Committed Roman Catholics (church attendance weekly or almost) versus Non-R.C. faithful church goers (see the below as as morally acceptable): Abortion: 24% of R.C. vs. 19% Non-R.C.; Sex between unmarried couples: 53% vs. 30%; Baby out of wedlock: 48% vs. 29%; Homosexual relations: 44% vs. 21%; Gambling: 67% vs. 40%; Divorce: 63 vs. 46% ^
Comparing 16 moral behaviors, Catholics were less likely to say mean things about people behind their back, and tending to engage in recycling more. However, they were also twice as likely to view pornographic content on the Internet, and were more prone to use profanity, to gamble, and to buy lottery tickets. ^
34% of weekly Mass attending Catholics are Democrats, and an additional 19% are not affiliated with a party but lean toward the Democrats (53% identifying or leaning as Democrats). 28% of weekly attenders are Republicans and an additional 17% lean toward being a Republican (43 percent identifying or leaning as Republicans). Thus Democrats have a 10% point edge among weekly attendees, Catholics who attend Mass less than weekly are even more likely to be a Democrat rather than a Republican. http://cara.georgetown.edu/NewsandPress/PressReleases/pr061808.pdf<
More , if somewhat dated.
Seems like a no-brainer to me.
How much 'grant money' was involved in this??
Obviously Jonestown is an outlier.