"The Atheism Religion" Breakdown - Part 1
18*Content Warning* Themes of Depression, Suicide, and School Shootings are mentioned. An NHS page to support groups for people who are affected by these issues is included at the bottom of the description.
The first part of Matt's video starts by asserting atheism is a religion, except it isn't by any standard definition.
Matt has a problem with atheist rallies and suggests Christians would look ridiculous if they did the same, which demonstrates a lack of self-awareness about the Fundamentalists with toxic and hateful messages who regularly appear on the streets.
Matt focuses on the negatives that correlate to atheism but fails to ask what their cause is (or causes are).
Matt winds up this segment with the suggestion that all atheists think the same, which they don't, and an attack on Sam Harris for wanting to remove the cause of several societal ills rather than a single societal ill.
Sources
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"The Atheist Religion - Part 1 - Matt Powell"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZfJg9Gbmuc
@Once Saved Always Saved
"Religion and the risk of suicide: longitudinal study of over 1 million people," by Dermott O'Reilly and Micahel Rosato, The British Journal of Psychiatry, Cambridge University Press
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry/article/religion-and-the-risk-of-suicide-longitudinal-study-of-over-1-million-people/9F3C4D443380E872D9C5813D0F472A20#
"10 years. 180 school shootings. 356 victims," CNN
https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2019/07/us/ten-years-of-school-shootings-trnd/
Helplines and Support Groups
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"Get support from a mental health charity," NHS Online
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mental-health-helplines/