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[[File:Rev. Dr. Robert Stuart MacArthur.JPG|thumb|right|250px|The Rev. Dr. Robert Stuart MacArthur was an early proponent of [[atheism]] being a [[Atheism and suicide|atheism being a causal factor for suicide.]] ]]The Rev. Dr. '''Robert Stuart MacArthur'' ' (born in Dalesville, Quebec, Canada, July 31, 1841) served for forty-one years pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, New York City.[<ref>http://www.electricscotland.com/history/descendants/chap79.htm] </ref> Dr. MacArthur was is one of the best known clergymen of in American history.[<ref>http://www.electricscotland.com/history/descendants/chap79.htm]</ref>
The Reverend Dr. MacArthur was an early proponent of [[atheism]] being a [[Atheism and suicide|atheism being a causal factor for suicide]].<ref>http://www.adherents.com/misc/religion_suicide.html</ref><ref>http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/161/12/2303</ref><ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9507E2DC1131E033A25754C1A96F9C94659ED7CF NY Times, September 17, 1894, ATHEISM A CAUSE OF SUICIDE.; Dr. MacArthur Preaches on the Sin and Cowardice of Self-Destruction]</ref>
The Rev. Dr. MacDonald wrote declared concerning [[suicide]]:
{{cquote|It is mean and not manly; it is dastardly and not daring. A man who involves his innocent wife and children in financial disaster and disgrace and takes his life and leaves them to bear the burden he was unwilling to bear, is a coward.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9507E2DC1131E033A25754C1A96F9C94659ED7CF NY Times, September 17, 1894, ATHEISM A CAUSE OF SUICIDE.; Dr. MacArthur Preaches on the Sin and Cowardice of Self-Destruction]</ref>}}
*[http://www.electricscotland.com/history/descendants/chap79.htm Robert Stuart MacArthur biography]
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[[Category{{DEFAULTSORT: Clergyman]]MacArthur, Robert Stuart}}[[Category: American clergymanClergy]]
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