Not all atheists think that life is pointless, I in particular think its a wonderful struggle and experience. I have though had suicidal thoughts when i was younger (read teenager)..but those stemmed mainly from when my mother would get upset with me, she had a tendency to scream how much she really wish she should have had an abortion. She is not a very warm lady /shrug The Joys of being a failed attempt to keep a terrible marriage together in an extremely religious republican house hold...might also be why i tend to dislike both republicans and religion in general. But really i do not understand this notion that suicide is a bad thing. Life is hard, and there a definite examples of folks who just can not cut it without massive support of everyone else, so much entitlement. I say let them go if they really want to, and know that they are now at peace.