Study shows atheists distrusted as much as rapists.

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/religion/story/2011-12-10/religion-atheism/51777612/1



Atheism has had a checkered past. In the last century atheist regimes were responsible for killing more people than the Plague. Is it any wonder why they would be distrusted especially when it comes to any government?

While people are in favor of seperation of church and state they seem to be in favor of seperation of atheism and state as well. One can look at the atheist regime in North Korea and see what a bad thing it can be. But atheist regimes aside it seems atheists these days are making themselves even more unpopular with all the rhetoric against religion, particularly Christianity. If hate and bigotry toward religion is all they have to offer no wonder they hold such an unpopular world view. One could even go as far as label them a hate group.

 

The article also says these are stupid and unfounded stereotypes.
It basically states how moronic believers are to think this way.
Thanks for posting it.

 

" Study shows atheists distrusted as much as rapists. ""

obviously the people that participated in this poll are idiots and seem to support rapists, maybe they are confused by the rights 'legitimate' rape ideology

 

im not surprised considering all the anti-atheists propaganda, just look what it did to you!

 

To me, all this really does is support how irrational religious people are. I'm an atheist by the way. And a good person, I don't go around raping people or hating people who are different from me.

 

Let's post anti-atheist propaganda then state that you can't trust atheists.

 

If you read my post you will see it is along the same lines without the hyperbole you used.

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So you call people idiots and go to off topic subjects. Thanks for proving me correct.

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Is it "anti-atheist" propaganda or the pro-atheist propaganda/hate speech that causes people to distrust atheists?

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You don't see calling people irrational as a bad thing? No wonder you have such an unpopular world view.

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All you can do is attack the source? Thanks for proving my argument is so strong it can't be refuted.

 

Your article suggests the ignorance of believers, not the moral failings of atheists.It is not a study of how trustworthy atheists ARE, but rather of the perceptions of believers regarding them.
Did you not understand this when you posted it?
Or did you post it as a mea culpa to all the atheists that you slander at every possible opportunity?
If so, perhaps you could make your apology more clear.
In other words, are you repentant or just stupid?
Pick one.

 

You only see it as ignorance but please excuse the rest of the world if they interpret hatred and bigotry toward religion as being hatred and bigotry.

 

So you can't refute anything I post either? Thanks for proving me correct. Do you need training on how to use the quote function?

 

Just reading the article you posted.
Did you read it?
It's an indictment of people just like you.
Reading comprehension required.
The author of the article also sees you as ignorant.
Why did you post it?
Are you apologizing or stupid? I can't see the third choice.

 

LOL! You just keep proving me correct. I am also getting insight into why people do not trust atheists.

 

I have to chuckle at how atheists think everyone else is "ignorant" and not even consider the possibility they may be doing something that turns people off to their way of thinking. That shows how bigotry can cloud one's mind.

 

If you are pointing your finger at me you are falling on your face once again.
I'm not an atheist.
Why do you think the author of the article you posted (for some reason) thinks you are ignorant?

 

comparing rapists with atheists in such a manor only shows those doing the votings ignorance

 

The author of the article never says I am ignorant but only questions why people distrust atheists.

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Another post proving me correct! Thanks.

 

From your article.

"Shariff, who studies atheism and religion, said the findings provide a clue to combating anti-atheism prejudice.
"If you manage to offer credible counteroffers of these stereotypes, this can do a lot to undermine people's existing prejudice," he said. "If you realize there are all these atheists you've been interacting with all your life and they haven't raped your children that is going to do a lot do dispel these stereotypes."

Unless you want to make a case that prejudice does not require ignorance, then yes he is calling you ignorant.
Clearly.

 

Thanks for the confirmation that this is just a troll thread.

 

And yet none of this is discussed in the article. It is a layer you have added to an article that calls you out as an ignorant, prejudiced rube.
The data cited doesn't make your point, the conclusion in the article doesn't support your point.
You are an inept debater who posts an article that condemns himself and crows about it with the pride of a man who lacks basic reading comprehension.
You are the gift that keeps on giving.

 

The point is offering credible counter offers not calling people ignorant for the sake of calling them ignorant. So how can you offer credible counter offers of atheists who aren't bigoted haters of religion?

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Proving me correct once more. All you can do is offer insults and phony accusations. This proves you have no legitimate point to make here.

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So instead of being able to make a post of substance you just continue to attack me? Hahaha! This just goes to show you cannot refute my premise while proving my premise to be correct. Thanks.

 

You post an article that negates your premise.
Why?
It makes you look very silly indeed.
How can I negate your premise when I am not an atheist?
You just aren't very good at this.
Your premise doesn't need to be defeated because it has never been supported by any argument. The evidence you supply undermines your premise, so defeating it is redundant.
You did that yourself.

 

Hatred and bigotry is hatred and bigotry whether directed against atheists or people of religion.

 

Huh...?

Just because people do not believe in God does not make them all equivalent or monolithic. Besides that, the supporters and non-supporters of religious ideals all show and inact the capacity to do horrible things in the world. The United States is one of them. Most of Europe a close second. Aren't you the one that warns against cherrypicking?

 

Current issue what current issue ?

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jopy.2014.82.issue-2/issuetoc
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jopy.2013.81.issue-6/issuetoc
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jopy.2014.82.issue-1/issuetoc