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Science journal article in Nature on distrusts of atheism in countries

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Science journal article in Nature on distrusts of atheism in countries

Conservative: /* Science journal article in Nature on distrusts of atheism in countries */

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Science journal article in Nature on distrusts of atheism in countries

Conservative: /* Distrust of atheists: 2019 study indicates antiatheist prejudice is common and atheists are comnonly associated with various negative, steotypical attributes */

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Distrust of atheists: 2019 study indicates antiatheist prejudice is common and atheists are comnonly associated with various negative, steotypical attributes

Conservative: /* UK study finds atheists widely distrusted - even among themselves */

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UK study finds atheists widely distrusted - even among themselves

Conservative: /* 2011 poll: Americans and Canadians distrust atheists as much as rapists */

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2011 poll: Americans and Canadians distrust atheists as much as rapists

Conservative: /* 2011 poll: Americans and Canadians distrust atheists as much as rapists */

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2011 poll: Americans and Canadians distrust atheists as much as rapists

Conservative at 03:47, December 15, 2022

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Conservative: /* University of Minnesota study indicates that American dislike of atheists grew */

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University of Minnesota study indicates that American dislike of atheists grew

Conservative at 16:55, January 2, 2020

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	The association was somewhat stronger in more religious countries, but even in very secular countries in the study — Australia, China, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom — people were more likely to associate serial killing with atheism, although the gap was narrower. The survey also asked participants to describe their religious beliefs, which allowed the research team to determine that even atheists connected immoral acts to atheism more often than to religious belief.<ref>[http://www.sbs.com.au/topics/life/culture/article/2017/08/21/everyones-suspicious-atheists-even-other-atheists Everyone’s suspicious of atheists — even other atheists], The Special Broadcasting Service, 2017</ref>}}		The association was somewhat stronger in more religious countries, but even in very secular countries in the study — Australia, China, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom — people were more likely to associate serial killing with atheism, although the gap was narrower. The survey also asked participants to describe their religious beliefs, which allowed the research team to determine that even atheists connected immoral acts to atheism more often than to religious belief.<ref>[http://www.sbs.com.au/topics/life/culture/article/2017/08/21/everyones-suspicious-atheists-even-other-atheists Everyone’s suspicious of atheists — even other atheists], The Special Broadcasting Service, 2017</ref>}}
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		+	=== Journal article: Global evidence of extreme intuitive moral prejudice against atheists ===
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		+	*[https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-017-0151 Global evidence of extreme intuitive moral prejudice against atheists], Nature Human Behaviour, Published: 07 August 2017, https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/csnp2

	== Distrust of atheists: Study indicates antiatheist prejudice is common and atheists are comnonly associated with various negative, steotypical attributes ==		== Distrust of atheists: Study indicates antiatheist prejudice is common and atheists are comnonly associated with various negative, steotypical attributes ==

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 == Science journal article in Nature on distrusts of atheism in countries ==
-[[File:Peter Singer MIT Veritas.jpg|right|thumbnail|200px|The [[Atheism|atheist]] philosopher Peter Singer defends the practice of [[bestiality]] (as well as [[abortion]] and [[euthanasia]]).  Despite holding these immoral views the [[liberal]] and pro-[[evolution]] academic establishment rewarded his views with a bioethics chair at [[Princeton University]].<ref>
+[[File:Peter Singer MIT Veritas.jpg|right|thumbnail|200px|The [[Atheism|atheist]] philosopher Peter Singer defends the practice of [[bestiality]] (as well as [[abortion]] and [[euthanasia]]).<ref>
 *[http://creation.com/the-basis-of-a-christian-worldview The Basis of a Christian Worldview]*[http://creation.com/answer-to-philosophy-religion-professor-on-biblical-exegesis-and-the-problem-of-evil CMI answers philosophy/religion professor on biblical exegesis and the problem of evil]
 *[http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2011/06/the-dangerous-mind-of-peter-singer ''The Dangerous Mind''] by Joe Carter, ''[[First Things]]''</ref> See: [[Atheism and bestiality]] ]]

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 == Science journal article in Nature on distrusts of atheism in countries ==
+[[File:Peter Singer MIT Veritas.jpg|right|thumbnail|200px|The [[Atheism|atheist]] philosopher Peter Singer defends the practice of [[bestiality]] (as well as [[abortion]] and [[euthanasia]]).  Despite holding these immoral views the [[liberal]] and pro-[[evolution]] academic establishment rewarded his views with a bioethics chair at [[Princeton University]].<ref>
 The Special Broadcasting Service reported:
 {{Cquote|According to a new study published last week in Nature, people all over the world connect immorality with atheism. In fact, the moral prejudice against atheists is so strong that it holds even in countries like the Netherlands, where most people aren’t religious. Even atheists themselves, according to the study, are inclined to see nonbelievers as more wicked than the faithful.,..

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 The association was somewhat stronger in more religious countries, but even in very secular countries in the study — Australia, China, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom — people were more likely to associate serial killing with atheism, although the gap was narrower. The survey also asked participants to describe their religious beliefs, which allowed the research team to determine that even atheists connected immoral acts to atheism more often than to religious belief.<ref>[http://www.sbs.com.au/topics/life/culture/article/2017/08/21/everyones-suspicious-atheists-even-other-atheists Everyone’s suspicious of atheists — even other atheists], The Special Broadcasting Service, 2017</ref>}}
-== Distrust of atheists: 2019 study indicates antiatheist prejudice is common and atheists are comnonly associated with various negative, steotypical attributes ==
+== Distrust of atheists: Study indicates antiatheist prejudice is common and atheists are comnonly associated with various negative, steotypical attributes ==
-The abstract of 2009 study related to distrust of atheists entitled ''Distrust persists after subverting atheist stereotypes'' published in the peer-reviewed journal ''Group Processes & Intergroup Relations'' states: {{Cquote|Antiatheist prejudice appears to be common. This prejudice may stem from distrust. However, the factors influencing distrust are not fully understood. The current research identified common stereotypes about atheists, tested the intuitiveness of those stereotypes, and determined whether distrust toward atheists depends more on the label “atheist” or the attributes atheists are thought to possess... Overall, the results of these studies indicate that atheists and Christians are explicitly and implicitly associated with different attributes and that, even when atheists possess stereotypically Christian attributes, Christians trust atheists significantly less than other Christians. These findings suggest that antiatheist prejudice is relatively insensitive to individual differences of the target.<ref>[https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1368430219874103 Distrust persists after subverting atheist stereotypes] by Richard C. Grove, Ayla Rubenstein, and Heather K. Terrell, ''Group Processes & Intergroup Relations'', Volume 23, Issue 7, https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430219874103</ref>}}
+The abstract of 2019 study related to distrust of atheists entitled ''Distrust persists after subverting atheist stereotypes'' published in the peer-reviewed journal ''Group Processes & Intergroup Relations'' states: {{Cquote|Antiatheist prejudice appears to be common. This prejudice may stem from distrust. However, the factors influencing distrust are not fully understood. The current research identified common stereotypes about atheists, tested the intuitiveness of those stereotypes, and determined whether distrust toward atheists depends more on the label “atheist” or the attributes atheists are thought to possess... Overall, the results of these studies indicate that atheists and Christians are explicitly and implicitly associated with different attributes and that, even when atheists possess stereotypically Christian attributes, Christians trust atheists significantly less than other Christians. These findings suggest that antiatheist prejudice is relatively insensitive to individual differences of the target.<ref>[https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1368430219874103 Distrust persists after subverting atheist stereotypes] by Richard C. Grove, Ayla Rubenstein, and Heather K. Terrell, ''Group Processes & Intergroup Relations'', Volume 23, Issue 7, https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430219874103</ref>}}
 == UK study finds atheists widely distrusted - even among themselves ==

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	The association was somewhat stronger in more religious countries, but even in very secular countries in the study — Australia, China, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom — people were more likely to associate serial killing with atheism, although the gap was narrower. The survey also asked participants to describe their religious beliefs, which allowed the research team to determine that even atheists connected immoral acts to atheism more often than to religious belief.<ref>[http://www.sbs.com.au/topics/life/culture/article/2017/08/21/everyones-suspicious-atheists-even-other-atheists Everyone’s suspicious of atheists — even other atheists], The Special Broadcasting Service, 2017</ref>}}		The association was somewhat stronger in more religious countries, but even in very secular countries in the study — Australia, China, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom — people were more likely to associate serial killing with atheism, although the gap was narrower. The survey also asked participants to describe their religious beliefs, which allowed the research team to determine that even atheists connected immoral acts to atheism more often than to religious belief.<ref>[http://www.sbs.com.au/topics/life/culture/article/2017/08/21/everyones-suspicious-atheists-even-other-atheists Everyone’s suspicious of atheists — even other atheists], The Special Broadcasting Service, 2017</ref>}}
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		+	== Distrust of atheists: 2019 study indicates antiatheist prejudice is common and atheists are comnonly associated with various negative, steotypical attributes ==
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		+	The abstract of 2009 study related to distrust of atheists entitled ''Distrust persists after subverting atheist stereotypes'' published in the peer-reviewed journal ''Group Processes & Intergroup Relations'' states: {{Cquote\|Antiatheist prejudice appears to be common. This prejudice may stem from distrust. However, the factors influencing distrust are not fully understood. The current research identified common stereotypes about atheists, tested the intuitiveness of those stereotypes, and determined whether distrust toward atheists depends more on the label “atheist” or the attributes atheists are thought to possess... Overall, the results of these studies indicate that atheists and Christians are explicitly and implicitly associated with different attributes and that, even when atheists possess stereotypically Christian attributes, Christians trust atheists significantly less than other Christians. These findings suggest that antiatheist prejudice is relatively insensitive to individual differences of the target.<ref>[https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1368430219874103 Distrust persists after subverting atheist stereotypes] by Richard C. Grove, Ayla Rubenstein, and Heather K. Terrell, ''Group Processes & Intergroup Relations'', Volume 23, Issue 7, https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430219874103</ref>}}

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 "People find atheists very suspect," Shariff said. "They don't fear God so we should distrust them; they do not have the same moral obligations of others. This is a common refrain against atheists. People fear them as a group."<ref name="USATodayviewsonatheists"/>}}
-*[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2011/12/study-of-the-day-religious-people-distrust-atheists-as-much-as-rapists/250005/ Study of the Day: Religious People Distrust Atheists as Much as Rapists], ''The Atlantic'', 2011
+In 2011, ''The Atlantic'' published the article [https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2011/12/study-of-the-day-religious-people-distrust-atheists-as-much-as-rapists/250005/ Study of the Day: Religious People Distrust Atheists as Much as Rapists]
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	"People find atheists very suspect," Shariff said. "They don't fear God so we should distrust them; they do not have the same moral obligations of others. This is a common refrain against atheists. People fear them as a group."<ref name="USATodayviewsonatheists"/>}}		"People find atheists very suspect," Shariff said. "They don't fear God so we should distrust them; they do not have the same moral obligations of others. This is a common refrain against atheists. People fear them as a group."<ref name="USATodayviewsonatheists"/>}}
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		+	*[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2011/12/study-of-the-day-religious-people-distrust-atheists-as-much-as-rapists/250005/ Study of the Day: Religious People Distrust Atheists as Much as Rapists], ''The Atlantic'', 2011

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 A total of 43 per cent of the contributors were atheist, 33 per cent were Christian and the remainder belonged to other faiths.<ref name="Independentviewsonatheists"/>}}
-[[Vox Day|Theodore Beale]] says about atheists not trusting other atheists: "The reason most atheists trust fellow atheists less than anyone else is because they recognize their own lack of integrity and morality."<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2016/06/fun-with-atheists.html Fun with atheists], Theodore Beale/Vox Day</ref>
+Theodore Beale says about atheists not trusting other atheists: "The reason most atheists trust fellow atheists less than anyone else is because they recognize their own lack of integrity and morality."<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2016/06/fun-with-atheists.html Fun with atheists], Theodore Beale/Vox Day</ref>
 == University of Minnesota study indicates that American dislike of atheists grew ==

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 Now, according to a [http://sf.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/08/17/sf.sow063.abstract new study released by University of Minnesota sociologists] shows that today, atheists are the most disliked.
-The study compared a previous 2003 study with the new study, originally conducted in 2014, and found that Americans have only sharpened their dislike for atheists and religious nones.<ref>[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/danthropology/2016/09/study-atheists-remain-the-most-disliked-religious-minority-in-the-u-s/ Study: Atheists remain the most disliked religious minority in the U.S.]</ref>}}
+The study compared a previous 2003 study with the new study, originally conducted in 2014, and found that Americans have only sharpened their dislike for atheists and religious nones.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161017182107/http://www.patheos.com/blogs/danthropology/2016/09/study-atheists-remain-the-most-disliked-religious-minority-in-the-u-s/ Study: Atheists remain the most disliked religious minority in the U.S.]</ref>}}
 According the American atheist author Kevin Davis, atheism has an "unshakeable stigma".<ref>[http://www.peacock-panache.com/2016/11/lifetree-meeting-atheism-26370.html An Atheist Walks into a Christian Meeting about Atheism] by Kevin Davis</ref>

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 [[File:Sam Harris 01.jpg|thumbnail|260px|right|The [[New Atheism|new atheist]] [[Sam Harris]] said concerning the label of [[Atheism|atheist]], "It's right next to child molester as a designation."(see also: [[Views on atheists]])<ref name="NEWSWEEK Poll: 90% Believe in God">[http://www.newsweek.com/newsweek-poll-90-believe-god-97611 NEWSWEEK Poll: 90% Believe in God], ''Newsweek'' 2007</ref><ref name="Harris">Roberts, Jessica, et al. (June 19, 2007).  [http://news21.com/story/2007/06/19/interview_with_an_atheist "Interview with an atheist"].  News21.  Retrieved on July 30, 2014.</ref>]]
-Concerning '''distrusts of atheists''', sociological research indicates that atheists are widely distrusted in both religious cultures and nonreligious cultures.<ref name="USATodayviewsonatheists">[http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/religion/story/2011-12-10/religion-atheism/51777612/1 Study: Atheists distrusted as much as rapists]</ref><ref name="CPviewsonatheists">[http://www.christianpost.com/news/atheists-widely-distrusted-even-among-themselves-culturally-ingrained-uk-study-finds-160480/ Atheists Widely Distrusted, Even Among Themselves, UK Study Finds], Christian Post, 2015</ref><ref name="Independentviewsonatheists">[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/anti-atheist-distrust-deeply-and-culturally-ingrained-study-finds-a6952276.html Anti-atheist distrust ‘deeply and culturally ingrained’, study finds], ''The Independent'', 2015</ref><ref>Edgell, Gerteis & Hartmann 2006</ref>  According to a study published in the ''International Journal for The Psychology of Religion'': "anti-atheist prejudice is not confined either to dominantly religious countries or to religious individuals, but rather appears to be a robust judgment about atheists."<ref name="Independentviewsonatheists"/> The study found that many atheists do not trust other atheists as well.<ref name="Independentviewsonatheists"/>
+Concerning '''distrust of atheists''', sociological research indicates that atheists are widely distrusted in both religious cultures and nonreligious cultures.<ref name="USATodayviewsonatheists">[http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/religion/story/2011-12-10/religion-atheism/51777612/1 Study: Atheists distrusted as much as rapists]</ref><ref name="CPviewsonatheists">[http://www.christianpost.com/news/atheists-widely-distrusted-even-among-themselves-culturally-ingrained-uk-study-finds-160480/ Atheists Widely Distrusted, Even Among Themselves, UK Study Finds], Christian Post, 2015</ref><ref name="Independentviewsonatheists">[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/anti-atheist-distrust-deeply-and-culturally-ingrained-study-finds-a6952276.html Anti-atheist distrust ‘deeply and culturally ingrained’, study finds], ''The Independent'', 2015</ref><ref>Edgell, Gerteis & Hartmann 2006</ref>  According to a study published in the ''International Journal for The Psychology of Religion'': "anti-atheist prejudice is not confined either to dominantly religious countries or to religious individuals, but rather appears to be a robust judgment about atheists."<ref name="Independentviewsonatheists"/> The study found that many atheists do not trust other atheists as well.<ref name="Independentviewsonatheists"/>
 The [[New Atheism|new atheist]] [[Sam Harris]] said concerning the label of [[Atheism|atheist]], "It's right next to child molester as a designation."(see also: [[Views on atheists]])<ref name="NEWSWEEK Poll: 90% Believe in God">[http://www.newsweek.com/newsweek-poll-90-believe-god-97611 NEWSWEEK Poll: 90% Believe in God], ''Newsweek'' 2007</ref><ref name="Harris">Roberts, Jessica, et al. (June 19, 2007).  [http://news21.com/story/2007/06/19/interview_with_an_atheist "Interview with an atheist"].  News21.  Retrieved on July 30, 2014.</ref>