ireckinso Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Recent polls indicate that atheists are among the least liked people in areas with religious majorities (i.e., in most of the world). The sociofunctional approach to prejudice, combined with a cultural evolutionary theory of religion‘s effects on cooperation, suggest that anti-atheist prejudice is particularly motivated by distrust. Consistent with this theoretical framework, a broad sample of American adults revealed that distrust characterized anti-atheist prejudice, but not anti-gay prejudice (Study 1). In subsequent studies, distrust of atheists generalized even to participants from more liberal, secular populations. A description of a criminally untrustworthy individual was seen as comparably representative of atheists and rapists, but not representative of Christians, Muslims, Jewish people, feminists, or homosexuals (Studies 2-4). In addition, results were consistent with the hypothesis that the relationship between belief in God and atheist distrust was fully mediated by the belief that people behave better if they feel that God is watching them (Study 4). In implicit measures, participants strongly associated atheists with distrust, and belief in God was more strongly associated with implicit distrust of atheists than with implicit dislike of atheists (Study 5). Finally, atheists were systematically socially excluded only in high-trust domains; belief in God, but not authoritarianism, predicted this discriminatory decision-making against atheists in high trust domains (Study 6). These six studies are the first to systematically explore the social psychological underpinnings of anti-atheist prejudice, and converge to indicate the centrality of distrust in this phenomenon. The Link Yeah. This makes me a little sad. I'm not sure if it is because they automatically assume atheists are horrible people with no morals, or if it is because they are willing to trust someone who rapes women more than atheists, which to me, as a woman, is pretty disgusting. Funny, rapists tend to go to prison. But atheism isn't a crime. Apparently to some it is! People look down on you when you tell them you are athiest just like if you were to say that you just got out of prison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cracked Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 "Atheists about as trustworthy as rapists" Tell this to the many altar-boys that were victims of the good people of the church. I'm also curious as to what current rape victims in Africa have to say about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midniterider Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Apparently to some it is! People look down on you when you tell them you are athiest just like if you were to say that you just got out of prison. "So what ya in for?" "Rape and aggravated assault" "What you in for?" "I don't believe in god" "Holy cow, get away from me you rotten atheist !!!!!!!" lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midniterider Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Makes me wonder... morontheists/rightards often demonstrate belief in "words shape behaviors". You know, don't talk about it or it will happen. If you keep silent about our hooooly preacher regularly raping altar boys then he ain't a rapist, and such. Now, aren't they afraid in the least that, if they discuss publicly that "atheists are worse than rapists", that might (in their fucked minds anyway) make atheists think about "why not, I should go out and rape someone!"? Oh wait, that would presuppose that they actually think. I'm just glad that a catholic priest believes in god while he is having his way with the altar boy. Just think how sick it would be if he was having perverted child sex as an atheist! Ewwww... lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midniterider Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Yeah. This makes me a little sad. I'm not sure if it is because they automatically assume atheists are horrible people with no morals, A similar attitude has manifested itself with my daughter. When her unemployed borderline fundy boyfriend asked me about marrying her I objected and didn't throw a parade and jump on the bandwagon like the rest of the family and her friends. So she attributes my lack of support for her marriage or anything else I don't agree with to being an atheist. "Borderline Fundy Disorder".... haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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