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→Americans and Canadians distrust atheists as much as rapists
*[[Atheism and rape]]
*[[Atheism and rape]]
== University of Minnesota study on views toward atheists ==
A 2006 University of Minnesota about Americans' views of atheists reported:
{{Cquuote|Some people view atheists as problematic because they associate them with illegality,
such as drug use and prostitution--that is, with immoral people who threaten respectable
community from the lower end of the status hierarchy. Others saw atheists as rampant
materialists and cultural elitists that threaten common values from above--the
ostentatiously wealthy who make a lifestyle out of consumption or the cultural elites who
think they know better than everyone else. Both of these themes rest on a view of atheists
as self-interested individualists who are not concerned with the common good.<ref>''Atheism and Secularity'' edited by Phil Zuckerman, page 84</ref><ref>Atheists As “Other”: Moral Boundaries and Cultural Membership in American Society, Penny Edgell, Joseph Gerteis, Douglas Hartmann, University of Minnesota, 2006</ref>}}
For more information, please see:
* [[Atheism and illegal drug use]]
*[[Nnntheistic Thailand and child prostitution]]
*[[Moral failures of the atheist population]]
== Christian patience, forgiveness and long-suffering towards atheists ==
== Christian patience, forgiveness and long-suffering towards atheists ==