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| | [[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>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2016/06/fun-with-atheists.html Fun with atheists] by [[Vox Day|Theodore Beale]]</ref> | | [[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>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2016/06/fun-with-atheists.html Fun with atheists] by [[Vox Day|Theodore Beale]]</ref> |
| | + | == Americans and Canadians distrust atheists as much as rapists == |
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| | + | ''See also:'' [[Atheism and rape]] and [[Atheism and social outcasts]] |
| | + | [[File:2404429188 ea8f1fc48b.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|Studies and web traffic data appear to indicate that women in the Western World tend to be more religious than men.<ref>Multiple references: |
| | + | *Kosmin, Barry A., et al. (2008). [http://web.archive.org/web/20110904110346/http://www.americanreligionsurvey-aris.org/reports/NONES_08.pdf "American nones: Profile of the no religion population"]. American Religion Survey website [Trinity College, Hartford, CT]. Retrieved from Internet Archive. |
| | + | *Britt, Robert Roy (February 28, 2009). [http://www.livescience.com/7689-women-religious-men.html "Women more religious than men"]. Live Science website.</ref> See: [[Atheism and women]] ]] |
| | + | On December 10, 2011, USA Today reported in a story entitled ''Study: Atheists distrusted as much as rapists'': |
| | + | {{cquote|The study, conducted among 350 Americans adults and 420 Canadian college students, asked participants to decide if a fictional driver damaged a parked car and left the scene, then found a wallet and took the money, was the driver more likely to be a teacher, an atheist teacher, or a rapist teacher? |
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| | + | The participants, who were from religious and nonreligious backgrounds, most often chose the atheist teacher. |
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| | + | The study is part of an attempt to understand what needs religion fulfills in people. Among the conclusions is a sense of trust in others. |
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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>[http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/religion/story/2011-12-10/religion-atheism/51777612/1 Study: Atheists distrusted as much as rapists]</ref>}} |
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| | + | See also: |
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| | + | *[[Irreligion and domestic violence]] |
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| | + | *[[Atheism and rape]] |
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