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| | In 2013, the atheist [[PZ Myers]] declared: | | In 2013, the atheist [[PZ Myers]] declared: |
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| | YouTube atheist Dusty Smith says atheist nerds are driving away women from considering the possibility of becoming atheists and this is a very upsetting situation to him.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MIlTGmjbxE Atheism needs women]</ref> Dusty Smith also stated that the atheist community needs to be more "cool".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MIlTGmjbxE Atheism needs women]</ref> | | YouTube atheist Dusty Smith says atheist nerds are driving away women from considering the possibility of becoming atheists and this is a very upsetting situation to him.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MIlTGmjbxE Atheism needs women]</ref> Dusty Smith also stated that the atheist community needs to be more "cool".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MIlTGmjbxE Atheism needs women]</ref> |
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| − | See also: [[Atheism and social/interpersonal intelligence|Atheism and social skills]] | + | {{See also|Atheism and social/interpersonal intelligence|l1=Atheism and social skills}} |
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| | == Atheists as social outcasts in cultures unreceptive to atheism == | | == Atheists as social outcasts in cultures unreceptive to atheism == |
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| | The Christian apologist Michael Caputo wrote: | | The Christian apologist Michael Caputo wrote: |
| − | {{cquote|Recently the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life has published its mammoth study on Religion in America based on 35,000 interviews... According to the Pew Forum a whopping 37% of atheists never marry as opposed to 19% of the American population, 17% of Protestants and 17% of Catholics.<ref>[[http://creation.com/atheism Atheism]</ref>}} | + | {{cquote|Recently the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life has published its mammoth study on Religion in America based on 35,000 interviews... According to the Pew Forum a whopping 37% of atheists never marry as opposed to 19% of the American population, 17% of Protestants and 17% of Catholics.<ref>[http://creation.com/atheism Atheism]</ref>}} |
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| | [[Vox Day]] declared that according to the 2001 American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS) "more than half of all atheists and [[agnosticism|agnostics]] don’t get married."(see also: [[Atheism and marriage]]).<ref>[http://creation.com/atheism Atheism]</ref> | | [[Vox Day]] declared that according to the 2001 American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS) "more than half of all atheists and [[agnosticism|agnostics]] don’t get married."(see also: [[Atheism and marriage]]).<ref>[http://creation.com/atheism Atheism]</ref> |