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Line 18: − − − The American contrarian blog ''Half Sigma'' declared: − {{cquote|...atheists are most likely to live alone. − − This is not surprising. Atheists are less desirable...partners. I observed this once when I was living in Washington, DC, and I wandered by an atheist convention happening on the mall. The atheist were [[Atheism and women|predominately male]], and significantly uglier than average. − − This is because ugly people become social outcasts, and social outcasts are more likely to be attracted to outcast movements like atheism, [[libertarianism]], [[communism]], etc. − − Jay Fink writes: − − If you are attractive and have a good social life you will generally not be interested in out of the mainstream groups or ideas. Why buck the status quo when it's working in your interests?<ref>[http://www.halfsigma.com/2009/01/atheism-is-a-lonely-religion.html Atheism is lonely religion]</ref>}} − − In 2011, only 2 of the [[Miss USA]] contestants thought [[evolution]] should be taught in schools.<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/20/miss-usa-2011-evolution_n_880749.html Miss USA 2011 One Of Only 2 Contestants Who Believe In Evolution]</ref> Since [[World War II]] a majority of the most prominent and vocal defenders of the [[evolution|theory of evolution]] which employs [[methodological naturalism]] have been atheists or agnostics.<ref> − * Dr. Don Batten,[http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/737/ A ''Who’s Who'' of evolutionists] ''Creation'' 20(1):32, December 1997. − * [[Jonathan Sarfati]], Ph.D.,F.M., [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3830 ''Refuting Evolution'', Chapter 1, Facts and Bias] − </ref> − − The Audacious Epigone blog, which specializes in collecting data relative to stereotypes, writes about atheists having an above average propensity to live in single person households: − {{cquote|The low rates of multiple person households is part of the explanation, but the high number of lone wolves among their ranks illustrates their social marginality in another way relative to the cognitive endowments they enjoy. This does little to dispel stereotype I hold of atheists as cynical, single [[Western atheism and race|white guys]] who live in apartments downtown, work at used record stores, love [[George Carlin]], and watch Adult Swim.<ref>[http://anepigone.blogspot.com/2008/12/religious-denominations-ranked-by.html Religious denominations ranked by making most of what is given]</ref>}}
→Reddit post on the mocking of atheism
A member of Reddit responded to the post indicating:
A member of Reddit responded to the post indicating:
{{Cquote|A few years ago r/atheism had a "faces of atheism" campaign where people submitted pictures of themselves with some comment on atheism on them. It was so embarrassing and cringeworthy that the reddit mods removed r/atheism from the frontpage/main reddits because the reputation of the site itself was being tarnished. Since then, people started combining the (already existing) "fat neckbeard" stereotype with atheism and made parodies of the faces of atheism, like some ugly/underage fedora wearer saying cringe stuff like "intellect is my blade" etc.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/3wsfhd/why_is_everyone_mocking_atheism_all_of_a_sudden/ ''Why is everyone mocking atheism all of a sudden?''], Reddit post</ref>}}
{{Cquote|A few years ago r/atheism had a "faces of atheism" campaign where people submitted pictures of themselves with some comment on atheism on them. It was so embarrassing and cringeworthy that the reddit mods removed r/atheism from the frontpage/main reddits because the reputation of the site itself was being tarnished. Since then, people started combining the (already existing) "fat neckbeard" stereotype with atheism and made parodies of the faces of atheism, like some ugly/underage fedora wearer saying cringe stuff like "intellect is my blade" etc.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/3wsfhd/why_is_everyone_mocking_atheism_all_of_a_sudden/ ''Why is everyone mocking atheism all of a sudden?''], Reddit post</ref>}}
See also: [[Unattractiveness of atheism]]
See also: [[Unattractiveness of atheism]]