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According to the 2014 journal article ''Correlates of psychopathic personality traits in everyday life: results from a large community survey'' published in the journal ''Frontiers of Psychology'' lack of belief in [[God]] is positively associated with [[Psychopath|psychopathy]].<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4106400/ Correlates of psychopathic personality traits in everyday life: results from a large community survey] by Scott O. Lilienfeld, Robert D. Latzman, Ashley L. Watts, Sarah F. Smith, and Kevin Dutton, ''Frontiers of Psychology'', 2014</ref>
According to the 2014 journal article ''Correlates of psychopathic personality traits in everyday life: results from a large community survey'' published in the journal ''Frontiers of Psychology'' lack of belief in [[God]] is positively associated with [[Psychopath|psychopathy]].<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4106400/ Correlates of psychopathic personality traits in everyday life: results from a large community survey] by Scott O. Lilienfeld, Robert D. Latzman, Ashley L. Watts, Sarah F. Smith, and Kevin Dutton, ''Frontiers of Psychology'', 2014</ref>
== Religion News Service article: Online troll or therapist? Atheist evangelists see their work as a calling ==
The ''Religion News Service'' article entitled ''Online troll or therapist? Atheist evangelists see their work as a calling'' states:
{{Cquote|Two years ago, “Max” was a devout [[Catholic]] who loved his faith so much he would sometimes cry as he swallowed the Communion wafer.
Then came the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, where 20 schoolchildren and six adults were murdered by a troubled gunman. At that moment, a bell went off in his head, he said, ringing “there is no God, there is no God.”
Now, Max goes by his online handle “Atheist Max.” A 50-something professional artist from the Northeast, some days he now spends two or more hours online trying to argue people out of their religious beliefs in the comments section of Religion News Service.
Max left more than 3,600 comments in the past 12 months, making him RNS’ top commenter. Many of his remarks can be interpreted as angry, hostile and provocative, casting him in some minds as an Internet “troll” — a purposely disruptive online activist who delights in creating comment chaos.
He’s written “Jesus is despicable” or its equivalent more than once — red meat to some readers who come back at him with fervor. Other users have called him “mean-spirited” or “angry.”...
...Several atheist super-commenters mentioned a concern for others as motivation for spending up to 10 hours a day arguing about religion online.<ref>[https://religionnews.com/2014/12/01/online-troll-therapist-atheist-evangelists-see-work-calling/ ''Online troll or therapist? Atheist evangelists see their work as a calling''], 'Religion News Service''</ref>}}
== Vox Day on dealing with aggressive atheists online ==
== Vox Day on dealing with aggressive atheists online ==