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The association was somewhat stronger in more religious countries, but even in very secular countries in the study — Australia, China, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom — people were more likely to associate serial killing with atheism, although the gap was narrower. The survey also asked participants to describe their religious beliefs, which allowed the research team to determine that even atheists connected immoral acts to atheism more often than to religious belief.<ref>[http://www.sbs.com.au/topics/life/culture/article/2017/08/21/everyones-suspicious-atheists-even-other-atheists Everyone’s suspicious of atheists — even other atheists], The Special Broadcasting Service, 2017</ref>}}
The association was somewhat stronger in more religious countries, but even in very secular countries in the study — Australia, China, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom — people were more likely to associate serial killing with atheism, although the gap was narrower. The survey also asked participants to describe their religious beliefs, which allowed the research team to determine that even atheists connected immoral acts to atheism more often than to religious belief.<ref>[http://www.sbs.com.au/topics/life/culture/article/2017/08/21/everyones-suspicious-atheists-even-other-atheists Everyone’s suspicious of atheists — even other atheists], The Special Broadcasting Service, 2017</ref>}}
== Distrust of atheists: 2019 study indicates antiatheist prejudice is common and atheists are comnonly associated with various negative, steotypical attributes ==
The abstract of 2009 study related to distrust of atheists entitled ''Distrust persists after subverting atheist stereotypes'' published in the peer-reviewed journal ''Group Processes & Intergroup Relations'' states: {{Cquote|Antiatheist prejudice appears to be common. This prejudice may stem from distrust. However, the factors influencing distrust are not fully understood. The current research identified common stereotypes about atheists, tested the intuitiveness of those stereotypes, and determined whether distrust toward atheists depends more on the label “atheist” or the attributes atheists are thought to possess... Overall, the results of these studies indicate that atheists and Christians are explicitly and implicitly associated with different attributes and that, even when atheists possess stereotypically Christian attributes, Christians trust atheists significantly less than other Christians. These findings suggest that antiatheist prejudice is relatively insensitive to individual differences of the target.<ref>[https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1368430219874103 Distrust persists after subverting atheist stereotypes] by Richard C. Grove, Ayla Rubenstein, and Heather K. Terrell, ''Group Processes & Intergroup Relations'', Volume 23, Issue 7, https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430219874103</ref>}}
== UK study finds atheists widely distrusted - even among themselves ==
== UK study finds atheists widely distrusted - even among themselves ==