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[[Image:St Paul Preaching.jpg|right|thumb|300px|[[Saint Paul|St. Paul]] defends his preaching (Giovanni Ricco)]]
[[Image:St Paul Preaching.jpg|right|thumb|300px|[[Saint Paul|St. Paul]] defends his preaching (Giovanni Ricco)]]
The [[Saint Paul|Apostle Paul]] taught "Hate what is evil; cling to what is good" (Romans 12:9). Since atheism is evil and has produced and abundance of evil works in history, hating atheism is entirely justified (see: [[Atheism and Mass Murder|Atheism and mass murder]] and [[Atheism and morality]] and [[Moral failures of the atheist community]]).
The [[Saint Paul|Apostle Paul]] taught "Hate what is evil; cling to what is good" (Romans 12:9). Since atheism is evil and has produced and abundance of evil works in history, hating atheism is entirely justified (see: [[Atheism and Mass Murder|Atheism and mass murder]] and [[Atheism and morality]] and [[Moral failures of the atheist community]]).
=== Hate crimes in the United States against atheists/agnostics very low in number ===
According to a 2007 Pew Forum survey, about 4% of Americans are atheists/agnostics.<ref>[http://religions.pewforum.org/reports Pew Forum Religious Landscape Survey - Key findings]</ref> A 2008 [[Gallup poll]] showed that 6% of the U.S. population believed that no god or universal spirit exists.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gallup.com/poll/109108/belief-god-far-lower-western-us.aspx |title=Belief in God Far Lower in Western U.S |publisher=Gallup.com |accessdate=2012-02-05}}</ref>
According to 2013 FBI statistics, 6/10 of a percent of hates crimes were against atheists/agnostics.<ref>[http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/hate-crime/2013/topic-pages/victims/victims_final 2013 FBI hate crime statistics]</ref><ref>[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/04/06/atheism-the-next-civil-rights-movement.html Atheism: The Next Civil Rights movement], Vlad Chituc, ''The Daily Beast'', 4-6-2015</ref>
=== Hatred of atheists ===
=== Hatred of atheists ===