'''28.''' Pursuit of prestige within secular circles.<ref>Biet-Hallahmi, author of ''Atheism, A Psychological Profile'', in ''The Cambridge Companion to Atheism'', wrote, “…what these individuals [the most elite] had, in addition to their creativity and high intelligence, was a strong wish to create distance between themselves and their parents.” Dr. Paul Vitz, author of'' Faith of Fatherless'', indicated that one of the common factors he observed in the leading atheists he profiled: they were all intelligent and arrogant. Part of this is due to discrimination against [[Creation science|creation scientists]]. See: [[Suppression of alternatives to evolution]]. In addition, there is discrimination against religious conservatives in academia (see: [[Atheist indoctrination]]). See also: [[Atheism and arrogance]] and [[Atheism and intelligence]]</ref> See also: [[Atheists and the National Academy of Sciences]]
'''2029.''' '''Intellectual cowardice.''' See: [[Atheism and cowardice]]
'''30.''' In cultures not receptive to atheism, atheists appear to be more likely to be social outcasts (see: [[Atheism and social outcasts]]). In short, in certain cases, namely where atheists are already social outcasts, they have less negative social consequences by becoming atheists.