On 3/03/2013 8:11 AM, Syd M. wrote:
>> On Saturday, March 2, 2013 10:05:00 AM UTC-8, Ken wrote:
>>> On Mar 2, 10:02 am, Joe Bruno <
atandy...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> On Saturday, March 2, 2013 7:11:32 AM UTC-8, % wrote:
>>
>>>>> .
>>
>>>>> just by saying i am now
>>
>>>> Why would you want to be one?
>>
>>> Because he's either stupid or gullible
>
> Insults again
An insult to stupid people?
You are an atheist, you should be used to it by now. B^]
# Atheists Identified as America�s Most Distrusted Minority"
# - American Sociological Association, ASA NEWS
#
# "A survey by sociologists at the University of Minnesota
# found that atheists are �America�s most distrusted minority.�
#
# "From a telephone sampling of more than 2,000 households,
# university researchers found that Americans rate atheists
# below Muslims, recent immigrants, gays and lesbians and
# other minority groups in �sharing their vision of
# American society.�
#
# Atheists are also the minority group most Americans are
# least willing to allow their children to marry.
#
# Even though atheists are few in number, not formally
# organized and relatively hard to publicly identify,
# they are seen as a threat to the American way of life
# by a large portion of the American public.
#
# Many of the study�s respondents associated atheism with
# an array of moral indiscretions ranging from criminal
# behavior to rampant materialism and cultural elitism.
#
# Edgell believes a fear of moral decline and resulting
# social disorder is behind the findings.
# �Americans believe they share more than rules and
# procedures with their fellow citizens�they share an
# understanding of right and wrong,� she said. �Our
# findings seem to rest on a view of atheists as
# self-interested individuals who are not concerned
# with the common good.�
#
It's not prejudice or bigotry, it's based on their behaviour.