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Athiests the least trusted group in USA
offshore Posts: 71
Oct 17, 2009 2:13 AM GMT
See:

http://newsjunkiepost.com/2009/09/19/research-finds-that-atheists-are-most-hated-and-distrusted-minority/

If you are a gay hispanic athiest then not much hope of getting trusted LOL!!

I am proud to be an anti-thiest.
mickeytopogig... Posts: 2614
Oct 17, 2009 7:04 AM GMT
Well, I for one am not surprised. When the collection plate comes by, I reach in and jingle the change to make it sound like I left an offering.
Oct 17, 2009 7:11 AM GMT
I'm sorry but I just don't trust anything written by someone with a name like Ole Ole Olson. Not gonna happen.
mickeytopogig... Posts: 2614
Oct 17, 2009 7:14 AM GMT
joeyveras saidI'm sorry but I just don't trust anything written by someone with a name like Ole Ole Olson. Not gonna happen.
Don't believe it. Follow the link in the post, and verify it yoursefl:
http://www.soc.umn.edu/~hartmann/files/atheist as the other.pdf
Oct 17, 2009 7:19 AM GMT
mickeytopogigio said
joeyveras saidI'm sorry but I just don't trust anything written by someone with a name like Ole Ole Olson. Not gonna happen.
Don't believe it. Follow the link in the post, and verify it yoursefl:
http://www.soc.umn.edu/~hartmann/files/atheist as the other.pdf


LOL! I was joking
mickeytopogig... Posts: 2614
Oct 17, 2009 7:22 AM GMT
Oh, sorry.
jprichva Posts: 4651
Oct 17, 2009 12:51 PM GMT
You should trust far more in people who talk to imaginary beings than people who don't.

In Calvin's "Upside-Down World", that is.
Momentum_Play Posts: 330
Oct 17, 2009 1:36 PM GMT
"Reached for reaction to the survey, a spokesperson for the American Agnostic Association said, 'Really, I don't know what to believe.'"
Oct 17, 2009 4:42 PM GMT
Momentum_Play said"Reached for reaction to the survey, a spokesperson for the American Agnostic Association said, 'Really, I don't know what to believe.'"


LOL - hehehehehehehehe
dfrw Posts: 743
Oct 17, 2009 5:51 PM GMT
Not surprising, but truly sad really.
Oct 17, 2009 5:55 PM GMT
Doubtful i'd say every Catholic & Christian are the most unrelieable FUCKS around...But it could just be me being an Agnostic dude
swimbikerun Posts: 1983
Oct 17, 2009 5:59 PM GMT
Momentum_Play said"Reached for reaction to the survey, a spokesperson for the American Agnostic Association said, 'Really, I don't know what to believe.'"
Win!
Oct 17, 2009 7:32 PM GMT
I took a look at Offshore's link and to me this is an interesting topic of discussion. Why Americans in general distrusts atheists- when you consider that 51% believe in Creation, thus a larger proportion of Americans profess a religious commitment - is a bit of a mystery. Even as a Christian myself, I have met kind hearted atheists and I have met church-goers with sour personalities - the sort you wouldn't invite to your house party or social.
I always believe that trust in another person depends on the individual character rather than religious commitment. On the other hand, I would much sooner trust a Christian - fundamental or liberal - than a Muslim.
But something else occured at the linked website - intelligence and religious affiliation. After clicking "intelligence" this is what I have found:

In 1975 Norman Poythress studied 234 U.S. college undergraduates and found that religious believers are less intelligent and more authoritarian than skeptics.

What seems like a contradiction, also in the USA, the 2004 General Social Survey found that 30.7% of graduates attend church regularly, which is marginally higher than less educated groups. The highest percentage of non-church goers were the early school-leavers which has the lowest levels of education.

Of Mormons, 41% of those with an elementary school education regularly attend church. Of college graduates, on the other hand, 76% attend regularly, and Mormons with post-graduate degrees, 78% of them attend church on a regular basis.

These surveys are not connected with hetero- or homosexuality.

Am I confused here? Is there a difference between intelligence and level of education? Or is there a contradiction?
Oct 17, 2009 8:18 PM GMT
Oh please.....We, (Athiests), are the most mistrusted?!?
When there are repuGlicans and christians out there? Now that's a bloody joke!
Cheers,
Keith
Oct 17, 2009 8:40 PM GMT
I am an atheist and I don't trust these statistics.
waxon Posts: 559
Oct 17, 2009 8:44 PM GMT
id trust an athiest b4 i trust any1 running this government out of the bible.
1974Warrior Posts: 60
Oct 17, 2009 9:04 PM GMT
I thought politicians were the least trusted group in America.
Sirkit Posts: 172
Oct 18, 2009 12:15 AM GMT
Not all that surprising for me. My friend is living in the US right now and he is an athiest, and some of the shit he has to deal with is just unbelievable. Fortunately it doesn't really appear to be an issue in Canada.
Miasma Posts: 590
Oct 18, 2009 12:17 AM GMT
Pheo Posts: 149
Nov 08, 2009 3:13 AM GMT
Even though I'm Pagan I trust Atheists. I was raised by my grandmother as a Pagan. Atheists though... They have amazing minds. They understand yet reject the conformity. It's funnicular that way.