American Prejudice & Bigotry Towards Atheism, Atheists:
Atheists are the most despised and distrusted minority in the United States. Americans are more prejudiced and bigoted against atheists than any other group. This isn't a subjective perception of atheists, it's a fact that is reinforced by every study done on the subject. The reasons given for this bigotry are varied, but they are all also generally incorrect in their portrayal of atheists. Atheists are thus hated more for what people attribute to them than for what they really are. American Prejudice & Bigotry Towards Atheism, Atheists...
University of Minnesota Study on American Attitudes Towards Atheists:
Every single study that has ever looked at the issue has revealed massive amounts of bigotry and prejudice against atheists in America. The most recent data shows that atheists are more distrusted and despised than any other minority and that an atheist is the least likely person that Americans would vote for in a presidential election. It's not just that atheists are hated, though, but also that atheists seem to represent everything about modernity which Americans dislike or fear. University of Minnesota Study on American Attitudes Towards Atheists & Atheism...
Gallup Polls & Other Surveys on American Attitudes Towards Atheists:
The 2006 University of Minnesota study made a lot news about its revelation of how atheists are the most despised minority in America, but this wasn't news to atheists — it was just the most recent in a long series of surveys showing that Americas are very bigoted and prejudiced against atheists. For as long as organizations have been asking Americans about atheists, Americans have been responding that they wouldn't treat atheists as equals to theists and Christians. Gallup Polls & Other Surveys on American Attitudes Towards Atheists...
Christian Right Attacks on Godless Liberalism:
The nature of godless liberalism can be difficult to understand because of the misuse of the label by the Christian Right. According to them, all liberals are godless because they don’t adhere to conservative evangelical or fundamentalist Christianity. Only conservative political policies are seen as compatible with Christianity; therefore, all other policies are anti-Christian, anti-religious, and anti-God. Advocates are all thus godless liberals, but that misrepresents the nature of atheism. Christian Right Attacks on Godless Liberalism...
Liberal & Progressive Attacks on Atheists, Atheism:
Conservative attacks on liberalism for being “godless liberalism” have some liberals and progressives running scared. Rather than standing firm in their defense of liberal atheists who themselves stand firm in defensive of basic progressive values, some liberals are ready to toss them overboard. Atheists are told to sit down and shut up rather than speak out on science, evolution, or religious politics. What sorts of arguments do liberals use for helping conservatives purge politics of atheists? Liberal & Progressive Attacks on Atheists, Atheism...
Adversaries of America's Godless & Skeptics:
Sometimes, America almost seems to be a land of gullibility and credulity: those who seek to introduce a bit of skepticism, dissent, and disagreement are looked down upon as if there were something unseemly about “rocking the boat.” The godless are treated like some of the worst offenders for daring to question, challenge, or even just ignore claims about the existence of a god or what an alleged god wants of people. People don’t respect those who are skeptical of traditional religion. Adversaries of America's Godless & Skeptics...
