You hate me.... You really really hate me...

[essentialsaltes]

Interesting stuff from a big new poll

"As has been true in previous years, Muslims are less popular than people of other religious faiths but more popular than atheists. Muslim-Americans and Muslims are seen less favorably than Jews (72% favorable), Protestants (70%), and Catholics (69%), and slightly below evangelical Christians (58% favorable, 18% unfavorable). "People who aren't religious" receive favorable ratings similar to Muslims (50%), but the public has a more unfavorable view of the non-religious (33% unfavorable). Majorities of the public continue to give atheists an unfavorable rating: 52%, compared with 34% favorable."

Americans are also more likely to vote for a Muslim than an atheist. Asked whether they had reasons not to vote for a candidate with a particular religion, 14% said they wouldn't vote for a Jew, 15% wouldn't vote for a Catholic, 20% wouldn't vote for an evangelical, 31% wouldn't vote for a Muslim, and 41% would not vote for an atheist.

--Mike

Comments

Feel free to add me

[essentialsaltes.livejournal.com]

And don't let the psychopathic anonymous guy frighten you. That's just Aaron.

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[cumgranosalis.livejournal.com]

thats good to know, cuz anonymous post are a bit frightening

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[rsheslin.livejournal.com]

Aaron likes to think he's frightening, but he's really just a cute little teddy bear.

Um, don't tell anyone, though. It'll ruin his reputation.

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[cumgranosalis.livejournal.com]

lol itll just be ours and who ever else reads this little secret

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[(Anonymous)]

Well, I'd rather like to think of myself as a complex human being, with emotional and intellectual depth plus the potential for great good or great evil. Just like everyone else.

Interesting, though...some people think I'm like a teddy bear, others would think of me as a damned-to-hell atheist. I can be anything and still be nothing (worthless in the grand scheme). Am I negatively capable?

Life's kinda cool that way.

And yeah, it's just me. I don't know how to add a cute amusing picture, nor am I about to sign up for a blog (although, I must admit, if K and I get a kitty like we're planning, the idea of the cat having a blog and just railing on and on about the stupidity of humans does have its appeal).

Sorry to hijack your e-life, Mike.

Arrr