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

great

[(Anonymous)]

I always wanted to know this. I suspected it (that atheists are the most-hated groups in America), but this helps to prove it. There is no way I could be President. A Militant Muslim has a better chance of being Pres than I do. Why is that? Why are people so afraid of atheism? Is it a remnant of the Red Scare? (Communists are atheists) Or is it something deeper?

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[essentialsaltes.livejournal.com]

Atheists rank above pederasts and telemarketers.

As for why people hate atheists, I think it must be our habit of kidnapping small children and slowly roasting them alive in a crockpot.

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[rsheslin.livejournal.com]

Good Lord! (or whatever.) Where do you get your crockpots? I got mine from CostCo, and there's no way I'd be able to fit a small child in it without deboning first!

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[essentialsaltes.livejournal.com]

Oops... Did I say children? I meant to say 'fetuses torn from the wombs of God-fearing women'.