Everybody hates athiests

Nobody loves an athiest. Well, at least according to a University of Minnesota study.

The study found that Americans: "rate atheists below Muslims, recent immigrants, homosexuals and other groups as 'sharing their vision of American society.' Americans are also least willing to let their children marry atheists," according to a story in the Minnesota Daily.

I suppose the purpose of this study is to inform you that if you were thinking of choosing atheism as a career path, you might want to think again. Perhaps you could pretend to be some other religion, or homosexual, so that you get more feel good vibes from the rest of the population.

It's just un-American to not believe in some sort of God, the article continues:

"Americans traditionally have been a religious people and associate faith with being a good citizen. The survey results indicate that this belief hasn't changed.

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Those surveyed tended to view people who don't believe in a god as the 'ultimate self-interested actor who doesn't care about anyone but themselves,' said Penny Edgell," author of the study.

So much for separation of church and state, eh?

Cheers,
-SueVo