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[quote=Anonymous]Here is an adaptation of a question I asked in the “What do Atheists Believe?” thread. http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/729573.page  It seems better suited for its own discussion:

Reading through questions posters are asking about atheists and atheism, I wonder how people got some of these ideas (e.g., atheists having a “worldview;” atheists not contributing to worthy causes because they are not religious; atheists …“who decide, screw it, there’s no punishment so I’ll just steal and murder and die rich and happy”; people thinking that atheism has theories about things, the way a belief system would.

I know when I was growing up, everyone seemed to have a religion and there was not much talk of atheism. Still, atheists were generally, but vaguely, considered to be lesser people because they didn't believe in God. The only atheist I ever heard of was the woman who took prayer out of the public schools, and she was presented as a villain. It wasn't until I started to become an atheist that I thought about atheism in any depth.

So I'm asking – do your questions about atheists and atheism come from personal speculation? from church? from your family? From books, TV, the movies? something else? 
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