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Anonymous wrote:Multiple studies show that people don’t like or trust atheists. I have always wondered why that is?

Probable multiple reasons, and they’re not exclusive.

People are afraid of something that challenges them and some may not have the background to argue back. That’s on believers.

Atheists’ own behavior can be off-putting and unlikable. Some atheists are great. But if we had to judge atheists on the basis of DCUM’s atheists who insist on insulting believers with words like “myth” and “fairy tale,” who impersonate other posters, who always have to have the last word, or who claim to be expert on Aquinas on the basis of what they’ve read on some atheist website, well that isn’t going to go well either.

You type all of these words saying how you don’t like atheists. Over and over and over again you say it. Over and over and over again you use ad hominem. But atheists never say they don’t like you. The atheists never resort to ad hominem.

Why do you think that is?

I’ll tell you why I think it is if you want.

With due respect, I'm an atheist and I really don't like her.

I'm 16:24 back from a break. One of you asked why people don't like atheists. I gave you several answers, and also put in something against believers.

Sorry if the truth hurts.... Not liking me and putting your head in the sand aren't going to fix your behavioral problems that make people dislike you.

Yet here you are, "back from a break" to stir the pot.

Laughing emoji poster is one of the most annoying posters on dcum, per dcum.

You made it into a thread specifically about that topic.

+ agree on both points. 😂 is basically a troll. And don’t ask why people dislike atheists and not expect to get any answers.

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Anonymous wrote:Multiple studies show that people don’t like or trust atheists. I have always wondered why that is?

Probable multiple reasons, and they’re not exclusive.

People are afraid of something that challenges them and some may not have the background to argue back. That’s on believers.

Atheists’ own behavior can be off-putting and unlikable. Some atheists are great. But if we had to judge atheists on the basis of DCUM’s atheists who insist on insulting believers with words like “myth” and “fairy tale,” who impersonate other posters, who always have to have the last word, or who claim to be expert on Aquinas on the basis of what they’ve read on some atheist website, well that isn’t going to go well either.

You type all of these words saying how you don’t like atheists. Over and over and over again you say it. Over and over and over again you use ad hominem. But atheists never say they don’t like you. The atheists never resort to ad hominem.

Why do you think that is?

I’ll tell you why I think it is if you want.

With due respect, I'm an atheist and I really don't like her.

I'm 16:24 back from a break. One of you asked why people don't like atheists. I gave you several answers, and also put in something against believers.

Sorry if the truth hurts.... Not liking me and putting your head in the sand aren't going to fix your behavioral problems that make people dislike you.

Yet here you are, "back from a break" to stir the pot.

Laughing emoji poster is one of the most annoying posters on dcum, per dcum.

You made it into a thread specifically about that topic.

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Anonymous wrote:Multiple studies show that people don’t like or trust atheists. I have always wondered why that is?

Probable multiple reasons, and they’re not exclusive.

People are afraid of something that challenges them and some may not have the background to argue back. That’s on believers.

Atheists’ own behavior can be off-putting and unlikable. Some atheists are great. But if we had to judge atheists on the basis of DCUM’s atheists who insist on insulting believers with words like “myth” and “fairy tale,” who impersonate other posters, who always have to have the last word, or who claim to be expert on Aquinas on the basis of what they’ve read on some atheist website, well that isn’t going to go well either.

You type all of these words saying how you don’t like atheists. Over and over and over again you say it. Over and over and over again you use ad hominem. But atheists never say they don’t like you. The atheists never resort to ad hominem.

Why do you think that is?

I’ll tell you why I think it is if you want.

With due respect, I'm an atheist and I really don't like her.

I'm 16:24 back from a break. One of you asked why people don't like atheists. I gave you several answers, and also put in something against believers.

Sorry if the truth hurts.... Not liking me and putting your head in the sand aren't going to fix your behavioral problems that make people dislike you.

Yet here you are, "back from a break" to stir the pot.

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Anonymous wrote:Multiple studies show that people don’t like or trust atheists. I have always wondered why that is?

Probable multiple reasons, and they’re not exclusive.

People are afraid of something that challenges them and some may not have the background to argue back. That’s on believers.

Atheists’ own behavior can be off-putting and unlikable. Some atheists are great. But if we had to judge atheists on the basis of DCUM’s atheists who insist on insulting believers with words like “myth” and “fairy tale,” who impersonate other posters, who always have to have the last word, or who claim to be expert on Aquinas on the basis of what they’ve read on some atheist website, well that isn’t going to go well either.

You type all of these words saying how you don’t like atheists. Over and over and over again you say it. Over and over and over again you use ad hominem. But atheists never say they don’t like you. The atheists never resort to ad hominem.

Why do you think that is?

I’ll tell you why I think it is if you want.

With due respect, I'm an atheist and I really don't like her.

I'm 16:24 back from a break. One of you asked why people don't like atheists. I gave you several answers, and also put in something against believers.

Sorry if the truth hurts.... Not liking me and putting your head in the sand aren't going to fix your behavioral problems that make people dislike you.

Yet here you are, "back from a break" to stir the pot.

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Anonymous wrote:Multiple studies show that people don’t like or trust atheists. I have always wondered why that is?

Probable multiple reasons, and they’re not exclusive.

People are afraid of something that challenges them and some may not have the background to argue back. That’s on believers.

Atheists’ own behavior can be off-putting and unlikable. Some atheists are great. But if we had to judge atheists on the basis of DCUM’s atheists who insist on insulting believers with words like “myth” and “fairy tale,” who impersonate other posters, who always have to have the last word, or who claim to be expert on Aquinas on the basis of what they’ve read on some atheist website, well that isn’t going to go well either.

You type all of these words saying how you don’t like atheists. Over and over and over again you say it. Over and over and over again you use ad hominem. But atheists never say they don’t like you. The atheists never resort to ad hominem.

Why do you think that is?

I’ll tell you why I think it is if you want.

With due respect, I'm an atheist and I really don't like her.

I'm 16:24 back from a break. One of you asked why people don't like atheists. I gave you several answers, and also put in something against believers.

Sorry if the truth hurts.... Not liking me and putting your head in the sand aren't going to fix your behavioral problems that make people dislike you.

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Anonymous wrote:A 2009 survey showed that atheists were the most hated demographic group in Brazil, among several other minorities polled, being almost on par with drug addicts. According to the research, 17% of the interviewees stated they felt either hatred or repulsion for atheists, while 25% felt antipathy and 29% were indifferent.[52]

I would never have guessed atheists were so disliked in Brazil.

Despite polling showing that nonbelievers make up an increasingly large part of the population there is only one public atheist in all of the state legislatures across the nation. Few politicians have been willing to acknowledge their lack of belief in supreme beings, since such revelations have been considered "political suicide".[85][86] (talking about the US here)

A 2015 Gallup survey found that 40% of Americans would not vote an atheist for president,[88] and in polls prior to 2015, that number had reached about 50%.[89][90] A 2014 study by the University of Minnesota found that 42% of respondents characterized atheists as a group that did "not at all agree with my vision of American society", and that 44% would not want their child to marry an atheist. The negative attitudes towards atheists were higher than negative attitudes towards African-Americans and homosexuals but lower than the negative attitudes towards Muslims.[91] Many in the U.S. associate atheism with immorality, including criminal behaviour, extreme materialism, communism and elitism.[92]

I personally don’t hold any of these views.

I think that is all changing. The millennials and Gen Z have a much lower rate of religious belief and affiliation than past generations. Those results will be much different ten years from now.

Globally, atheism is projected by Pew to shrink.

The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050

Why Muslims Are Rising Fastest and the Unaffiliated Are Shrinking as a Share of the World’s Population

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2015/04/02/religious-projections-2010-2050/

Atheists, agnostics and other people who do not affiliate with any religion – though increasing in countries such as the United States and France – will make up a declining share of the world’s total population.

Wow, if you extrapolate, it really is the Islamic Century

a bit misleading though.
Consider Indonesia for example, the 4th largest population in the world.
If its population increases by say 2 million next year, then the world just added 2 million muslims.
If the Philippines adds a million people next year, you just got a million more Catholics. Same for Mexico.
Some of these countries with very high birthrates do not have any freedom to choose your religion.

Good point ... If you look at the "Religious Switching" chart, the atheists (unaffiliated) are the best evangelists ... at the expense of the Christians.

Pew has done other studies that show that 75% of the population in Saudi Arabia are atheist.

Saudi Arabia has a young and rapidly growing Muslim population. The kingdom has more than 30 million inhabitants, and roughly 93% of them are Muslim, according to Pew Research Center data. The country is officially a Muslim nation and most Saudi Muslims are Sunni. However, a Shia minority accounts for an estimated 10% to 15% of the population. Additionally, Saudi Arabia is a young country: In 2015, about 56% of the kingdom’s Muslims were under the age of 30. The number of Muslims in Saudi Arabia is projected to increase 51% between 2015 and 2050, though their share of the global Muslim population is expected to remain small at about 2%.

The Saudi Arabian government follows an ultraconservative Wahhabi interpretation of the Quran. Wahhabism began as a social and religious reform movement in the 18th century and is closely associated with the founding and consolidation of the Saudi kingdom. Wahhabism calls for the literal interpretation of the Quran and includes strict enforcement of religious codes and practices. For decades, the Wahhabi doctrine has been upheld by clerics who run the judiciary and by religious police. But, recently, Crown Prince Mohammed has been pushing back against the clerical establishment and has even stripped the religious police of the power to make arrests.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2018/04/12/5-facts-about-religion-in-saudi-arabia/

Could you link to the Pew study that shows that 75% of Saudi Arabia is atheist?

It was a WIN/Gallup poll.

“25% of people in Saudi Arabia are not religious. (5% identified as specifically Atheist, 19% identified as not religious and 1% did not respond). In other words, 1 out of every four Saudi’s identify as not religious.”

https://www.skeptical-science.com/religion/religion-declines-worldwide-pluments-ireland/

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Anonymous wrote:A 2009 survey showed that atheists were the most hated demographic group in Brazil, among several other minorities polled, being almost on par with drug addicts. According to the research, 17% of the interviewees stated they felt either hatred or repulsion for atheists, while 25% felt antipathy and 29% were indifferent.[52]

I would never have guessed atheists were so disliked in Brazil.

Despite polling showing that nonbelievers make up an increasingly large part of the population there is only one public atheist in all of the state legislatures across the nation. Few politicians have been willing to acknowledge their lack of belief in supreme beings, since such revelations have been considered "political suicide".[85][86] (talking about the US here)

A 2015 Gallup survey found that 40% of Americans would not vote an atheist for president,[88] and in polls prior to 2015, that number had reached about 50%.[89][90] A 2014 study by the University of Minnesota found that 42% of respondents characterized atheists as a group that did "not at all agree with my vision of American society", and that 44% would not want their child to marry an atheist. The negative attitudes towards atheists were higher than negative attitudes towards African-Americans and homosexuals but lower than the negative attitudes towards Muslims.[91] Many in the U.S. associate atheism with immorality, including criminal behaviour, extreme materialism, communism and elitism.[92]

I personally don’t hold any of these views.

I think that is all changing. The millennials and Gen Z have a much lower rate of religious belief and affiliation than past generations. Those results will be much different ten years from now.

Globally, atheism is projected by Pew to shrink.

The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050

Why Muslims Are Rising Fastest and the Unaffiliated Are Shrinking as a Share of the World’s Population

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2015/04/02/religious-projections-2010-2050/

Atheists, agnostics and other people who do not affiliate with any religion – though increasing in countries such as the United States and France – will make up a declining share of the world’s total population.

Wow, if you extrapolate, it really is the Islamic Century

a bit misleading though.
Consider Indonesia for example, the 4th largest population in the world.
If its population increases by say 2 million next year, then the world just added 2 million muslims.
If the Philippines adds a million people next year, you just got a million more Catholics. Same for Mexico.
Some of these countries with very high birthrates do not have any freedom to choose your religion.

Good point ... If you look at the "Religious Switching" chart, the atheists (unaffiliated) are the best evangelists ... at the expense of the Christians.

Pew has done other studies that show that 75% of the population in Saudi Arabia are atheist.

Saudi Arabia has a young and rapidly growing Muslim population. The kingdom has more than 30 million inhabitants, and roughly 93% of them are Muslim, according to Pew Research Center data. The country is officially a Muslim nation and most Saudi Muslims are Sunni. However, a Shia minority accounts for an estimated 10% to 15% of the population. Additionally, Saudi Arabia is a young country: In 2015, about 56% of the kingdom’s Muslims were under the age of 30. The number of Muslims in Saudi Arabia is projected to increase 51% between 2015 and 2050, though their share of the global Muslim population is expected to remain small at about 2%.

The Saudi Arabian government follows an ultraconservative Wahhabi interpretation of the Quran. Wahhabism began as a social and religious reform movement in the 18th century and is closely associated with the founding and consolidation of the Saudi kingdom. Wahhabism calls for the literal interpretation of the Quran and includes strict enforcement of religious codes and practices. For decades, the Wahhabi doctrine has been upheld by clerics who run the judiciary and by religious police. But, recently, Crown Prince Mohammed has been pushing back against the clerical establishment and has even stripped the religious police of the power to make arrests.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2018/04/12/5-facts-about-religion-in-saudi-arabia/

Could you link to the Pew study that shows that 75% of Saudi Arabia is atheist?

It was a WIN/Gallup poll.

“25% of people in Saudi Arabia are not religious. (5% identified as specifically Atheist, 19% identified as not religious and 1% did not respond). In other words, 1 out of every four Saudi’s identify as not religious.”

https://www.skeptical-science.com/religion/religion-declines-worldwide-pluments-ireland/

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Anonymous wrote:A 2009 survey showed that atheists were the most hated demographic group in Brazil, among several other minorities polled, being almost on par with drug addicts. According to the research, 17% of the interviewees stated they felt either hatred or repulsion for atheists, while 25% felt antipathy and 29% were indifferent.[52]

I would never have guessed atheists were so disliked in Brazil.

Despite polling showing that nonbelievers make up an increasingly large part of the population there is only one public atheist in all of the state legislatures across the nation. Few politicians have been willing to acknowledge their lack of belief in supreme beings, since such revelations have been considered "political suicide".[85][86] (talking about the US here)

A 2015 Gallup survey found that 40% of Americans would not vote an atheist for president,[88] and in polls prior to 2015, that number had reached about 50%.[89][90] A 2014 study by the University of Minnesota found that 42% of respondents characterized atheists as a group that did "not at all agree with my vision of American society", and that 44% would not want their child to marry an atheist. The negative attitudes towards atheists were higher than negative attitudes towards African-Americans and homosexuals but lower than the negative attitudes towards Muslims.[91] Many in the U.S. associate atheism with immorality, including criminal behaviour, extreme materialism, communism and elitism.[92]

I personally don’t hold any of these views.

I think that is all changing. The millennials and Gen Z have a much lower rate of religious belief and affiliation than past generations. Those results will be much different ten years from now.

Globally, atheism is projected by Pew to shrink.

The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050

Why Muslims Are Rising Fastest and the Unaffiliated Are Shrinking as a Share of the World’s Population

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2015/04/02/religious-projections-2010-2050/

Atheists, agnostics and other people who do not affiliate with any religion – though increasing in countries such as the United States and France – will make up a declining share of the world’s total population.

Wow, if you extrapolate, it really is the Islamic Century

a bit misleading though.
Consider Indonesia for example, the 4th largest population in the world.
If its population increases by say 2 million next year, then the world just added 2 million muslims.
If the Philippines adds a million people next year, you just got a million more Catholics. Same for Mexico.
Some of these countries with very high birthrates do not have any freedom to choose your religion.

Good point ... If you look at the "Religious Switching" chart, the atheists (unaffiliated) are the best evangelists ... at the expense of the Christians.

Pew has done other studies that show that 75% of the population in Saudi Arabia are atheist.

Saudi Arabia has a young and rapidly growing Muslim population. The kingdom has more than 30 million inhabitants, and roughly 93% of them are Muslim, according to Pew Research Center data. The country is officially a Muslim nation and most Saudi Muslims are Sunni. However, a Shia minority accounts for an estimated 10% to 15% of the population. Additionally, Saudi Arabia is a young country: In 2015, about 56% of the kingdom’s Muslims were under the age of 30. The number of Muslims in Saudi Arabia is projected to increase 51% between 2015 and 2050, though their share of the global Muslim population is expected to remain small at about 2%.

The Saudi Arabian government follows an ultraconservative Wahhabi interpretation of the Quran. Wahhabism began as a social and religious reform movement in the 18th century and is closely associated with the founding and consolidation of the Saudi kingdom. Wahhabism calls for the literal interpretation of the Quran and includes strict enforcement of religious codes and practices. For decades, the Wahhabi doctrine has been upheld by clerics who run the judiciary and by religious police. But, recently, Crown Prince Mohammed has been pushing back against the clerical establishment and has even stripped the religious police of the power to make arrests.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2018/04/12/5-facts-about-religion-in-saudi-arabia/

Could you link to the Pew study that shows that 75% of Saudi Arabia is atheist?

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Anonymous wrote:A 2009 survey showed that atheists were the most hated demographic group in Brazil, among several other minorities polled, being almost on par with drug addicts. According to the research, 17% of the interviewees stated they felt either hatred or repulsion for atheists, while 25% felt antipathy and 29% were indifferent.[52]

I would never have guessed atheists were so disliked in Brazil.

Despite polling showing that nonbelievers make up an increasingly large part of the population there is only one public atheist in all of the state legislatures across the nation. Few politicians have been willing to acknowledge their lack of belief in supreme beings, since such revelations have been considered "political suicide".[85][86] (talking about the US here)

A 2015 Gallup survey found that 40% of Americans would not vote an atheist for president,[88] and in polls prior to 2015, that number had reached about 50%.[89][90] A 2014 study by the University of Minnesota found that 42% of respondents characterized atheists as a group that did "not at all agree with my vision of American society", and that 44% would not want their child to marry an atheist. The negative attitudes towards atheists were higher than negative attitudes towards African-Americans and homosexuals but lower than the negative attitudes towards Muslims.[91] Many in the U.S. associate atheism with immorality, including criminal behaviour, extreme materialism, communism and elitism.[92]

I personally don’t hold any of these views.

I think that is all changing. The millennials and Gen Z have a much lower rate of religious belief and affiliation than past generations. Those results will be much different ten years from now.

Globally, atheism is projected by Pew to shrink.

The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050

Why Muslims Are Rising Fastest and the Unaffiliated Are Shrinking as a Share of the World’s Population

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2015/04/02/religious-projections-2010-2050/

Atheists, agnostics and other people who do not affiliate with any religion – though increasing in countries such as the United States and France – will make up a declining share of the world’s total population.

Wow, if you extrapolate, it really is the Islamic Century

a bit misleading though.
Consider Indonesia for example, the 4th largest population in the world.
If its population increases by say 2 million next year, then the world just added 2 million muslims.
If the Philippines adds a million people next year, you just got a million more Catholics. Same for Mexico.
Some of these countries with very high birthrates do not have any freedom to choose your religion.

Good point ... If you look at the "Religious Switching" chart, the atheists (unaffiliated) are the best evangelists ... at the expense of the Christians.

Pew has done other studies that show that 75% of the population in Saudi Arabia are atheist.

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Anonymous wrote:A 2009 survey showed that atheists were the most hated demographic group in Brazil, among several other minorities polled, being almost on par with drug addicts. According to the research, 17% of the interviewees stated they felt either hatred or repulsion for atheists, while 25% felt antipathy and 29% were indifferent.[52]

I would never have guessed atheists were so disliked in Brazil.

Despite polling showing that nonbelievers make up an increasingly large part of the population there is only one public atheist in all of the state legislatures across the nation. Few politicians have been willing to acknowledge their lack of belief in supreme beings, since such revelations have been considered "political suicide".[85][86] (talking about the US here)

A 2015 Gallup survey found that 40% of Americans would not vote an atheist for president,[88] and in polls prior to 2015, that number had reached about 50%.[89][90] A 2014 study by the University of Minnesota found that 42% of respondents characterized atheists as a group that did "not at all agree with my vision of American society", and that 44% would not want their child to marry an atheist. The negative attitudes towards atheists were higher than negative attitudes towards African-Americans and homosexuals but lower than the negative attitudes towards Muslims.[91] Many in the U.S. associate atheism with immorality, including criminal behaviour, extreme materialism, communism and elitism.[92]

I personally don’t hold any of these views.

I think that is all changing. The millennials and Gen Z have a much lower rate of religious belief and affiliation than past generations. Those results will be much different ten years from now.

Globally, atheism is projected by Pew to shrink.

The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050

Why Muslims Are Rising Fastest and the Unaffiliated Are Shrinking as a Share of the World’s Population

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2015/04/02/religious-projections-2010-2050/

Atheists, agnostics and other people who do not affiliate with any religion – though increasing in countries such as the United States and France – will make up a declining share of the world’s total population.

Wow, if you extrapolate, it really is the Islamic Century

a bit misleading though.
Consider Indonesia for example, the 4th largest population in the world.
If its population increases by say 2 million next year, then the world just added 2 million muslims.
If the Philippines adds a million people next year, you just got a million more Catholics. Same for Mexico.
Some of these countries with very high birthrates do not have any freedom to choose your religion.

Good point ... If you look at the "Religious Switching" chart, the atheists (unaffiliated) are the best evangelists ... at the expense of the Christians.

Anonymous wrote:I believe a lot of that is because people interpret atheist as being anti-theist. I mean who's nasty enough to be against God? I think the believers are deluded but generally harmless - so I'm not against them. While an atheist doesn't believe in God, usually due to a lack of any evidence, it doesn't necessarily mean they are against God. I can pretty much respect all the world's religions as long as they stay in their lane and out of my face about it.

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Anonymous wrote:A 2009 survey showed that atheists were the most hated demographic group in Brazil, among several other minorities polled, being almost on par with drug addicts. According to the research, 17% of the interviewees stated they felt either hatred or repulsion for atheists, while 25% felt antipathy and 29% were indifferent.[52]

I would never have guessed atheists were so disliked in Brazil.

Despite polling showing that nonbelievers make up an increasingly large part of the population there is only one public atheist in all of the state legislatures across the nation. Few politicians have been willing to acknowledge their lack of belief in supreme beings, since such revelations have been considered "political suicide".[85][86] (talking about the US here)

A 2015 Gallup survey found that 40% of Americans would not vote an atheist for president,[88] and in polls prior to 2015, that number had reached about 50%.[89][90] A 2014 study by the University of Minnesota found that 42% of respondents characterized atheists as a group that did "not at all agree with my vision of American society", and that 44% would not want their child to marry an atheist. The negative attitudes towards atheists were higher than negative attitudes towards African-Americans and homosexuals but lower than the negative attitudes towards Muslims.[91] Many in the U.S. associate atheism with immorality, including criminal behaviour, extreme materialism, communism and elitism.[92]

I personally don’t hold any of these views.

I think that is all changing. The millennials and Gen Z have a much lower rate of religious belief and affiliation than past generations. Those results will be much different ten years from now.

Globally, atheism is projected by Pew to shrink.

The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050

Why Muslims Are Rising Fastest and the Unaffiliated Are Shrinking as a Share of the World’s Population

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2015/04/02/religious-projections-2010-2050/

Atheists, agnostics and other people who do not affiliate with any religion – though increasing in countries such as the United States and France – will make up a declining share of the world’s total population.

if religious affiliation increases it's not because more people are becoming believers -- it's because if you are born in some countries with very high birth rates you are, per se, a Catholic or a Muslim for example. You have no choice. This is not true of countries with a better educated populace and a higher standard of living like the U.S. and Western Europe.

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Anonymous wrote:Multiple studies show that people don’t like or trust atheists. I have always wondered why that is?

Probable multiple reasons, and they’re not exclusive.

People are afraid of something that challenges them and some may not have the background to argue back. That’s on believers.

Atheists’ own behavior can be off-putting and unlikable. Some atheists are great. But if we had to judge atheists on the basis of DCUM’s atheists who insist on insulting believers with words like “myth” and “fairy tale,” who impersonate other posters, who always have to have the last word, or who claim to be expert on Aquinas on the basis of what they’ve read on some atheist website, well that isn’t going to go well either.

You type all of these words saying how you don’t like atheists. Over and over and over again you say it. Over and over and over again you use ad hominem. But atheists never say they don’t like you. The atheists never resort to ad hominem.

Why do you think that is?

I’ll tell you why I think it is if you want.

With due respect, I'm an atheist and I really don't like her.

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Anonymous wrote:Multiple studies show that people don’t like or trust atheists. I have always wondered why that is?

Probable multiple reasons, and they’re not exclusive.

People are afraid of something that challenges them and some may not have the background to argue back. That’s on believers.

Atheists’ own behavior can be off-putting and unlikable. Some atheists are great. But if we had to judge atheists on the basis of DCUM’s atheists who insist on insulting believers with words like “myth” and “fairy tale,” who impersonate other posters, who always have to have the last word, or who claim to be expert on Aquinas on the basis of what they’ve read on some atheist website, well that isn’t going to go well either.

You type all of these words saying how you don’t like atheists. Over and over and over again you say it. Over and over and over again you use ad hominem. But atheists never say they don’t like you. The atheists never resort to ad hominem.

Why do you think that is?

I’ll tell you why I think it is if you want.