DO YOU BELIEVE IN ATHEISTS? DISTRUST IS CENTRAL TO ANTI-ATHEIST PREJUDICE

ÔÇ£ÔǪA┬ábroad sample of American adults revealed that distrust characterized anti-atheist prejudice but not anti-gay prejudice. In subsequent studies, distrust of atheists generalized even to participants from more liberal, secular populations. A description of a criminally untrustworthy individual was seen as comparably representative of atheists and rapistsÔǪÔÇØ