Nice to be in such good company

[ciroccoj]

Read this a little while ago and got depressed. Read it again today and got depressed again. I should stop reading it :/

Religious people harbour deep mistrust of atheists, about equal to rapists, says study

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[daf9.livejournal.com]

On the plus side, Muslims were trusted almost as much as Christians.

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

Hee - true. Thanks for seeing the silver lining :) :) :)

[daf9.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! I can't help it - the season and all, ya know? :)

[ladystarstruck.livejournal.com]

Now I'm curious if they asked about level of trust in religious rapists.

But yes, that is depressing. Why should I need some fictional omnipotent being supervising me in order for me to behave prosocially? I would think that people behaving respectfully because it's the right thing to do would be better to put faith in (haha!) than people who only do it because of fear of Hell.