Pew Research Center says,
"Last week, the Pew Research Center released the results of a new survey concerning who Americans would want – or rather,
wouldn’t want – for an in-law. While about 10 percent of Americans said they’d be unhappy if a family member married someone of a different political
persuasion, and about 30 percent of Americans said they’d be unhappy if a family member married a gun owner,
nearly 50 percent of Americans said that they’d be unhappy if a family member married an atheist."
Why Americans Hate Atheists
Heh. Hating is not good for the soul, so it's probably hate the sin and not the sinner.
But sometimes as in the case of marriage, one can't easily separate the two.
Anyway, it got me thinking what criticisms are valid of atheists (besides leading to being Communists). I didn't want to use the #1 popular answer, the i-word -- IMMORAL. I would say they are selfish. There's the immorality, but I think that's a bit harder to quantify.
For example, abortion. Those in favor are focusing on their own lives instead of the baby's life. Drugs. It's not to treat one's pain and suffering or a medical condition, but to get one to a pleasant, happy state or state of euphoria. Materialsim. People want to buy, buy, buy and the pleasure in buying is only temporary. And more.
So how can I quantify selfishness? How about selfies? I'm not saying it's just the atheists who take selfies, as we all do it to some degree. Are the atheists more self-absorbed and into taking more selfies?
What about those who want to take just the right selfie or take a lot of selfies so they can post on social media? I can only guess what possesses these people to take the "perfect" selfie and in the process get killed over it. Are these people atheist? Do atheists have more selfish traits than the religious?
Here's a recent one. Drunk, too. Probably not the last either.
Man taking selfie on Germany autobahn killed after getting hit by car
Man taking selfie on Germany autobahn killed after getting hit by car