The full study is awaiting publication in Social Psychological and Personality Science journal but a pre-print version is available here. If you lack an active belief in gods, you are an atheist.
It just means that the assertion that gods exist has left you unconvinced. The only common thread that ties all atheists together is a lack of belief in gods. Some of the best debates we have ever had have been with fellow atheists.
This is because atheists do not have a common belief system, sacred scripture or atheist Pope. This means atheists often disagree on many issues and ideas. Atheists come in a variety of shapes, colors, beliefs, convictions, and backgrounds. We are as unique as our fingerprints. Atheists exist across the political spectrum. We are members of every race. There are atheists in urban, suburban, and rural communities and in every state of the nation.
We have more than affiliates and local partners nationwide. Many of these have been quite good. I mentioned earlier that I watched an atheist give an invocation before a town board she had previously sued.
Her name is Linda Stephens, and her speech was inclusive and inspiring. While the Christian majority has occasionally welcomed atheism into the public square, often our presence has been met with ridicule, anger, and derision. Displays have been torn down , school groups have faced hostility by teachers and administrators , and board members have occasionally left a meeting room rather than listen to an atheist invocation. We have been putting up with this kind of treatment for a long time, and our numbers are still rising.
In the future, I may still be a little sad, but atheism as a whole will likely become a loud, mainstream, and inescapable force in American public life.
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