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The participants, who were from religious and nonreligious backgrounds, most often chose the atheist teacher.

Maybe you could show me where the religious people chose the atheist teacher the majority of the time?

"The participants, who were from religious and nonreligious backgrounds, most often chose the atheist teacher."

A quote located in the middle of the article. I would have expected the non-religious types to balance it out more.

I'm operating under the assumption that the percentages of religious/non-religious participants in the study was remotely similar to that of the overall population in both countries, where non-religious people are a very small minority.

That still would not mean they would choose the atheist teacher the majority of the time. It is likely but unless we had actual figures it can't be proven.

You know what happens when one assumes....

It's hard to trust someone that doesn't know what to believe in themselves, is that what you're saying?

Not really... I just don't trust them. I don't consider myself very religious at all - I don't go to church, I rarely (if ever) pray, etc.

But I know there's a higher power and it blows my mind that some people deny that. I don't want to list all the reasons, but there are plenty of reasons to believe in at least some presence.

One of the most sound and airtight studies I've ever seen. Those damn atheist teachers stealing money, at least they aren't raping people like those rapist teachers.

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I'm not religious but I agree with this. There's unnecessary hostility that both sides of the debate are guilty of.

I just gotta ask, wtf was up with that question and answer scenario. Would the first thing that pops into your head if you see a damaged parked car be to ask whether or not it was a teacher, an atheist teacher, or a rapist teacher?

Oh, come on. If the way he worded it wasn't disparaging then I don't know what is.

I honestly don't care if you're atheist, pagan, muslim, etc. I'm Catholic myself. I disagree with atheism from a religious standpoint. Does that give me the right to trash anyone and anything related to atheism in my sight? No. And the same goes for atheists. But there are those on both sides who see it as their (non)god-given right to tear down the other side. Frankly, there are hard-core so-called "Christians" whom I find just as amusing(and simultaneously annoying) as militant atheists (coughcoughrickperrycoughcough).

I suppose you interpreted it differently then.