Anti-atheist hostility is not simply generalized prejudice

Evidence

The fact that atheists rouse more antagonism among Americans than even Muslims post 9-11 brings us to another intriguing observation: American attitudes toward atheists are only modestly related to their attitudes toward other stigmatized groups, such as gays and African Americans. This is surprising if anti-atheist feelings were merely the result of generalized prejudice, xenophobia, or an intolerant personality. — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 239

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s analytical bridge — if anti-atheist distrust is distinct from general prejudice rather than generic outgroup hostility, it plausibly derives from the specific moral-reliability threat atheists pose under Big God logic. — connects to: Religiosity does not moderate fear of atheists the way it moderates racial views — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 370
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 239