Anti-atheist prejudice is specifically about distrust, not general dislike.

Evidence

When given this description, almost no participants thought it likely that Richard was both a teacher and an atheist. Of course, not associating atheists with poor hygiene does not prove that atheists are stigmatized only as freeriders—there could be other anxieties and stereotypes at play that we did not measure. However, at the very least we know that while believers tend to think that a description of an untrustworthy individual is representative of atheists, they do not find that a description of a merely unpleasant fellow is representative of atheists. — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 281

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

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