Belief-centered religions generate more prejudice against atheists than practice-centered ones

Evidence

Gervais found converging evidence to support this prediction. First, across nations, anti-atheist prejudice among believers was reduced where atheists are more numerous, even after controlling for important individual and international differences, such as conservatism, human development, and individualism. Second, in a Canadian university sample, anti-atheist prejudice was reduced among believers who thought that atheists were more common, and this was the case especially among the most deeply religious participants. Last, it was found that experimentally induced reminders of how common atheists are statistically eliminated anti-atheist prejudice. — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 312 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Perceived atheist prevalence directly reduces anti-atheist prejudice across nations and experiments — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 312; Anti-atheist prejudice stems from trust concerns, not xenophobia or outgroup dislike; Atheism is perceived as a public threat to cooperation, not a private belief (+3 more)

Related

• Anti-atheist prejudice stems from trust concerns, not xenophobia or outgroup dislike (similarity 0.93)
• Cross-national correlations cannot establish causal direction for atheist distrust (similarity 0.90)
• Atheism is perceived as a public threat to cooperation, not a private belief (similarity 0.89)
• An unlikely mechanism reduces atheist distrust even among believers (similarity 0.89)
• Anti-atheist exclusion rises when trust matters critically in a role (similarity 0.87)
• Anti-atheist prejudice cannot be explained by xenophobia or general outgroup distrust. (similarity 0.85)
• Religiosity does not moderate fear of atheists the way it moderates racial views (similarity 0.85)
• Atheists are distrusted more than other stigmatized groups even amid rising tolerance (similarity 0.85)
• Perceived atheist prevalence directly reduces anti-atheist prejudice across nations and experiments (similarity 0.84)
• Anti-atheist prejudice tracks wherever religious majorities dominate (similarity 0.84)
• Outgroup prevalence reduces distrust-based prejudice even as it raises fear-based prejudice (similarity 0.84)
• Traditions that prioritize practice over belief show less prejudice against atheists (similarity 0.84)
• Atheist distrust stems specifically from moral distrust, not fear or disgust (similarity 0.83)
• Atheists are specifically distrusted as moral freeloaders, not disliked generally (similarity 0.83)
• Anti-atheist hostility is not simply generalized prejudice (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• Perceived atheist prevalence directly reduces anti-atheist prejudice across nations and experiments #qualifies (0.78) — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 312
• Anti-atheist prejudice stems from trust concerns, not xenophobia or outgroup dislike #complicates (0.75)
• Atheism is perceived as a public threat to cooperation, not a private belief #expands (0.75)