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  • 10 myths--and 10 truths--about atheism (Libertarian Dreams On Christmas Eve)

    12/24/2006 8:04:05 AM PST · by shrinkermd · 467 replies · 6,631+ views
    LA Times ^ | 24 December 2006 | Sam Harris,
    The article begins thusly: SEVERAL POLLS indicate that the term "atheism" has acquired such an extraordinary stigma in the United States that being an atheist is now a perfect impediment to a career in politics (in a way that being black, Muslim or homosexual is not). According to a recent Newsweek poll, only 37% of Americans would vote for an otherwise qualified atheist for president. Atheists are often imagined to be intolerant, immoral, depressed, blind to the beauty of nature and dogmatically closed to evidence of the supernatural. The article then lists 10 things allegedly attributed to atheists but which...