Crom abandoned Arnold when he made Junior.Quote:
Originally Posted by runethechamp
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Crom abandoned Arnold when he made Junior.Quote:
Originally Posted by runethechamp
For the record, Islam is the most prevalent religion in the world - not Christianity
Word........... Bitches................Quote:
Originally Posted by frozenwater
That might be a bad movie, but it has a good shot of Arnold's calves in it, and they are scary.Quote:
Originally Posted by Arty50
No doubt that with current trends, it will be some day. Not yet though.Quote:
Originally Posted by mojorisin
Some more fuel for the fire:
In a recent article, UCLA Law Prof Eugene Volokh (and a libertarian right-winger) has documented numerous instances where atheist and agnostic parents lose out in child custody disputes because of judicial bias against their religious views.
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In line with Splat's first point, "University of Minnesota sociologists Penny Edgell, Joseph Gerties and Douglas Hartmann conducted a survey of American public opinion on attitudes towards different groups and found that prejudice against atheists topped the scale. For example, almost 40% of respondents characterized atheists as a group that "does not at all agree with my vision of American society." Note that the question did not ask whether the respondent disagrees with atheists on some issues (which would be a perfectly understandable and noninvidious view), but asks if they are a group that does not at all share his views.
The figures for other groups on this question (with rounding to whole numbers):
Muslims: 26%
Homosexuals: 23
Conservative Christians: 14
Recent immigrants: 13
Jews: 8
Scholars have long recognized that a key indication of tolerance for a group is willingness to accept intermarriage with its members. Here too, intolerance for atheists leads the pack. Below are the percentages of respondents stating, with respect to particular groups, that "I would disapprove if my child wanted to marry a member of this group" (rounded to whole numbers):
Atheists: 48
Muslims: 34
African-Americans: 27
Asian-Americans: 19
Hispanic-Americans: 19
Jews: 12
Conservative Christians: 7"
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For more discussion, analysis, and supposed acceptable justifications for the inter-marriage figure, go to the following links:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2...tml#1144075320
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2...tml#1144100458
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2...tml#1144112305
God, save me from your followers. Are there any openings for immigration in any countries other than jesusland?
I'm trying to make two points:
1) Yes, Mormons are viewed poorly and put upon by the rest of the US, relative to other forms of Christianity. But relative to atheists, they're sitting with the cool kids in the lunchroom.
Quick test: there is at least one openly gay member of Congress (http://www.house.gov/frank/), and several openly Mormon members. How many openly atheist members of Congress are there?
2) This amazingly broad-based suspicion of atheists doesn't appear to have any basis in fact. If anything, there is a correlation in the opposite direction that needs explaining.
I don't have this explanation.
I agree, and said exactly that at the end of my post. Nor do any of these statistics mean anything when speaking of any individual -- that's the definition of prejudice. I count people of multiple faiths among my friends.Quote:
Originally Posted by juicy
You won't find any specific person that 95% of America would vote for. Hilary is an object of strong hatred for the right wing. How many liberals would vote for Condi Rice?Quote:
Originally Posted by shmerham
That's my wording and my fault, not the poll's. You are correct.Quote:
Originally Posted by funkendrenchman
Now who's being naive.... :nonono2:Quote:
Originally Posted by funkendrenchman