Atheism

=== Attitudes toward atheism ===

{{See also|Discrimination against atheists}}

Statistically, atheists are held in poor regard across the globe. Non-atheists seem to implicitly view atheists as prone to exhibit immoral behaviors.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gervais |first1=Will M. |last2=Xygalatas |first2=Dimitris |last3=McKay |first3=Ryan T. |last4=van Elk |first4=Michiel |last5=Buchtel |first5=Emma E. |last6=Aveyard |first6=Mark |last7=Schiavone |first7=Sarah R. |last8=Dar-Nimrod |first8=Ilan |last9=Svedholm-Häkkinen |first9=Annika M. |last10=Riekki |first10=Tapani |last11=Klocová |first11=Eva Kundtová |last12=Ramsay |first12=Jonathan E. |last13=Bulbulia |first13=Joseph |title=Global evidence of extreme intuitive moral prejudice against atheists |journal=Nature Human Behaviour |date=August 7, 2017 |volume=1 |issue=8 |page=0151 |doi=10.1038/s41562-017-0151 |url=http://psyarxiv.com/csnp2/ |access-date=September 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118224040/https://psyarxiv.com/csnp2/ |archive-date=January 18, 2018 |url-status=live |hdl=10138/246517 |s2cid=45851307 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> In addition, according to a 2016 [[Pew Research Center]] publication, 15% of French people, 45% of Americans, and 99% of Indonesians explicitly believe that a person must believe in God to be moral. Pew furthermore noted that, in a U.S. poll, atheists and Muslims tied for the lowest rating among the major religious demographics on a "[[feeling thermometer]]".<ref>{{cite web |title=10 facts about atheists |url=http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/06/01/10-facts-about-atheists/ |website=Pew Research Center |access-date=January 23, 2018 |date=June 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121114119/http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/06/01/10-facts-about-atheists/ |archive-date=January 21, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Also, a study of religious college students found that they were more likely to perceive and interact with atheists negatively after considering their mortality, suggesting that these attitudes may be the result of [[Death anxiety#Religiosity|death anxiety]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Cook|first1=Corey L.|last2=Cohen|first2=Florette|last3=Solomon|first3=Sheldon|date=September 1, 2015|title=What If They're Right About the Afterlife? Evidence of the Role of Existential Threat on Anti-Atheist Prejudice|url=https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550615584200|journal=Social Psychological and Personality Science|language=en|volume=6|issue=7|pages=840–846|doi=10.1177/1948550615584200|s2cid=145425706|issn=1948-5506}}</ref>