Love thy Neighbour… or not: Christians, but not Atheists, Show High In-Group Favoritism

Atheists are among the most disliked groups in America, which has been explained a variety of ways, one is that atheists hostile towards religion and anti-atheist prejudice therefore reactive. We tested this hypothesis by using 2018 American General Social Survey investigating attitudes atheists, Christians, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, Muslims. initially used general sample Americans, but then identified isolated individuals who were theists, nonreligious religious and/or theistic Christians. Logically, if inordinately religion, we would expect to see greater degree in-group favouritism atheist group out-group dislike. Results indicated several notable findings: 1). significantly more than any other group. 2). rated Hindus as favourably they their own in-group, Muslims less positively (although effect was small). 3). Christian theists showed pronounced strong dislike atheists. No evidence could be found support contention general, Christians specifically, although may have Type II error. If do groups, hypothetical smaller magnitude directed toward