If you wanted to get elected President of the United States, which of these would you least like to be? (At least, according to the fraction of those surveyed who said they wouldn’t vote for a candidate with this characteristic):
a) Black
b) Catholic
c) Homosexual
d) Jewish
e) Female
f) Atheist
The answer is here at www.data360.org, an interesting site for finding, sharing, and presenting data.
While you’re browsing it you can see which colleges have the largest endowment per student (there is one in the top five that will shock you), homicide rates by country (guess where the United States ranks before looking), and much, much more.
Hats off to Tom Paper for creating such a great site.
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What about homosexual atheists?
What about homosexual atheists?
I never did understand the “fear” of athiests. It seems that deists don’t like them because they feel they lack a “moral center” or somesuch. But to me it seems that an athiest who does good things is inherently more moral than a deist who does good things — the athiest has no ulterior motive of long-term rewards.
I never did understand the “fear” of athiests. It seems that deists don’t like them because they feel they lack a “moral center” or somesuch. But to me it seems that an athiest who does good things is inherently more moral than a deist who does good things — the athiest has no ulterior motive of long-term rewards.
This would be the perfect topic for RandyfromCanada to chime in and tell us Americans how ridiculous we are.
Well?
This would be the perfect topic for RandyfromCanada to chime in and tell us Americans how ridiculous we are.
Well?
It seems like we are approaching the tipping point regarding homosexual acceptance (Note: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/images/20070523-4_v052307db-0034jpg-731v.html ) , probably be another 50 years before we get their with Atheism.
It seems like we are approaching the tipping point regarding homosexual acceptance (Note: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/images/20070523-4_v052307db-0034jpg-731v.html ) , probably be another 50 years before we get their with Atheism.