Atheists are so misunderstood :(

[CindysRain]

I'm grateful that this site exists. Atheists are so misunderstood, it's mind boggling.
Religion is the problem, not atheism.
Read an article in USA Today that in the US, atheists are as distrusted as rapists. I'll post the link later.
Where do they get their facts?

Sorry to ramble. I just needed to come to a place where you all GET IT.

Thanks for letting me vent! <3

I agree that religion is the problem and the reason that atheism has such a negative stigma. Back when I was a christian, I believed that atheists had no morals and were cold-hearted. Not proud of that!

It is what we were taught in church....because anyone who doesn't believe in our god, couldn't possibly be a good person. I never disliked them, but always felt a little afraid of them. Now I know better, and realize how incredibly ridiculous, that thought process is.