Are atheists still the most hated minority in America?

[Pat Mustard]

I'm just speaking from personal experience with people in my family (simple Midwesterners).  I don't claim this is happening to all older people, but it would be an interesting case study.  I work in a hospital.  I do IT work now, but I was in direct patient care for a few years and seen many older dying patients visited by the clergy.  I've had families tell me that mom or dad hasn't been to church for years, but this is probably a good time for communion.  

It does in fact seem counter intuitive to me.  The older I get and the more I see what religion and faith has done to the world, the more against it I've become.  I've told my parents that I'm an atheist.  I really don't think they knew what to say.

It's a behaviour encouraged by the clergy, even moreso if there's money involved. You'll often see a priest hanging over a dying person like a vulture, when they'd never come near them in health.

[Huggy Bear]

I remember the University of Minnesota, conducted a study which showed that atheists are the most despised group in the US.

Whatever...

[Little lunch]

I went to a leper party once with a leper friend of mine.
He left early because everyone was using his back as a dip.
I stayed on and cleaned up at the poker table.
Everyone kept throwing their hands in.
The only guy who didn't laughed his head off at the spectacle and I had no one left to drive me home.