I went from a +32 to a -32. Ranked lower than Muslim? Should probably put out an American flag at the apartment.

Well, Baptists have a 45% positive and atheists have a 45% negative. Coincidence? I think not.

By the way, I thought you identified yourself as a "militant agnostic."

My campaign against Methodists seems to be falling short. Back to the drawing board.

By the way, I thought you identified yourself as a "militant agnostic."

For the purposes of this exercise, I'm pretty sure I'm in the cohort.

It's surprising to me that Baptists only have a 10% total negative.

What this survey is telling me is that a large portion of America doesn't give a $#!+ what you believe, as long as you don't try to force it down other people's throats or try to brainwash people.

I suspect a little self-censorship from the Christian Zionist masses on the "Jews" part of that questionnaire.

Whay's not to like about Benny the Nazi?

I suspect a little self-censorship from the Christian Zionist masses on the "Jews" part of that questionnaire.

Nah. First of all, we're awesome. Second, the fundies love us because we're helping to bring about Armageddon in the holy land.

It would be nice to have figures for "Christians" as a group, instead of subdivided into this and that flavor of Jesus love.

Also, the whole concept of the survey is bogus, because it doesn't adjust for what proportion of the overall sample each group represents. For example, if the survey group is mostly Methodist, it's only logical that Methodists fare best. On the other hand, since Jews were probably a minority of the sample, our kickass showing is all the more impressive. Finally, it's no surprise that Atheists come up short because they're one group that all the other groups (except Scientologists) can unite against: they don't believe in the Abrahamic god of the Bible/Koran. Scientologists also fall in this category, plus they're raging a**holes to boot.

A more meaningful and informative way to show the survey results would be to show (1) how each of the 10 groups feels about each of the other nine groups, and (2) what percentage of the sample group each of the 10 groups represents.

First of all, we're awesome.

As someone who likes bagels and lox, I'm compelled to agree.

the fundies love us because we're helping to bring about Armageddon in the holy land.

I think they especially like the part where you're all killed or stop being Jews. What we really need to figure out is their stance on cuisine.

Also, the whole concept of the survey is bogus, because it doesn't adjust for what proportion of the overall sample each group represents.

True.

Get a load of this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjMRgT5o-Ig

Evangelical Christianity does not love Jews, it rather fetishizes them.

I think Jews are fine. After all, it is almost stating the obvious that America's #1 hero, Superman, is a Jew.

http://www.aish.com/societyWork/arts/SuperMensch.asp

So fundies are slightly worse than evangelicals? How can you tell?

Of course the namby-pamby Methodists come out on top. People prefer the denomination with the least religion in it.

My mother was raised Methodist. She calls them "God's luke-warm people."

"My mother was raised Methodist. She calls them "God's luke-warm people.""

Why? I have this vague recollection of Jesus commenting, not kindly, about like-warm believers.

Anyway, it's nice to see that Scientologist have almost completely recouped their traditional reputation/image for being a creepy, nefarious cult.

What this survey is telling me is that a large portion of America doesn't give a $#!+ what you believe, as long as you don't try to force it down other people's throats or try to brainwash people.

And as long as you're not an atheist. Or a Muslim. Or Mormon.

My first thought was, "what? I thought the fundies liked the Catholics these days!"

Then I realized that the negatives against the Catholics are all probably coming from the secular liberals like Apo.

Weird that it doesn't include other Protestants. What of the Presbyterians, the Lutherans, the Episcopalians?

They're all Methodists on the inside.

Just wait 'til they find out HRC is a Methodist. That'll bring those numbers down.

7% of Americans are Scientologists? that doesn't seem right.

It's surprising to me that Baptists only have a 10% total negative.

Me too.

If someone had asked me to guess which religious group was the most positively viewed, I would have guessed Episcopalian. Too bad they're not represented.

What does this tell us, other that what we already know about human nature?

We are tribal and so feel more comfortable about those who are most like us, and uncomfortable with those who don`t want to be in our group - especially those like the atheists who deliberately reject an important aspect of our group identity. For that reason, betcha if they polled about agnostics, they`d fare MUCH better than atheists.

24: It is more than this, I think. Believers think that all morality springs from the divine being and therefore unbelievers are immoral. This aspect of group identity pretends to stem from cultural values regarding moral behavior, but is more about conformity than morality. Believers are good because they seek social acceptance or fear damnation. Atheists are good because of their personal convictions.

#12: I think they especially like the part where you're all killed or stop being Jews.

Dammit, I knew there had to be a catch.

Scientology is registered to the Religious Technology Corporation. It's our mumbo-jumbo, not yours, and you can't even talk about it or we'll sue.

It works for me, and that's what counts;
Give us cash in large amounts.

HA! The Presbyterian plan to run everything without anyone knowing we're here continues apace!

Everybody loves Presbyterians because you can rearrange the letters to spell Britney Spears.

29: No, apo, everyone loves Britney Spears because you can rearrange the letters to spell "Presbyterians". Duh.

I would be curious to see Americans' views towards polytheistic religions and other non-monotheistic beliefs - like neopaganism or something like that? Would these be more favorable than Atheists?

31: Probably not. At least atheists bathe.

Need I remind you of that place called Salem? We've come a long way, though. Now fire is merely threatened in the afterlife.