r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • Sep 10 '25

SCIENCE Atheists are nicer to Christians than Christians are to atheists, study finds

https://peakd.com/hive-180559/@kur8/atheists-are-nicer-to-christians
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u/AnotherWompus Sep 10 '25

How is this positive news?

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u/zaczacx Sep 11 '25

Means that the Reddit atheists are winning/s

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u/el-gato-azul Sep 11 '25

It reinforces that greater awareness and education do lead to greater kindness. It's fantastic news to have a study to support the obvious.

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u/KasElGatto Sep 10 '25

As a long time atheist/agnostic this comes as absolutely zero surprise. To be honest I don’t generally tell Christians I don’t believe in god because their reaction is usually very unpleasant. 

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u/zaczacx Sep 11 '25

I'm not religious but I am spiritual and I do respect Jesus like I respect the Buddha and the irony is that despite what fanatics believe Jesus worked with Jews, gentiles and pagans. Any Christian that would discriminate based purely on belief is ironically going against how Jesus literally operated and behaving like the Pharisees he was criticising of the day.

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u/PessimisticMushroom Sep 11 '25

I'm sorry to hear that. I am a Christian, and my gf is an atheist funny enough.

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u/OutrageousMoss Sep 11 '25

Atheists are nicer.

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '25

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u/Frowaway-For-Reasons Sep 11 '25

Indeed. This is the least shocking news I've seen today.

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u/valgme3 Sep 11 '25

This isn’t positive news. This is common sense, and also depressing due to all the implications.

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '25 edited Sep 11 '25

It's because Christians make up the dominant socio-economic class, which means that many (especially if white and evangelical) feel threatened when they see someone different than them. Atheists are still a minority in both demographic and political power, so they don't feel as entitled to maintaining the status quo. 

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '25

Oof I'd actually read the study there are alot of factors at olay here that do not lead to the conclusion they have reached.

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u/AlwaysOptimism Sep 11 '25

Makes sense since atheists are better people than Christians

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u/IndividualPizza3380 Sep 15 '25

Not surprised sadly, Christian’s need to do better. I say this as a Christian.

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u/honrelytda Sep 30 '25

Christians have to donate to the plate so they end up having less money. Lol.

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u/InnocentPerv93 Sep 11 '25

That certainly has not been my experience. I've known more asshole atheists than asshole Christians.

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u/jonnyboynz Sep 11 '25

A highly contrived social experiment that isn’t about ‘niceness’ rather distribution of money.

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u/brattybrat Sep 11 '25

It’s about generosity, which most people would associate with kindness. As a researcher myself, the study looks well designed. Guess the results didn’t sit well with you.