Americans and Religion

[Nystul]

I recently stumbled upon this article.

Is this a view any of the american posters here can recognize?

It seems like pretty anecdotal, shoddy research, but at the same time the results are hardly surprising. We are almost all descended from immigrants, as far as that goes. Christians and Muslims, for all of their differences, still have a lot in common. Atheism is the most extreme possible philosophical difference one could have from a Christian. Even a Satanist at least believes that Satan exists. If you are going to get married and raise a family, any of these differences will present difficulties, although they are not insurmountable.

At the same time, what are the practical implications of this? When you walk past someone in street, you know if they are black, white, hispanic, Asian, etc. If they are a fundamentalist Muslim, you will probably also know by the clothing their faith requires them to wear. If a person has a heavy accent or primarily does not speak English, you know. This allows distrust to turn into prejudice. The average American may trust an Iraqi immigrant more than they trust an atheist in theory, but which do you suppose will actually face more discrimination in practice?