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Rejection of Christianity and Self Esteem:Atheism and Self Esteem part 1 (of 2)

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I have for a long time now contended that most atheists had low self esteem. I found several sources that asserted it but with no empirical proof. What really got me thinking that was the almost desperate need some of them have to mock and ridicule Christians. It struck me that they were doing that to bolster their own egos. I have now found empirical evidence of this notion. There are several studies that claim to demonstrate that atheists have low self esteem. This is still not proof. There is a long way to go to prove the argument, and I'm sure that its not true of all atheists anyway. These studies are limited in many ways. but there are several of them and they do cover more than one culture. It's a good start on exploring a hypothesis. The main study I am examining here, however, is called " rejection of Christianity and Self Esteem. " I will refer to this study as RCSE. All the studies are done by the same group Emyr Williams, Leslie J Francis, Mandy Robbins U...