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newbem

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From reading this article, which of the following would best describe being atheist in American today?
 
  a. It is an accepted identity by most, but not all, Americans, and atheists feel little stigma related to this identity.
  b. It remains a highly controversial identity, and atheists feel a great deal of stigma about choosing this lifestyle.
  c. It is so highly stigmatized that atheists believe that they can only tell other atheists about this identity, lest they get excommunicated from their friends and family.
  d. Atheists feel as if many people are beginning to doubt their own religious beliefs, and increasingly their friends and family are embracing atheism as well.

Question 2

When atheists first began to tell significant others about their new identity, this experience can best be described in which of the following ways?
 
  a. Excruciatingly painful, as these people did not accept their atheist identity and made them feel terrible about giving about religion.
  b. As commonplace, in which their telling others that they were atheists was met by a series of nonchalant and uncaring reactions by most others.
  c. As liberating, a positive experience that tended to produce greater confidence in what they decided and a greater stake in that new identity.
  d. There was no one way that atheists experienced their coming out, and all three ways above were seen as examples of ways atheists told others about their new identity.



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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

C



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