Atheist trolls, atheists and abnormal psychological makeups

The perverse and cruel atheist Marquis de Sade in prison, 18th century line engraving. See also: Atheism and sadism

Below are the abnormal psychological makeups associated with online trolls and atheists (see also: Atheism and mental illness).

## Contents

* 1 Atheist trolls with abnormal psychological makeups
* 1.1 Atheism and sadism
* 1.2 Atheism and narcissism
* 1.2.1 Antitheism and narcissism: University of Tennessee study
* 1.2.2 Study: General public believes atheists are more narcissistic
* 1.3 Atheism and psychopathy
* 1.4 Atheism and sociopathy
* 1.4.1 Atheists with a sociopathic personality structure and the occult
* 2 Atheists and other associations with mental illness
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## Atheist trolls with abnormal psychological makeups[edit]

See also: Atheist trolls

Colloquially, people with the Dark Tetrad of personality are known as sadists, narcissists, psychopaths, and sociopaths.[1]

The abstract for the journal article Trolls just want to have fun published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences indicates:

"In two online studies (total N = 1215), respondents completed personality inventories and a survey of their Internet commenting styles. Overall, strong positive associations emerged among online commenting frequency, trolling enjoyment, and troll identity, pointing to a common construct underlying the measures. Both studies revealed similar patterns of relations between trolling and the Dark Tetrad of personality: trolling correlated positively with sadism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism, using both enjoyment ratings and identity scores. Of all personality measures, sadism showed the most robust associations with trolling and, importantly, the relationship was specific to trolling behavior. Enjoyment of other online activities, such as chatting and debating, was unrelated to sadism. Thus cyber-trolling appears to be an Internet manifestation of everyday sadism."[2]

### Atheism and sadism[edit]

See also: Atheism and sadism

The atheist Marquis de Sade (1740-1814) was an infamous French aristocrat and author of heavily philosophical pornography, as well as more traditional essays on philosophy.[3] Sadism, a paraphilia in which pleasure is derived from inflicting pain or seeing pain being inflicted on others, is named after him. The debauched lifestyle of the Marquis de Sade caused him to have periods of imprisonment.[4] See also: Atheism and sadism

### Atheism and narcissism[edit]

See also: Atheism and narcissism

A beggar in Bangkok, Thailand where the nontheistic form of Buddhism called the Theravada school of Buddhism is prevalent.

In 2010, the Pew Research Forum indicated that 93.2% of the people of Thailand were Buddhists.[5]

Per capita atheists and agnostics in America give significantly less to charity than theists even when church giving is not counted for theists (See: Atheism and uncharitableness).

Narcissism is excessive love of oneself.

The Christian organization Got Questions Ministry declares about atheism and narcissism:

“  |  The very essence of all sin is self-determination. By denying the existence of a Creator, atheists can do whatever they please without concern for future judgment or eternal consequences (Matthew 12:36; Romans 14:12; 1 Peter 4:5; Hebrews 4:13). In the twenty-first century, self-worship has become culturally acceptable. Atheism appeals to a generation raised on evolutionary theory and moral relativism. John 3:19 says, “Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.” If human beings are self-created, self-determined, and self-centered, then there is no moral law or lawgiver to whom they must submit. There are no absolutes and no one to whom they are ultimately accountable. By adopting such a mindset, atheists can focus on seeking pleasure in this life alone.

The attitude is nothing new, but the changing cultural norms are making it more openly acceptable. Romans 1:18–31 details the results of this rejection of God’s authority. Verse 28 says, “God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done.” Our world is seeing the results of that depravity. What atheists call “enlightenment,” God calls foolishness. Verses 22–23 say, “Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools.” Since the “fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom” (Psalm 111:10; Proverbs 1:7; 9:10), then the denial of the Lord (atheism) is the beginning of foolishness.[6]

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Jesus Christ and his apostles taught a gospel of love which included sacrificial love.[7] Jesus said, "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." (John 15:13).

A Christian article entitled Atheism and Narcissism, Never Far Apart states:

“  |  Let’s face it, as long as narcissism exists, there will be atheism. Atheism results from the desire to be completely self-reliance – even excluding God (the obvious end consequence of which is ultimately death. It’s inescapable) .

As an opposite extreme, Christianity is the pursuit of complete reliance and self-denial (the end result being eternal life and a greater purpose in this current life). These two viewpoints are total opposites and can never be reconciled together.

In my opinion, that’s why atheists hate Christians… because they know that their own life is short and will ultimately be meaningless. [8]

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In his essay The Triumph of the Gospel of Love, Monk Themistocles Adamopoulo wrote:

“  |  In variant degrees, it appears from our extant historical evidence, that the early Church genuinely attempted to apply this Gospel of love in its life and witness. How then was it expressed in praxis during the first four centuries of the Church's existence?

Christians undertook a great deal of almsgiving to the poor not only to fellow believers but to pagans as well. So amazed was the anti-Christian pagan emperor Julian the Apostate (361-363 AD), with the sheer benevolence and excellence of Christian philanthropy that he was forced to admit in wonder their superiority over paganism in matters of charity:

"These godless Galileans (ie. Christians) feed not only their own poor but ours: our poor lack our care" (Ep. Sozom. 5:16).

Widows and orphans in particular became the recipients of special financial support and respect. This created a most favourable impression upon the pagan world. The sick, the infirm and the disabled also became an integral part, wherever possible, of the Church's obedience to Christ's commandment to love (Matt 25:35-36). Indeed in times of contagious epidemics raging through the cities of the Mediterranean world, ancient documentary evidence suggests that Christians were more likely to stay on to care and visit the stricken rather than attempt to flee as the pagans were often inclined to do.[9]

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Per capita atheists and agnostics in America give significantly less to charity than theists even when church giving is not counted for theists (See: Atheism and uncharitableness).

#### Antitheism and narcissism: University of Tennessee study[edit]

See also: Atheism and dogmatism and Atheism and open-mindedness

According to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Tennessee:

“  |  If any subset of our non-belief sample fit the “angry, argumentative, dogmatic” stereotype, it is the Anti-Theists. This group scored the highest amongst our other typologies on empirical psychometric measures of anger, autonomy, agreeableness, narcissism, and dogmatism while scoring lowest on measures of positive relations with others.[10] |  ”

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#### Study: General public believes atheists are more narcissistic[edit]

A study found that atheists were more likely to be seen as narcissistic than religious believers - especially male atheists.[11] See also: Atheism and arrogance

The abstract for the 2017 journal article The perception of atheists as narcissistic which was originally published in the journal Psychology of Religion and Spirituality indicates:

"Research into prejudice toward atheists has generally focused on broad characteristics. Some of these characteristics (i.e., self-centeredness, elitism, individualism, and immorality) indicate a possible prejudice of narcissism. To investigate this specific prejudice, the present study used the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (Raskin & Terry, 1988), the Hypersensitive Narcissism Scale (Hendin & Cheek, 1997), and the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (Davis, 1983), which were adjusted so that the items of each measure were changed from first-person statements to third-person statements to measure participants’ perceptions. Participants (N = 359) were given a description of a fictitious individual named Alex, portrayed to them as either male or female and atheist or religious, or male or female with no additional information (creating 6 experimental groups), and then asked to complete the measures as they thought the individual would. Participants consistently rated atheists higher on narcissism measures and lower on empathy measures, indicating a perception of greater narcissism and a lack of empathy compared with religious individuals and controls. Participants’ perceptions of Alex were affected by his or her gender in conjunction with his or her religion, and the 2 variables of gender and religion interacted to create different patterns of perception. In general, interactions indicated differences in the way religion and gender impacted the perception of individuals as narcissistic, affecting perceptions of males more than females. The results are consistent with research findings that perceptions of atheists tend to be negative and prejudicial. This study highlights the need to compare perceptions with actual personality differences between atheists and religious individuals."[12]

### Atheism and psychopathy[edit]

See also: Atheism and psychopathy

A few studies have found that there is a positive correlation of atheism and psychopathy (see: Atheism and psychopathy).

A 2016 study relating to atheism and psychopathy published in Plus One indicates:

“  |  Similarly, a survey of 312 college students examining the relationship between Religious/Spiritual Well-Being (RSWB) and ‘dark triad’ personality traits found that “RSWB was confirmed to be negatively correlated with these negative aspects of personality, in particular with subclinical psychopathy.”

...moral concern is associated with a spiritual worldview.[13]

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According to the 2014 journal article Correlates of psychopathic personality traits in everyday life: results from a large community survey published in the journal Frontiers of Psychology lack of belief in God is positively associated with psychopathy.[14]

### Atheism and sociopathy[edit]

See also: Atheism and sociopathy

Joseph Stalin's atheistic regime killed tens of millions of people.

See also: Atheistic communism, mass murder and sociopathic leaders

#### Atheists with a sociopathic personality structure and the occult[edit]

See also: Atheism and the occult and Irreligion and superstition and Atheism and satanic deception and Atheism and the supernatural and Atheism and life after death

The journal article Atheism and the occult published in the Journal of Social Sciences indicated:

“  |  Atheists with a sociopathic personality structure have a greater degree of predisposition to express different forms of occult practice. The results of canonical discriminant analysis have shown that occultist syndrome in atheists is a component of a kind of sociopathic aggression whose latent structure is defined by materialistic-hedonistic orientation, impulsive aggression and asocial aggression in the positive direction, and altruism in the negative direction. Atheists with a sociopathic personality structure have a greater degree of predisposition to express different forms of occult practice.

(Google translated version of the journal article).[15]

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A very prevalent view of the occult is that it is Satanic (see also: Atheism and satanic deception).

## Atheists and other associations with mental illness[edit]

See also: Atheism and mental illness

The prestigious Mayo Clinic found that that religious involvement and spirituality are associated with better physical health, mental health, health-related quality of life and other health outcomes.[16]

Atheism and mental illness is an increasingly important topic of study in light of the growing list of atheist shooters and serial killers.

The abstract for the journal article Health and Well-Being Among the Non-religious: Atheists, Agnostics, and No Preference Compared with Religious Group Members published in the Journal of Religion and Health indicates: "On dimensions related to psychological well-being, atheists and agnostics tended to have worse outcomes than either those with religious affiliation or those with no religious preference."[17]

Global News reported:

“  |  Children who are raised with religious or spiritual beliefs tend to have better mental health into their adulthood, a new study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found.

According to the study’s findings, people who attended weekly religious services or prayed or meditated daily in their childhood reported greater life satisfaction in their 20s. People who grew up in a religious household also reported fewer symptoms of depression and lower rates of post-traumatic stress disorder.[18]

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Atheists and negative emotions/thoughts:

* Atheism and emotional problems

* Atheism and depression

* Atheism and suicide

* Atheism and negative emotions/thoughts

* Atheism and anxiety

## See also[edit]

* Atheism and health
* Atheism and foolishness
* The fool says in his heart, "There is no God."

## References[edit]

1. ↑ The 9 dark personality traits of narcissists, psychopaths, and sociopaths — and what they mean
2. ↑ Trolls just want to have fun, Personality and Individual Differences, Volume 67, September 2014, Pages 97-102]
3. ↑ http://www.trivia-library.com/a/biography-of-famous-atheist-marquis-de-sade.htm
4. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A676190
5. ↑ Pew Research Center - Global Religious Landscape 2010 - religious composition by country.
6. ↑ Causes of atheism, Got Questions Ministry
7. ↑ The Triumph of the Gospel of Love by Monk Themistocles ((Adamopoulo)
8. ↑ Atheism and Narcissism, Never Far Apart. The Rob Project
9. ↑ The triumph of the Gospel of love by Monk Themistocles Adamopoulo
10. ↑ University Researchers Say There Are Six Typologies of Non-Believers. Which One Are You?, Friendly Atheist blog
11. ↑ The perception of atheists as narcissistic, Dubendorff, S. J., & Luchner, A. F. (2017), Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 9(4), 368-376.
12. ↑ The perception of atheists as narcissistic, Dubendorff, S. J., & Luchner, A. F. (2017), Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 9(4), 368-376.
13. ↑ Why Do You Believe in God? Relationships between Religious Belief, Analytic Thinking, Mentalizing and Moral Concern by Anthony Ian Jack , Jared Parker Friedman, Richard Eleftherios Boyatzis, Scott Nolan Taylor, Plus One, March 23, 2016
14. ↑ Correlates of psychopathic personality traits in everyday life: results from a large community survey by Scott O. Lilienfeld, Robert D. Latzman, Ashley L. Watts, Sarah F. Smith, and Kevin Dutton, Frontiers of Psychology, 2014
15. ↑ Atheism and the occult, Journal of Social Sciences, 32 (2008), 2; 357-366]
16. ↑ Mueller, Dr. Paul S. et al. (December 2001). "Religious involvement, spirituality, and medicine: implications for clinical practice". Mayo Clinic Proceedings vol. 76:12, pp. 1225-1235. Retrieved from Mayo Clinic Proceedings website on July 20, 2014.
17. ↑ Health and Well-Being Among the Non-religious: Atheists, Agnostics, and No Preference Compared with Religious Group Members by Hayward RD, Krause N, Ironson G, Hill PC, Emmons R., Journal of Religion and Health, 2016 Jun;55(3):1024-1037. doi: 10.1007/s10943-015-0179-2.
18. ↑ Religion can help improve children’s mental health, new study finds, Global News, 2018