Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-226878-20150710200046/@comment-24891101-20150729222953

Yes, there is some oft-significant degree of xenophobia involved, but again, it's a matter of awareness. And again, general apathy. It is also an issue of separability. Religion, while often deeply intertwined with other aspects of culture, can be more readily distinguished from other factors of culture, and can in some ways be more amenable to change, or at least a way to try is more easily seen. And at some point, what you're saying boils down to the age-old question of, "why are you worried about A when B is happening?"

As to the second, I don't see how. Only those who disbelieve in all gods are termed atheists, and those who disbelieve in some gods but not others are not termed such; they''re numbered among the appropriate religion.