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In reply to the discussion: Scepticism, class, and the 'New Atheists' [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(101,414 posts)Look at the stats in reply #17; follow the link to the full Pew Forum report.
60% of Presbyterian families earn above 50k. 26% earn above 100k.
(taking just mainline Presbyterians, it's 66% and 29%)
59% of atheists earn above 50k. 28% earn above 100k.
67% of Anglicans earn above 50k. 35% earn above 100k.
21% of atheist families earn less than 30k (which is 2 full time minimum wage jobs). For Presbyterians, that's 21% (17% for mainline Presbyterians), and for Anglicans 18%. I think they can definitely be called 'working class'. If we use your 50k cut-off, it's 41%.
Atheists are, on average, a bit better off than the American average (the total population figures are 31% < 30k, 48% >50k, 18% >100k); but not as much as Anglicans.
So, this is why I state, again, 'very few if any of those "poor and working class" people will be "humanist"' is wrong.
Your assumption that any group that donates money to charities that benefit people only outside the group is 'condescending' is, however, appalling. You are calling all overseas charities 'condescending'. Do you really think, when looking at a charity, "this won't benefit people like me - I won't give to it"? That would be ... Republican of you.