Oh please. I haven't seen such hateful christians in my life. Was this study done YESTERDAY? I can only imagine the congrats the gay community got from christians. And if more old white christians could use twitter, they would win hands down.

Some were very positive and others not at all.

..."Christians on twitter appear to follow the 'ignorance is bliss' guideline"?

Neither is "Atheists post more negatively on twitter."

They said they post less analytically and more happily. What part of that isn't analogous to what I said?

And in what way is your own statement not accurate either?

I also read your summary. Neither of which impact my original statement... or even yours that you posted in return. Perhaps that's what *you* should read more carefully.

How about we start with yours since I would hope that understanding words you typed yourself shouldn't be a huge obstacle.

Starting with what you stated here:

"Analysis does not equal unhappiness."

Neither is "Atheists post more negatively on twitter."

So, you say atheists do post more negatively than theists.

Ok. Far be it from me to argue.

You *did* read the study right? I mean you're the one that posted it...

That is what started this spurious little subthread.

It said they were less thoughtful and analytical and that they were more "positive".

That is a peculiar conclusion to draw from data suggesting they were less analytical.

It is much more than analysis alone.

...somewhat less than rigorous or analytical varieties of thought.

They are on display on the forums on a regular basis after all. Doesn't change my initial observation, I would hope the reason for that would be not too difficult to deduce. (Of course that would require analytical thought... so...)

It would be refreshing to see rigorous analysis applied to those preconceived notions.

...a proper understanding of what those were, as opposed to silly assumptions of what they were.

A friend of mine found Jesus and suddenly her Facebook page was full of little God quote pictures. What was it? 4 new pictures a day?

Plus my southern baptist missionary uncle who only joined twitter to quote the bible by. And all of my evangelical fundamentalist relatives I kept tabs on to see what bigoted opinion comes out of them. Bible, bible, bible quotes mostly though.

Then the other question would be how many Christians were left out if they didn't?

First off, the population that uses twitter is skewed and I would be very reluctant to draw any conclusions at all that generalize to christians or atheists.

Secondly, I think the link to community that they note may be the biggest difference. If this is indeed the case, than non-believers who engage in groups might not vary much.