I suspect that many paranormal believers think of atheists/materialists as shallow, consumerist, short-termist and greedy people who can't possibly be living ethical or meaningful lives, and they think this explains why these people won't accept the evidence for paranormal phenomena. They just want to go on living their immoral lives, and they don't want anything to get in the way of this. This is the kind of stereotype or caricature that seems to be there in the background. Alex has made many comments that suggest he does have this kind of prejudice, and I've certainly heard similar comments from many other believers.
The key point is, paranormal believers find it very difficult to admit that there are good honest atheists/materialists out there who just don't believe in the paranormal, and so there is a tendency to demonize the other side and try to come up with all sorts of conspiracy theories to explain why these guys won't accept the evidence.
Wow. Is that what Materialists think? You think all the "woo merchant" believers think Materialists are these evil, nasty people that are shallow and greedy and lead meaningless lives... and that's why they can't see the light of evidence?
LOL!! I've never heard anything so ridiculous in my life. No what you have described is mirroring your own fears... maybe you should look within because if you think people are treating you a certain way, it may just be that you are looking at a reflection in the mirror. What you have just described is exactly what makes religious cults like the Westbro Baptist church tick.
Any of this look familiar?
Westbro Baptist Cult - Create website deliberately spreading misinformation so that they can attack gays, non god fearers, minority groups.... anyone who doesn't believe what they believe.
Materialists - Create and take over websites (Rationalwiki/Wikipedia/Youtube) deliberately spreading misinformation so that they can attack Psychics, Parapsychologists, Anyone interested in PSI... anyone who doesn't believe what they believe.
Westbro Baptist Cult - Attack and Ridicule famous people that they can discredit to use as pawns to push their beliefs.
Materialists - Attack and Ridicule well known Psychics and Parapscyhologists that they can discredit and use as pawns to push their beliefs.
Westbro Baptist Cult - Attend high profile events where they hold up placards aimed at angering those in attendance and telling them they are being conned by the Devil.
Materialists - Attend high profile events where they hold up placards aimed at angering those in attendance and telling them they are being conned by Psychics.
Westbro Baptist Cult - Spend their time trying to convince grieving people that their recently deceased loved one is burning in hell.
Materialists - Spend there time trying to convince grieving people that their recently deceased loved one is dead and you will never see them again so there is no use praying or going to a Medium because it's all fake.
Feel free to put in the name of any Psychic or Parapsychologist that does the same thing. Maybe this is why you believe everyone thinks there is no such thing as
"good honest atheists/materialists out there"? Because it is a reflection of how a small but noisy part of the group acts?