It doesn’t follow that beliefs held negative about an opposing group are necessarily prejudiced, though. Atheists aren’t anti-theists, for example - atheists w

It doesn’t follow that beliefs held negative about an opposing group are necessarily prejudiced, though. Atheists aren’t anti-theists, for example - atheists who value empirical rationalism as a true and positive philosophy generate beliefs felt as negative (or even threatening) by devout theists. Nevertheless, it’s not fair to characterise atheists as anti-theists, or primarily motivated by prejudice against theists.