Please clarify. Holding a bias in favor of their own positions is a common human trait. Are you claiming that the atheists in this group are extraordinary in their capacity to be fair and objective?
It is commonly recognized that biases are associated with belief. See Shermer among many others. Scientists are trained to recognize and compensate for biases, especially belief based biases, and do so relatively well due to the threat of peer review either formal or informal.
Generally atheists reject beliefs in anything, preferring a search for valid knowledge without belief biases. In addition atheists generally do not generally have positions to support. As an example I have found that god beliefs are not useful and frequently dysfunctional. However, if someone would show me a useful god belief, I might consider using it, although it is unlikely that I would adopt it. I find the panentheistic belief a useful and functional worldview to study and learn from. However, I need no deity to focus my study. I do very well with the wonder and awesomeness of the world I live on and the Universe which contains it. One might say I take my spirituality unadulterated by imaginary intermediaries.
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