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→re: Persecution of atheists, Atheism vs. Islam and Atheism and Christmas articles
Lastly, you seem more like a [[S.E. Cupp]] atheist than a [[New Atheism|new atheist]]. I currently come in regular contact with two Cuppian-like [[weak atheism|weak atheists]]/agnostics and we get along very well. In other words, they are not militant atheists with quarrelsome personalities. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 21:09, 27 March 2017 (EDT)
Lastly, you seem more like a [[S.E. Cupp]] atheist than a [[New Atheism|new atheist]]. I currently come in regular contact with two Cuppian-like [[weak atheism|weak atheists]]/agnostics and we get along very well. In other words, they are not militant atheists with quarrelsome personalities. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 21:09, 27 March 2017 (EDT)
::I have my issues with S.E. Cupp, disagree over a couple things. (Specifically saying she would never vote for an atheist president. I don't care at all about a politician's personal religious beliefs as long as they are nonviolent.) As far as religion in America, I know I'm gonna get a lot of hate from both sides of the aisle but I'll say it anyway: there isn't systematic persecution of any religion in America: not Christians, not Atheists, not Muslims. There is the rare occasional lunatic with a screw lose who acts violently against another on the basis of their religion, but there isn't systematic efforts to eliminate any one religion. Society fluctuates religiosity: Church attendance spiked after 9/11, other national tragedies, and times of distress (ex, a recession). I would expect church attendance to slowly drop over time and then suddenly increase again (like if there is a recession), but there are no significant efforts to eliminate church attendance. I think her work ''Losing Our Religion'' goes a bit too far in terms of American politics. Christians are extremely persecuted in other nations, just look at Brunei and Somalia. (Brunei introduced Sharia in 2014 and banned all Christmas celebrations. What kind of monster bans Christmas? Christmas is also banned in Somalia and Tajikistan, not even allowed to mention it on TV in Tajikistan) As for being an atheist, I am an atheist, not an agnostic or weak atheist, I dislike the religious based violence from theocracies like Saudi Arabia, ISIS, and the LRA, and I won't become a militant atheist in the land of the free. If I lived in a nation like Bangladesh or Brunei I might call myself a militant atheist, and I'm completely sympathetic to so-called "militant atheists" in Bangladesh. (Funny how atheists in Bangladesh are called "militant" because they insult Muhammed but the Jammat-e-Islami terrorists who kill them are called "teenage activists" by the government) I tremendously respect the religious people who fight for freedom of religion in theocracies; just look at the writings of [[Raif Badawi]], [[Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mkhaitir]], and [[Hamza Kashgari]].
As for red links, they are articles I'm about to create, so they'll turn blue soon and it saves time.
My point is I'm probably going to add a bit of content on human rights in Brunei, no mention of new Sharia started in 2014 in the article; as well as Christian persecution in Islamic theocracies.