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Decline of the secular left (view source)
Revision as of 04:00, January 31, 2022
, 04:00, January 31, 2022→Decline of China's influence. China is a declining power
The U.S. Supreme Court Justice [[Brett Kavanaugh]], who was appointed by Trump, is a judge who has ruled in favor of [[religious liberty]] in his past decisions.<ref>[https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/07/18/these-6-cases-show-how-brett-kavanaugh-might-rule-on-religious-freedom/ These 6 Cases Show How Brett Kavanaugh Might Rule on Religious Freedom], Daily Signal, 2018</ref> U.S. Supreme Court Justice [[Neil Gorsuch]], who was also nominated to the court by Trump, gave a favorable ruling in the [[Hobby Lobby]] case in respect to religious liberty.<ref>[http://time.com/4705858/neil-gorsuch-religious-minorities/ Neil Gorsuch Has a Record of Protecting Religious Minorities], Time magazine, 2017</ref> See also: [[Morale of the atheist movement]]
The U.S. Supreme Court Justice [[Brett Kavanaugh]], who was appointed by Trump, is a judge who has ruled in favor of [[religious liberty]] in his past decisions.<ref>[https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/07/18/these-6-cases-show-how-brett-kavanaugh-might-rule-on-religious-freedom/ These 6 Cases Show How Brett Kavanaugh Might Rule on Religious Freedom], Daily Signal, 2018</ref> U.S. Supreme Court Justice [[Neil Gorsuch]], who was also nominated to the court by Trump, gave a favorable ruling in the [[Hobby Lobby]] case in respect to religious liberty.<ref>[http://time.com/4705858/neil-gorsuch-religious-minorities/ Neil Gorsuch Has a Record of Protecting Religious Minorities], Time magazine, 2017</ref> See also: [[Morale of the atheist movement]]
== Decline of China's influence. China is a declining power ==
== China and secular leftism. Decline of China's influence. China is a declining power ==
See also: [[China and atheism]]
See also: [[China and atheism]]
[[File:China on globe.png|thumbnail|200px|right|[[China]] has the largest atheist population in the world.<ref>
*[http://www.thechapmans.nl/news/Atheist.pdf Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics (Zuckerman, 2005)]
*[https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/23/a-surprising-map-of-where-the-worlds-atheists-live/ A surprising map of where the world’s atheists live], ''Washington Post'' By Max Fisher and Caitlin Dewey May 23, 2013</ref> ]]
[[China]] has the world's largest [[atheism|atheist]] population and practices [[state atheism]].<ref name="thechapmans.nl">[http://www.thechapmans.nl/news/Atheist.pdf Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics (Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref><ref name="washingtonpost.com">[https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/23/a-surprising-map-of-where-the-worlds-atheists-live/ A surprising map of where the world’s atheists live], ''Washington Post'' By Max Fisher and Caitlin Dewey May 23, 2013</ref> China has one of the highest rates of atheism in the world.<ref name="thechapmans.nl"/><ref name="washingtonpost.com"/> According to a 2012 Worldwide Independent Network/Gallup International Association (WIN/GIA) poll, 47% of Chinese people were convinced atheists, and a further 30% were not religious. In comparison, only 14% considered themselves to be religious.<ref>{{cite news|title= Global Index of Religiosity and Atheism |publisher= [[WIN/GIA|Gallup]]|date=|url= http://www.winmr.com/web/files/news/14/file/14.pdf |accessdate=2012-11-28}}</ref>
[[East Asia]] contains about 25 percent of the world's population. China's population represents 20 percent of the people on earth.<ref>[http://www.sbts.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2015/10/Pages-from-SBJT-V15-N2_Terry.pdf The Growth of Christianity in East Asia]</ref>
Razib Khan points out in ''Discover Magazine'', "most [[secular]] nations in the world are those of East Asia, in particular what are often termed “[[Confucianism|Confucian]] societies.” It is likely therefore that the majority of the world’s [[Atheism|atheists]] are actually East Asian."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150905135558/http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2010/11/most-atheists-are-not-white/ Most atheists are not white & other non-fairy tales], Discover magazine</ref> See: [[Asian atheism]] and [[Global atheism]]
On November 1, 2014, an article in ''The Economist'' entitled ''Cracks in the [[Atheism|atheist]] edifice'' declared about the [[growth of Christianity in China]]:
{{cquote|Officials are untroubled by the clash between the city’s famously freewheeling capitalism and the [[Communism|Communist]] Party’s ideology, yet still see religion and its symbols as affronts to the party’s [[atheism]]...
Yang Fenggang of Purdue University, in Indiana, says the Christian church in China has grown by an average of 10% a year since 1980. He reckons that on current trends there will be 250m Christians by around 2030, making China’s Christian population the largest in the world. Mr. Yang says this speed of growth is similar to that seen in fourth-century Rome just before the conversion of [[Constantine]], which paved the way for Christianity to become the religion of his empire.<ref>[https://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21629218-rapid-spread-christianity-forcing-official-rethink-religion-cracks ''Cracks in the atheist edifice''], ''The Economist'', November 1, 2014</ref>}}
=== Decline of China's influence. China is a declining power ===
*[https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/09/24/china-great-power-united-states/ China Is a Declining Power—and That’s the Problem], Foreign Policy, Septemeber 24, 2021
*[https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/09/24/china-great-power-united-states/ China Is a Declining Power—and That’s the Problem], Foreign Policy, Septemeber 24, 2021
*[https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/china/2021-10-01/end-chinas-rise The End of China’s Rise], Foreign Afrairs, October 1, 2021
== Emergence of the alt-right ==
== Emergence of the alt-right ==