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== Atheists are living in denial about Conservpedia's atheism articles ==

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Conservapedia was founded by [[Andy Schlafly]] who is the son of the late anti-[[feminism|feminist]] [[Phyllis Schlafly]]. Yet, even the feminist [[Monica Shores]] quoted Conservapedia's material related to the [[New Atheism|new atheist]] [[Richard Dawkins]]. Her ''Ms. Magazine'' article titled ''Will “[[New Atheism]]” Make Room For Women?'' was one of the first articles criticizing the New Atheism movement for being [[sexism|sexist]].<ref>[http://msmagazine.com/blog/2010/11/01/will-new-atheism-make-room-for-women/ ''Will “New Atheism” Make Room For Women''] by Monica Shores, ''Ms. Magazine''</ref> She also cited [[Conservapedia]] in her article and indicated: "The lack of lady presence is so visible that Conservapedia commented on it by noting that [[Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science website|Dawkins’ website]] overwhelmingly attracts male visitors."<ref>[http://msmagazine.com/blog/2010/11/01/will-new-atheism-make-room-for-women/ ''Will “New Atheism” Make Room For Women''] by Monica Shores, ''Ms. Magazine''</ref>

Conservapedia has one the largest collection of articles on atheism on the internet. Its main atheism article and its collection of atheism article have both received a considerable amount of web traffic. The [[Freedom From Atheism Foundation]] has featured Conservapedia atheism content on their Facebook page which receives a considerable amount of social media traffic. In addition, large Christian YouTube channels have commentated favorably on Conservapedia's atheism articles. According to the web traffic tracking company [[Alexa]], as of 11/2/2017, Conservapedia receives 62.3% of its web traffic from the United States.<ref>[https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/conservapedia.com Alexa- Conservapedia]</ref>

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The findings of this most recent survey support the argument that atheists are persistent cultural outsiders in the United States because they are perceived to have rejected cultural values and practices understood as essential to private morality, civic virtue, and national identity. Moreover, any refusal to embrace a religious identity of any type is troubling for a large portion of Americans.<ref>[http://cla.umn.edu/news-events/news/atheists-remain-most-disliked-religious-minority-us Atheists Remain Most Disliked Religious Minority in the US]</ref>}}

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Conservapedia was founded by [[Andy Schlafly]] who is the son of the late anti-[[feminism|feminist]] [[Phyllis Schlafly]]. Yet, even the feminist [[Monica Shores]] quoted Conservapedia's material related to the [[New Atheism|new atheist]] [[Richard Dawkins]]. Her ''Ms. Magazine'' article titled ''Will “[[New Atheism]]” Make Room For Women?'' was one of the first articles criticizing the New Atheism movement for being [[sexism|sexist]].<ref>[http://msmagazine.com/blog/2010/11/01/will-new-atheism-make-room-for-women/ ''Will “New Atheism” Make Room For Women''] by Monica Shores, ''Ms. Magazine''</ref> She also cited [[Conservapedia]] in her article and indicated: "The lack of lady presence is so visible that Conservapedia commented on it by noting that [[Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science website|Dawkins’ website]] overwhelmingly attracts male visitors."<ref>[http://msmagazine.com/blog/2010/11/01/will-new-atheism-make-room-for-women/ ''Will “New Atheism” Make Room For Women''] by Monica Shores, ''Ms. Magazine''</ref>

Atheists have tried to pretend that Conservapedia's atheism article are merely reinforcing the opinions of Christian fundamentalists and nobody else take the material seriously. Yet, this is obviously not true.

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