S. E. Cupp

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{{cquote|Why would she welcome the inclusion of religion in politics, or be so blind as to think belief somehow makes politicians more trustworthy? She is either deliberately lying to placate her base, or she’s woefully misinformed about the dangers of mixing politics and religion. In any case, she’s not too impressive, and it’s my hope that she’ll quietly fade into obscurity as her ignorance and incompetence is slowly revealed to the general public.|||Jacob Fortin, ''The Good Atheist'' podcast<ref>[http://www.thegoodatheist.net/2010/05/18/is-s-e-cupp-an-atheist/ Is S.E. Cupp an atheist?]</ref>}}

'''Sarah Elizabeth "S. E." Cupp''' {{lived|1979|}}  is an [[United States|American]] [[conservative]] writer and [[Fox News|Fox Noise's]] token "[[atheist]]" who regularly [[concern troll|concern trolls]] for [[religion]].

==Left hand ignoring the right hand==
Cupp says she's an atheist,<ref name="nydailynews">[http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2009/12/23/2009-12-23_se_cupp_belief_and_nonbelief_are_not_equal.html?print=1&page=all "Belief and nonbelief are not equal"], ''New York Daily News''</ref> but, strangely, her views on religion (and, more specifically, [[Christianity]]) and its [[Separation of church and state|place in American society]] are in line with those of the [[religious right|religious wrong]]. But, hey, someone's got to be around to hold the fort when the faithful start [[rapture|mysteriously disappearing]], right?

Cupp has written a book called ''[[Losing Our Religion: The Liberal Media's Attack on Christianity]]''. She has appeared on the [[Fox News]] programs ''[[Sean Hannity|Hannity]]'' and ''Red Eye'' and was interviewed on the Internet radio show ''[[The Young Turks]]''.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWu5fLRCFDk "S.E. Cupp Vs. TYT: Anti-Christian Liberal Media Bias?"]</ref>

Cupp tends to not reply to polite emails that counter her points.<ref name="Andrew Ray Gorman">[http://www.andrewraygorman.info/letters/Letter-to-SE-Cupp-May-22-2010 Letter to S.E. Cupp], Andrew Ray Gorman</ref>

==Religiously atheistic?==
Cupp insists she doesn’t believe but isn't [[Misotheism#Misconception with atheism|mad]] at [[God]] either.

When asked what she used to value about religion she said she valued being part of the Christian community:
{{cquote|I loved a lot. I loved the belonging... I was really turned on by that sense of group identity. You’re one of us.<ref name="Rational Ape">[http://www.rationalape.com/2010/05/o-i-think-i-smell-rat.html O, I Think I Smell a Rat], The Rational Ape</ref> }}
She later contradicted herself and gave curiously irrational reasons for giving up her belief in God:
{{cquote|In part, I became an atheist [because] I’m not really a big joiner. I didn’t want to leave one club for another.<ref name="Rational Ape"/>}}
In the end, her views generally revolve around the stockiest of stock quotations from the [[philosopher]]s she supposedly studied.<ref name="nydailynews"/> She is likely so "successful" because she appeals to what most people perceive or want atheists to be: earnest doubters who, deep in their heart, want to be Christians. She has stated that she admires Christians (particularly [[Evangelical Christian|American Evangelicals]]) and:
{{cquote|...really aspires to be a person of faith some day.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ATz6MS9YPU#t=12m32s Aha.]</ref> }} 

This means she is either an intellectual [[charlatan]], or she believes every cliché and caricature presented to her.  Atheist or not, her reasoning doesn't impress with its (complete lack of) [[rationality]].

==Other stuff==
S. E. stands for Sarah Elizabeth. One only needs to look at the [http://www.amazon.com/Losing-Our-Religion-Liberal-Christianity/dp/1439173168/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_1 picture on the cover of her book] to understand why she chose to be known by her initials rather than her full first name. (She even sounds a little bit like [[Sarah Palin|You-Know-Who]].)

While she doesn't [[hunting|hunt]] moose, she does like fishing, target shooting, and [[Fun:NASCAR|NASCAR]].<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080512043024/www.whywrongaboutright.com/biographies.php Author biography]</ref> Although Cupp panders to "[[Jesusland|Middle America]]" and rails against "[[liberal]] and coastal [[elite]]s," she ''herself'' is one of the latter. She was born in [[California]], raised in [[Massachusetts]], graduated from Cornell, and lives in [[New York City]]. Cupp also seems to think that [[creationism]] should be taught in schools because not doing so would be "insulting" to Christians.<ref>[http://voices.washingtonpost.com/political-bookworm/2010/04/cupp_skips_the_facts_in_arguin.html Cupp Skips the Facts], ''Washington Post''</ref> Because of this, in combination with her atheist concern trolling, many believe that she is in fact a [[deep cover liberal]] and may possibly be the first IRL [[sock puppet]] to ever be discovered.

Perplexingly, S. E. Cupp thinks [[Chris Christie]] should resign over the [[Chris Christie#The bad|Bridgegate]] affair... and then run for [[President of the United States|President]].<ref>[http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/09/is-s-e-cupp-the-dumbest-pundit-working-an-examination/ Is S.E. Cupp The Dumbest Pundit Working? An Examination], The Raw Story</ref> How she thinks he'd be able to recover after resigning from such an affair and still have a clean enough nose to run for President is anybody's guess.

In 2014, Cupp accused [[Bill Nye]] of bullying people on [[global warming]].<ref>[http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/se-cupp-bill-nye-climate-change-bullies Conservative CNN Host Tells Bill Nye That 'Science Guys' Are Bullies], TPM</ref>

On the MSNBC show, which she was briefly a co-host on, S. E. Cupp declared she was an atheist and added, "but I would never vote for an atheist for president. I wouldn't vote for a person who believes in nothing". It was an unusual comment for an atheist to make as people who [[Strawman|characterize]] atheism as a belief in nothing are almost without exception (and almost by definition) theists. It makes one question whether she is conflating her missing thoughts for atheism and appropriating the title, or if like many "former atheists", she's simply mistaken "not going to church" for atheism. The above statement also undermines her position: it implies that she, as an atheist herself, must also believe in nothing—yet she just stated a belief, or at least an opinion.

==See also==
*[[Lying for Jesus]]

==References==
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