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You're creating a weird distinction to try and justify that western atheism is derived from christianity, which doesn't make sense given that the same stances e
by notfromhere 7y ago
You're creating a weird distinction to try and justify that western atheism is derived from christianity, which doesn't make sense given that the same stances existed well before christianity.
- User23 7y agoI'm drawing the distinction between two separate intellectual strands that are, evidently, easily confused. Contemporary western Atheism is observably derived from Christianity. After all today's atheist isn't motivated by pre-Christian philosophers' doubts about the nature of the Hellenic pantheon. Furthermore, Christianity makes metaphysical assertions that are so much stronger than the old Hellenic ones that they aren't even in the same class.