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DetlefK

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10. Atheism entered mainstream only 200 years ago.
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 08:13 AM
Feb 2020

Up until 1400 or so, all of Christianity was christian fundamentalism by today's standards. It wasn't until the late Middle-Ages that ideas outside of the christian mainstream even gained traction. (I'm not even talking about Luther or the Anglican Church. I'm talking about weird, liberal, magical offshots of Christianity like Giordano Bruno, Tommaso Campanella, Paracelsus, Francis Bacon, the Rosicrucian movement...)

Atheism didn't enter mainstream until about the 19th century when scientists found to their shock that biblical explanations didn't match reality and that they had to come up with new explanations.

Christian fundamentalism will be around with us for at least another 100-200 years.

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I hope so True Blue American Feb 2020 #1
Christians have to decide which Jesus they want to follow: no_hypocrisy Feb 2020 #2
no rampartc Feb 2020 #3
It can be more lucrative than the stock market. 3Hotdogs Feb 2020 #12
We pray so. (snort...) CurtEastPoint Feb 2020 #4
lordy i hope so samnsara Feb 2020 #5
No they have a firm grip on this country. SamKnause Feb 2020 #6
No. All the young members of my extended family in the South Croney Feb 2020 #7
How many times can they be born again? C_U_L8R Feb 2020 #8
Not in the slightest. trotsky Feb 2020 #9
Atheism entered mainstream only 200 years ago. DetlefK Feb 2020 #10
Doubt it. There are still people who believe in Thor and Zeus rurallib Feb 2020 #11
They have been safeinOhio Feb 2020 #17
Evangelical Christianity is just another arm of the GOP bronxiteforever Feb 2020 #13
No PJMcK Feb 2020 #14
Also an Atheist, but safeinOhio Feb 2020 #18
No. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2020 #15
It hasn't stopped them edhopper Feb 2020 #16
It has ebbed and flowed. safeinOhio Feb 2020 #19
The Enlightment was decidely a reaction edhopper Feb 2020 #20
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