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Re:A Manual for Creating Atheists: A Critical Review (2014) by myWindoonn on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @09:24AM (#26001240)
It is worth remembering that this same "Western tradition" that you mention also did not consider Jews or Muslims trustworthy, and eventually broke into several factions which mutually distrusted each other. Today, as a Pastafarian, I am routinely lumped in with atheists, Satanists, or pagans, despite not being any of those.

Perhaps the "Western tradition" is European Christianity?

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Re:A Manual for Creating Atheists: A Critical Review (2014) by tiglionabbit on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @09:32AM (#26001327)
Quite right. It seems Christians are more threatened by Muslims than they are by Atheists, despite them both being abrahamic religions.
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Re:A Manual for Creating Atheists: A Critical Review (2014) by motohagiography on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @09:32AM (#26001338)
It's not at all. Post enlightenment, Muslims, Jews, Lutherans, and even Catholics could find a basis to get along. The U.S. founding documents are based on those same principles of universalism, but a universalism based on there being a god.
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