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== History ==

== History ==

''See also:'' [[Secular left]]

''See also:'' [[Secular left]] and [[History of atheism]] and [[French Revolution]]

During the French [[Reign of Terror]] of the early [[Enlightenment]], the left attempted a de-Christianization movement to replace the "reactionary" worship of God and replace it with the worship of national patriotism, or the ''Patrie''.  Many churches were closed and either converted into Temples of Reason,<ref>John Hall Stewart, ''A Documentary Survey of the French Revolution'' (Macmillan, New York, 1963). </ref> or otherwise demolished outright under the order of Jacobin leader [[Maximilien de Robespierre]] under the pretense that their design was "undemocratic."<ref>[http://www.culturewars.com/CultureWars/Archives/Fidelity_archives/parricide.html Operation Parricide: Sade, Robespierre & the French Revolution]</ref> The left even formed a new calendar [[Liberal_censorship|secularizing Christian holidays]]. This calendar was short lived though and was never accepted in the rural, more religious parts of France.

During the French [[Reign of Terror]] of the early [[Enlightenment]], the left attempted a de-Christianization movement to replace the "reactionary" worship of God and replace it with the worship of national patriotism, or the ''Patrie''.  Many churches were closed and either converted into Temples of Reason,<ref>John Hall Stewart, ''A Documentary Survey of the French Revolution'' (Macmillan, New York, 1963). </ref> or otherwise demolished outright under the order of Jacobin leader [[Maximilien de Robespierre]] under the pretense that their design was "undemocratic."<ref>[http://www.culturewars.com/CultureWars/Archives/Fidelity_archives/parricide.html Operation Parricide: Sade, Robespierre & the French Revolution]</ref> The left even formed a new calendar [[Liberal_censorship|secularizing Christian holidays]]. This calendar was short lived though and was never accepted in the rural, more religious parts of France.