Western atheism

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1696 MIND BENDING: Englishman John Toland openly defends deism in Christianity Not Mysterious, a book that nudges European intellectuals toward atheism.

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2005 ENLIGHTENMENT: The Council for Secular Humanism celebrates its 25th anniversary with a World Congress and a call for a “new Enlightenment” that can spread to the Middle East and other areas relatively untouched by atheism.