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1: State promotion of atheism as a public norm first came to prominence in Revolutionary France (1789–1799).[1]

  1. The source does not support the text. Not even close.

2: Historian Gavin Hyman argues the "French Revolution made atheism officially respectable in France," He adds that the hostile reaction to the Revolution in Britain had the opposite effect.[2]

  1. The full quote is, "But if the French Revolution made atheism officially respectable in France, it appeared to have precisely the opposite effect in Britain." But being the operative word.
  2. Gavin Hyman is not a historian.

3: A campaign of dechristianization happened which included removal and destruction of religious objects from places of worship and the transformation of churches into "Temples of the Goddess of Reason", culminating in a celebration of Reason in Notre Dame Cathedral.[3]

  1. Supported by the source, but it's trivia in pursuit of WP:SYNTH.

4: One of the leaders of the Terror was Maximilien Robespierre; he did believe in a Supreme Being and he strongly opposed atheism. He accused the dechristianizers "under pretense of destroying superstition ... [of making] a kind of religion of atheism itself."[4]

  1. Supported by the source, but still not on topic. I.e., WP:SYNTH.

5: According to French historian Michel Vovelle, the Cult of Reason first appeared during the trial of Marie Antoinette, but took off after the execution of Antoinette.[5]

  1. A book by two fringe authors does not a reliable source make. I.e., Pyramids and Freemasons are off topic.

6: The Cult of Reason was founded by Jacques Hébert and his followers. The Cult of Reason was the first official state sponsored, civic, and atheistic religion of the French Republic from October 1793 until March 1794. The Cult of Reason became popular among intellectuals and sans culottes alike. From mid-1793 the Jacobin-dominated French Convention gave tacit approval to the Cult of Reason. On 6 October 1793, the National Convention replaced the Gregorian calendar for the French Republican Calendar for France. Together with Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, Joseph Fouché, in the Nièvre department, Fouché ransacked churches, sent their valuables to the treasury, and ordered the words "Death is an eternal sleep" to be inscribed over the gates to cemeteries.[6]

  1. The second sentence is not supported by the source.
  2. Michael Davies (Catholic writer) is not a reliable source on the topic. I.e., The balance, factual or not, is irrelevant.

7: On 10 November 1793, the Festival of Reason was held in the Notre-Dame de Paris, a newly converted Temple of Reason.[7]

  1. Supported, but off topic. Trivia in pursuit of WP:SYNTH, again.

8: Historian Gavin Flood says, "During the French Revolution in 1793 the Gothic Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris was rededicated to the Cult of Reason, an atheistic doctrine intended to replace Christianity."[8]

  1. The quote is accurate, but is the first sentence of a chapter entitled, "Religion and rationality." I.e., The source does not cover "State atheism."
  2. The source contains exactly two mentions of the "French Revolution", both are on the page cited. I.e., The source does not cover the "French Revolution."
  3. Gavin Flood is, also, not a historian.

9: The Cult of Reason vanished quickly, after its chief exponents, Jacques Hébert and his followers were guillotined on 24 March 1794.[9][7]

  1. Supported, but off topic. a.k.a., Trivia in pursuit of WP:SYNTH.
Sources

  1. ^ Latreille, A. (2003), "French Revolution", in Marthaler, Berard L; et al. (eds.), New Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. 5, Catholic University of America (2nd ed.), Detroit: Gale, pp. 972–973, ISBN 0787640093
  2. ^ Hyman, Gavin (2010). A Short History of Atheism. London: I.B. Tauris & Company. p. 9. ISBN 9780857730350.
  3. ^ Neely, Sylvia (2008). A Concise History of the French Revolution. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 198–99. ISBN 9780742534117.
  4. ^ Frey, Linda; Frey, Marsha (2004). The French Revolution. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press. p. 32. ISBN 9780313321931.
  5. ^ Hancock, Graham; Bauval, Robert (2011). The Master Game: Unmasking the Secret Rulers of the World. New York: Red Wheel Weiser. p. 451. ISBN 9781934708644.
  6. ^ Davies, Michael (1997). For Altar and Throne: The Rising in the Vendee. Saint Paul: Remnant Press. p. 63. ISBN 9781890740009.
  7. ^ a b Llewellyn, J; Thompson, S. (2015). "The Cult of the Supreme Being". Alpha History. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  8. ^ Flood, Gavin (2012). The Importance of Religion: Meaning and Action in Our Strange World. Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell. p. 130. ISBN 9781405189712.
  9. ^ Lawlor, M. (2003), "Reason, Cult of Goddess of", in Marthaler, Berard L; et al. (eds.), New Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. 11, Catholic University of America (2nd ed.), Detroit: Gale, pp. 945–946, ISBN 0787640158

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