Religion of Humanity
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Religion of Humanity is a secular religion proposed by Auguste Comte, the founder of positivist philosophy. Adherents of this religion have built chapels of Humanity in Brazil and France.
Chapelle of humanity in Paris, property of the Positivist Church of Brazil.
Positivist temple in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Erlon Jacques de Oliveira, Temple guardian in Porto Alegre
Portrait of de Clotilde de Vaux in the Chapel of Humanity, Paris
Cult of Reason
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The Cult of Reason was France's first established state-sponsored atheistic religion, intended as a replacement for Christianity during the French Revolution. After holding sway for barely a year, in
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The Cathedral of Our Lady of Strasbourg turned into a Temple of Reason, depicted in 1794.
Antoine-François Momoro (1756–1794)
Joseph Fouché (1759–1820)
Fête de la Raison ("Festival of Reason"), Notre Dame, Paris.