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In the years following the Republican Revolution, many groups spontaneously sprang up to try to fill the void left by the partial disappearance of traditional religions.
Commonalities[]
Although having varying philosophies, most of these groups, known collectively as Cults of Reason, do share some similarities:
- A Humanist philosophy.
- A stated aversion to "superstitions."
- An atheistic, agnostic or impersonal approach to deity. When one is present, he is usually referred to as "The Supreme Being", an impersonal and unknowable Demiurge.
- A recycling of Catholic and/or ancient Pagan rituals and imagery. It should be noted, however, that ritual, that are incorporated are usually done with a spirit of social binding or psychodrama, not a search for miraculous events.