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0 pointskaoD7y ago0 comments

That seems like a feel-good post-hoc euphemism (but ok, I accept that language evolves).

Either way: how did France (the nation) make any of these artworks? You could argue it was made by anyone in the spectrum ranging from "the artist" to "the humanity". Stopping at France seems arbitrary and a bit... nationalistic.

If any institution "made" them, it's the Catholic Church, not France.

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MR4D7y ago

Given that France is "overwhelmingly Roman Catholic" [0], your last statement could be considered interchangeable. Perhaps (and I'm not French, so I don't know) many of the people consider them to be one and the same. Either way, it's a reasonable point that you made.

[0] - https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/...

kaoDOP7y ago

I see what you mean too, but:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%C3%AFcit%C3%A9

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dechristianization_of_France_d...

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