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[jstrodel]

Is it reasonable to assume that an Atheist Chinese Taoist & an Atheist Swedish Solipsist both fit into the same "specific cultural [and] philosophical movement" purely because they share the one thing in common; a lack of belief in god(s)?

I do not think that Chinese Taoists are really atheists. I am not an expert in Taoism but I have heard that the Chinese believed in many Gods. Eastern religions tend to be pantheistic also.

Atheism in America I see as a distinct movement that is trying to latch on to all these other systems of faith and traditional belief which are really opposed to the sort of scientism and faith in modernity above traditional beliefs that is nearly always linked to Western understandings of atheism. I am not an expert in eastern religions, but I think it is a bit of a stretch to link them with atheism.