No, I just ignored it because it seemed irrelevant to the point I wanted to make.
My intent was to disagree and say that no, EA isn't come sort of of rebranding of a Christian concept for people who dislike religion, but a fundamentally different thing altogether, with different mechanics and motivations.
For that matter, atheists in general don't believe Christianity has any claim on charity, marriage or even Christmas.
Isn’t it equivalent insofar as Christian conceptions of charity aren’t prescriptive? Besides tithings, “love thy neighbour” or other Christian ideas can be interpreted in infinitely many ways, similar to EA.
I think the morality of Christianity is the old-testament part and the charity/universal love is the New Testament part and thus more the focus of Christianity (obviously this depends on your particular sects interpretations of the scriptures).
My intent was to disagree and say that no, EA isn't come sort of of rebranding of a Christian concept for people who dislike religion, but a fundamentally different thing altogether, with different mechanics and motivations.
For that matter, atheists in general don't believe Christianity has any claim on charity, marriage or even Christmas.