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Yes or no:

There's no such thing as the "Judaeo-Christian" tradition.

I've always had an issue with the term...it seemed to suggest a false sameness of Christian and Jewish values, traditions, and beliefs. I also don't like many of the ends to which it is used - postmodern thinkers implicitly suggesting that "the jews" are part of some imaginary hegemonic power elite that wants to spread "Judaeo-Christian" values across the world or something. Either that, or it feels like an appropriation of the Jewish tradition by the Christian tradition.

But anyhow, what do you guys think?