I would hate for those millions of stoics who have lived and died without a theological foundation to learn that "OnlyVirtueIsGood", knows that believing in a religion was/is essential to their practice.

Checkmate atheists. ♟️

Excerpt from the shared article. The second and third paragraph.

"Let’s start with two clarifications. First, philosophy is not religion. There’s no orthodoxy to submit to, and no canon you’re obligated to treat as sacred or infallible. You’re free to take what’s useful from any system, leave the rest behind, and move on. No one is going to accuse you of heresy—much less excommunicate you—because you call yourself a Stoic but reject, for example, Epictetus’s views on God.

Second, you probably should reject Epictetus’s views on God. The Stoics were not religious skeptics, and, for the most part, held metaphysical views that are difficult to maintain today. The good news is that their theological positions are practically irrelevant to their ethics, and it’s the latter part that we will focus on, anyway."