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Recent Examples of atheism
In the United States, where various types of Protestantism used to be associated with elite culture, Catholicism has risen on the right, while various evangelical, and both Catholicism more tolerant nondenominational Christian churches, have grown, as opposed to more popular atheism or agnosticism.
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Christian Paz, Vox, 25 Apr. 2025
There are no options for atheism or traditional folk religions, even though millions of Indonesians incorporate such beliefs into their religious life.
—Lindsey McGinnis, Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2025
During the Cold War, the church pitted itself against Soviet atheism; the Polish pope John Paul II, for instance, worked to undermine communist rule in Poland.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
And there will also be those who are very religious about their atheism.
—Mike Woodruff, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
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Christian Paz, Vox, 25 Apr. 2025
There are no options for atheism or traditional folk religions, even though millions of Indonesians incorporate such beliefs into their religious life.
—Lindsey McGinnis, Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2025
During the Cold War, the church pitted itself against Soviet atheism; the Polish pope John Paul II, for instance, worked to undermine communist rule in Poland.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
And there will also be those who are very religious about their atheism.
—Mike Woodruff, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for atheism
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In the United States, where various types of Protestantism used to be associated with elite culture, Catholicism has risen on the right, while various evangelical, and both Catholicism more tolerant nondenominational Christian churches, have grown, as opposed to more popular atheism or agnosticism.—
Christian Paz,
Vox,
25 Apr. 2025
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But this isn’t new: Environmentalists have had a deep legacy of inattention, or agnosticism, to the question of race.—
Jerel Ezell,
Time,
22 Apr. 2025
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But the indirect benefits seem to reflect a posture against green energy, related to unbelief in climate change, and these lead to support for inefficient energy alternatives like nuclear and geothermal and gas-fired turbines.—
Ian Dexter Palmer,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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This problem of unbelief has plagued reformers for decades.—
Ervand Abrahamian,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Apr. 2016
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In disbelief and determined never to let this happen to anyone else, Conteh connected with Dr. Sonia Spencer, the chairperson of the hospital complex.—
Sophia Li,
NPR,
17 Aug. 2025
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Last week, as news of her allegations spread, Perez watched in disbelief as the school superintendent, Reid, claimed that school district officials had just learned about the concerns Perez had raised three years earlier and many times over.—
Asra Q. Nomani,
FOXNews.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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There is little doubt that this is a rapidly developing field and that there are tremendous upsides to be had, but at the same time, regrettably, hidden risks and outright gotchas come into these endeavors too.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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In quiet moments of doubt and in public acts of leadership.—
Thomas L. Friedman,
Mercury News,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Atheism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atheism. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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