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Recent Examples of atheism
But in his first homily on Friday since being made leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo highlighted the church’s fight against rising atheism.
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Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 9 May 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
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
Today we are engaged in a final, all-out battle between communistic atheism and Christianity.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 24 Mar. 2025
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Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 9 May 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
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
Today we are engaged in a final, all-out battle between communistic atheism and Christianity.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for atheism
Noun
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Its political agnosticism is seen, uncommonly, as a merit for loftier aims.—
Chris R. Morgan,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Aug. 2025
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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
Noun
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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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The historical abnormality of modern-day unbelief was a theme of Pope Benedict XVI’s in the years before, during, and after his pontificate.—
Katherine Howell,
National Review,
30 Nov. 2023
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Internet viewers are in disbelief over what happened to an employee—on their day off.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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Their faith paradoxically lessens in the face of evil, even for Father Karras, trembling in disbelief and dwindling hope the more the demon Pazuzu reveals itself.—
Michael Lee Simpson,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
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Eli Drinkwitz has done more with less at Mizzou, and there's little doubt he'll be targeted in this boiling kettle of a market.—
Chase Goodbread,
The Tuscaloosa News,
29 Oct. 2025
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But what has raised Democrats' eyebrows is that Grossbard was a plaintiff in a 2020 lawsuit against state and various county officials, alleging there was enough evidence to place that year's election results into doubt.—
Lily Altavena,
Freep.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Atheism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atheism. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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