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Recent Examples of atheism
The Middletown native was raised nominally evangelical and explored atheism before converting to Catholicism in 2019 at St. Gertrude Priory, which is attached to a Dominican parish in Madeira, about 12 miles northeast of Cincinnati.
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Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
What families said about the new law The families bringing the lawsuit represent several differing religious beliefs, including Judaism, atheism and Unitarian Universalism, according to the complaint.
—Natalie Demaree, Kansas City Star, 16 June 2025
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.
—Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 9 May 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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Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
What families said about the new law The families bringing the lawsuit represent several differing religious beliefs, including Judaism, atheism and Unitarian Universalism, according to the complaint.
—Natalie Demaree, Kansas City Star, 16 June 2025
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.
—Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 9 May 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
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At a time when death metal bands are experimenting with new age and hardcore bands are embracing pop, Agriculture stand out by making their genre agnosticism feel proudly coherent, like these sounds were always meant to coexist.—
Sam Sodomsky,
Pitchfork,
7 Jan. 2026
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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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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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Commentators shared the clip as users weighed in with jokes, disbelief and criticism.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
15 Jan. 2026
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The Xiaomi surged ahead, and Mat reacted in disbelief as the Ferrari shrank in his mirrors.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Jan. 2026
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No doubt that came after conversations with his leadership core of players, too.—
Pierre LeBrun,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2026
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Now two new polls show serious doubts among Americans about acquiring Greenland, a self-governing, autonomous part of the Kingdom of Denmark, a longstanding NATO ally.—
Chris Brennan,
USA Today,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Atheism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atheism. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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