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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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My own passage into and back out of unbelief—one marked by a close reading of works that earlier illiberal societies had attempted to suppress on religious grounds—has strengthened my liberal commitments.—
Christopher Beha,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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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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And this was backed up by Edozie, who was initially in disbelief that he was being summoned to get ready by Edwards.—
Dan Sheldon,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Liu held her palms up in disbelief after finishing the program of her life that put her in the lead with two competitors remaining.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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There’s little doubt that artificial intelligence will transform the workforce—but the jury is still out on what that transformation will look like in the near term.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
19 Feb. 2026
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In a flowy fabric and a trendy butter yellow color, too, there’s no doubt this garment will have all eyes on you.—
Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Atheism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atheism. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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