atheism

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for atheism
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Noun
  • Its political agnosticism is seen, uncommonly, as a merit for loftier aims.
    Chris R. Morgan, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Like most musical biopics these days, the audience has to enter into an agreement with the film, suspending disbelief.
    Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Most of the other comments on the post express confusion and disbelief over the statue’s depiction of a postpartum body.
    Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Yangwang doesn’t want to leave any doubts about the U9’s capabilities.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Many journalists, authors, and investigators have voiced doubts about these convictions, believing that the real Monster of Florence was never caught.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Atheism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atheism. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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