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Recent Examples of atheism
There are no options for atheism or traditional folk religions, even though millions of Indonesians incorporate such beliefs into their religious life.
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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
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
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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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
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
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
Noun
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Still in disbelief over her win, the woman checked her ticket again, this time using the Maryland Lottery app.—
Daniella Segura,
Miami Herald,
4 Sep. 2025
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Their shared disbelief in science and disrespect for expertise unites them.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There is no doubt, for example, that Moyes needed another midfielder.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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The beautiful ambivalence and mystery of Virgil’s own poetic art has both an aesthetic and a quasi-political function, in teaching the reader to remain in a cognitive place of doubt.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Atheism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atheism. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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