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Recent Examples of atheism
On Monday, Turning Point USA brought its traveling roadshow of conspicuous Christian conservatism to its bête noire: UC Berkeley, aka ground zero for anarchism, anti-fascism, antisemitism, atheism, communism, transgenderism, etcetera, etcetera.
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Max Taves, Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2025
Taylor, the former county district attorney, said people viewed the Darrow statue as a symbol of atheism and anti-Christian beliefs.
—Kelly Puente, The Tennessean, 12 July 2025
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.
—Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
These secular congregations often appeal to atheists and other secular people, but their main purpose is not promoting atheism.
—Jacqui Frost, The Conversation, 11 Jan. 2024
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Max Taves, Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2025
Taylor, the former county district attorney, said people viewed the Darrow statue as a symbol of atheism and anti-Christian beliefs.
—Kelly Puente, The Tennessean, 12 July 2025
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.
—Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
These secular congregations often appeal to atheists and other secular people, but their main purpose is not promoting atheism.
—Jacqui Frost, The Conversation, 11 Jan. 2024
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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 in drawing upon those exact fields of study to reverse the long-term march toward unbelief, the authors appear to have missed the mechanism by which those prior discoveries eroded faith: namely, that people had staked their belief on evidence that was overturned by subsequent data.—
Elizabeth Bruenig,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026
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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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In disbelief, Castaneda returned to Texas empty-handed.—
Kenny Jacoby,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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Travelers across the country reacted with a mix of disbelief, gratitude and sadness as Spirit Airlines ceased operations, upending plans and marking the end of a carrier that, for many, had become a lifeline for affordable travel.—
Gloria Pazmino,
CNN Money,
2 May 2026
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Japan is reasserting its military presence across Asia amid rising worries of Chinese aggression and doubts over US commitment to the region’s security.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
7 May 2026
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Attorneys for the defendants, however, contended that the government doesn’t have the evidence to prove there was intent to join a criminal racketeering conspiracy beyond a reasonable doubt.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
7 May 2026
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“Atheism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atheism. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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